Course Overview

A collection of common elbow and wrist fractures and dislocations, presented with colored annotations and finding descriptions.

Learning Objectives

1. Become familiar with the findings in common elbow and wrist fractures.
2. Identify the presence and understand the significance of Prieser osteonecrosis.
3. Understand the value of oblique imaging in the elbow and wrist.

Course Overview

A collection of common spine and shoulder fractures and dislocations, presented with colored annotations and finding descriptions.

Learning Objectives

1. Become familiar with the findings in common shoulder and elbow fractures.
2. Identify the presence of elbow effusion or hemarthrosis.
3. Understand the nuances of distal clavicular and coracoclavicular insertion assessment.

Course Overview

A collection of common spine and shoulder fractures and dislocations, presented with colored annotations and finding descriptions.

Learning Objectives

1. Become familiar with the spine findings of ankylosing spodylitis.
2. Distinguish between internal and external rotation of the shoulder joint on radiograph.
3. Understand the importance of intravertebral gas on spine radiograph.

Course Overview

A collection of common cervical spine fractures and dislocations, presented with colored annotations and finding descriptions.

Learning Objectives

1. Become familiar with the findings in common cervical spine fractures.
2. Distinguish between unilateral and bilateral facet dislocations.
3. Understand the nuances of prevertebral soft tissue interpretation.

Course Overview

These are body cases that I have seen while working with vRad. These are cases seen in the ER in various hospitals that we cover. The cases show findings clearly and some of them are Aunt Minnie's. The presentation also showcases the interesting case mix seen at vRad.

Learning Objectives

1.    Different findings of a case
2.    Information about diagnosis and treatment
3.    Great cases some of which are Aunt Minnie's

Course Overview

This topic outlines and gives numerous case examples of usefulness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for triage of cases, error detection, and potential reasons for missed diagnosis.  Opportunities to make the initial diagnosis are given, as well as both cine and single image captures in multiple cases of pulmonary embolus detected by AI algorithms.

Learning Objectives

1. Artificial intelligence can have multiple purposes when applied to pathology screening, including primary diagnosis, patient triage, and error checking.

2. Studies for CTPA must include multiple planes of scanning.   All series must be scrutinized as best conspicuity is obtained when the PE orientation is parallel to the scan plane.

3. Detection of small or incidental pulmonary emboli is very important, as a high number of patients go on to develop recurrent emboli and sudden death.  Most guidelines do not differentiate therapy based on symptomatic vs asymptomatic patients.

Course Overview

A selection of CTA cases representing a number of common septal, valvular, and myocardial cardiac pathologies on coronary CTA cases, presented with screen shots of specific findings, cine versions of entire cases, and color-coded annotations.

Learning Objective

Become familiar with the appearance of a number of septal, valvular, and myocardial abnormalities identifiable on coronary CTA examination.

Course Overview

A selection of CTA cases representing a number of common septal, valvular, and myocardial cardiac pathologies on coronary CTA cases, presented with screen shots of specific findings, cine versions of entire cases, and color-coded annotations.

Learning Objective

Become familiar with the appearance of a number of septal, valvular, and myocardial abnormalities identifiable on coronary CTA examination.

Course Overview

A selection of CT cases representing a number of common acute aortic pathologies presented with screen shots of specific findings, cine versions of entire cases, and color-coded annotations.

Learning Objective

Become familiar with the CT appearance of a variety of acute, life-threatening aortic abnormalities.

Course Overview

The course focuses on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), a highly prevalent yet often disregarded public health issue. Despite radiologists' pivotal role in identifying non-accidental trauma in children, our training often overlooks the nuances of detecting abuse in adults, where significant underreporting persists due to societal stigma and interdependency dynamics. 

Learning Objectives

1. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a highly prevalent public health issue with multiple adverse health effects. Radiologists are well suited to assessing a patient’s likelihood of IPV. 

2. Recognition of common IPV injury mechanisms and resulting target and defensive injury patterns on imaging and understanding of differences between patients who have experienced IPV and those who have not with respect to use of imaging will aid radiologists in accurate IPV diagnosis. 

3. Awareness of differences in injury patterns resulting from IPV-related and accidental trauma can aid radiologists in detecting a mismatch between the provided clinical history and imaging findings to support suspicion of IPV. Radiologists should consider all available current and prior imaging in assessing the likelihood of IPV; this process may be aided by machine learning methods.