Course content
The Thoracic CT course is designed to help you develop a systematic method of reviewing thoracic CT scans.
The course teaches fundamentals of CT imaging and diagnosis in common respiratory disorders. The course is taught with a mixture of lectures, and hands-on experience. With our face to face courses cases are reviewed by delegates on dedicated workstations. With the on-line course remote image manipulation is provided using the PostDICOM application on your own computer.
This course will help you to gain a systematic review of cases, and recognise signs that would led to a disease diagnosis.
Over the 2 days, the following topics will be covered in both live and pre-recorded lectures and practical workshops:
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- Understanding CT imaging technique
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- Cross sectional thoracic anatomy
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- CT signs in chest imaging
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- Interstitial lung diseases (including pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, occupational lung disease)
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- Airways diseases (COPD, small airways disorders)
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- Airspace disease / pulmonary infections
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- Thromboembolic diseases (acute and chronic) and thoracic vascular disease
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- Lung cancer diagnosis and staging
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- Mediastinal masses
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- Pleural disease
The course is aimed at respiratory (and other clinicians) and radiologists with limited thoracic CT experience who would like to broaden their knowledge of cross sectional CT imaging of the chest. The case mix allows access to different level of case difficulty addressing the presence or lack of candidate’s experience in thoracic CT imaging. The course is useful for respiratory and radiology SpRs in lead up to exit exams.
Testimonials from previous delegates
‘excellent, clinically relevant info, hands on CT review’
‘comprehensive and practical course, good interactive sessions’
‘excellent course. Please keep doing this!’
‘pretty much covered all the essential areas for thoracic medicine’
‘really good range of interesting cases’
‘very good content, lectures perfect length’
‘clear succinct lectures’
‘would highly recommend for respiratory registrars’
‘Good broad overview of approach to chest CT and identifying pathology, level was just right for Chest Physicians’
‘It was a great course, learnt a lot, thank you all so much’
‘The best course in the whole UK’
Next course dates
Our next course will be online only running on Monday 17th – Tuesday 18th March 2025. The provisional programme is available here.
Self directed learning
We offer self directed learning with access to the course material (lecture recordings and all cases) for 1 month, find out more and sign up here.
