UniversitätsSpital Zürich


Fellowship in cardiac SPECT, CT, PET and hybrid imaging

This fellowship at Zurich University Hospital is a new offer and draws from our vast experience with cardiac SPECT, coronary CT, PET and hybrid imaging. Notably we now have more than one year of experience with a CZT based ultrafast cardiac SPECT camera and have the worlds first hybrid CZT-SPECT-64 slice CT camera for integrated cardiac perfusion-coronary artery CT imaging.

The fellows typically come for 2 weeks. During this time they have access to a vast number of cases which they will work up on their own and then discuss with competent staff. The cases analyzed are the cases of the day as well as cases from an “interesting case” data base. Daily formal lectures and hands-on experience on workstations to reformat SPECT data, coronary CT data and software integration of these data sets are provided.

A work day looks as follows:

- 45 minute lecture on technology or clinical issues related to Cardiac Imaging

- Hands-on scan acquisition: daily low-dose CT-angiography acquisition, Nuclear MPI scanning with special focus on CZT high-speed SPECT camera

- Hands-on scan analysis: CT coronary angiography and calcium score, nuclear scans and cardIQfusion for hybrid images under supervision of an expert staff member

- Self study of daily cases as well as teaching cases from a large data base

- Discussion of daily and teaching cases with a staff physician

Due to the intense hands-on teaching this course accepts no more than 2 fellows per period.

CME credits: 15 credit hours (tentative) per week

Course fee: 1’800.- €

2010 dates: based on available slots and individual preference of the fellow

Course director: Philipp A Kaufmann, MD

Inscriptions and further information
please contact:

Jarmila Valach
Direktionssekretariat / D NUK 6
Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
UniversitätsSpital Zürich
Rämistrasse 100
8091 Zürich
Phone: +41-44-255 2580
Fax: +41-44-255 4428
e-mail: nukdir@usz.ch

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