This training will give the participant a deeper overview to improve the way to report patients with cognitive decline, learning about different types of dementia.
In this practical course, you will learn to read CT and MR of cognitive impairment patients in a standardised method. You will be trained to use several visual scales such global cortical scale, medial temporal scale, frontal and parietal atrophy and vascular changes that can be involved on cognitive decline and also learn some differential diagnosis and know other entities rather AD or FTLD that can cause dementia
Dementia can be multifactorial, and although there are some types of dementia such as AD or FTLD that can show specific regional atrophy, it is common to find a combination of several factors such cortical atrophy and vascular changes that can contribute to the cognitive decline. The AD, FTLD and other types of dementia have diagnostic clinical criteria that include the CT and the MR findings, and it is essential to do an accurate lecture of the dementia cases to help in the early clinical diagnosis of these patients.
I have chosen several cases for your training, some of them are done with a specific protocol for dementia but others are acquired as standard head MR or CT with some sequences such SWI or plane such coronal are not available. The reason for that is because most centres are not using a specific MR protocol for dementia or others they are using CT. I would like you to learn how to report using these clinical cases in a more realistic environment as you will find in your clinical practice.
Level II - General radiologist
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| Estimated duration: | 180 min |
| Date created: | 25 Jul 2018 |
| Date of EACCME review: | |
| Date of EACCME expiration: | 5 Feb 2021 |
The training platform runs entirely in the browser but the online PACS places a considerable load on the hardware and internet connection when viewing and loading cases.
| Hardware * | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Memory (RAM): | 8 Gigabyte | 16 Gigabyte |
| Processor (CPU): | Dual core i5 | Quad core i7 |
| Internet connection | Minimum | Recommended |
| Speed: | 10 Mbps | 25 Mbps |
| Software | ||
| Browser: | Chrome ** | |
Consultant in Neuroradiology, Telemedicine Clinic, Barcelona Chief of Neuroradiology, Alomar medical center Coordinator of the Magnetic Resonance core facility of IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain Honorary consultant in National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Senior Consultant in Neuroradiology of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona focused on advanced image techniques applied to neurological diseases, mainly epilepsy, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr Bargallo has published more than 230 indexed articles and participated in more than 15 competitive national or international projects the last 10 years. She is currently the coordinator of the Magnetic Resonance core facility of IDIBAPS giving support to the research groups of this institution and the Hospital Clínic in studies involving advanced Magnetic Resonance images.
Participant cancellations
If a participant no longer is able to continue with the purchased sessions, no refund will be made, however access to the recorded sessions for paid sessions will still be available.
TMC cancellations
In case of cancellation of the full programme by TMC Academy a full refund of the remaining session is reimbursed.