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| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. offers a variety of e.learnings and e.classes through Siemens Medical Academy . If you are a registered user, please click on the offering title below to access Siemens Medical Academy, log in with your username and password, and register for the offering. Class Schedule To view a complete listing of all our virtual education class offerings including course names, IDs, and dates, please click here[37 KB]. If you need assistance or have any questions, please contact virtual.education.med@siemens.com. |
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An e.learning is a self-paced online learning which is approximately one hour in duration. Our comprehensive portfolio includes a variety of Category A accredited e.learnings for all experience levels (beginners to advanced) depending on your needs. It is a convenient way to receive continuing education credits, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, when, where, and how you need it. 
An e.class is a Category A accredited virtual instructor-led online class which is 60-90 minutes in duration. In an interactive virtual classroom environment you will receive high-quality training delivered by an experienced Siemens Clinical Education Specialist. e.learnings
Benefits in Mycardial Bloodflow Estimation in PET imaging (Course ID: 00265513)
Course Description:
Myocardial perfusion imaging using PET•CT with short-lived radioisotopes, has been shown to have high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis and characterization of coronary artery disease. The quantitative nature of PET and the dynamic imaging protocols enable quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF) during rest and peak stress, and the calculation of coronary flow reserve. This session will shed light on how MBF and CRF are important tools in the diagnosis of CAD.
PET Imaging in Neurology (Course ID: 00261614)
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The human brain is a complex and mysterious machine. When it comes to memory disorders, we are still in the dark about much of it. PET imaging is helping to shed some light on the debilitating diseases of dementia and Alzheimer’s. In this tutorial, we will explore the different areas of the brain and their functions, possible causes of these diseases and how PET imaging is playing a role in the advancement of treatments for memory disorders and various other brain aliments.
3D Basic Concepts (Course ID: 00204485)
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This e.learning will discuss the definition of 3D and help the technologist understand what parameters are required for an optimal data set, learn the strengths and weaknesses of various rendering modes, and also learn basic post-processing tools.
3D Techniques for CT (Course ID: 00219544)
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This e.learning is designed to provide imaging professionals with an overview of 3D imaging techniques for computed tomography. The content addresses concepts of 3D image generation, post-processing techniques, and treatment applications.
ACR Accreditation Hints and Tips for Biograph™ (Course ID: 00233468)
Course Description:
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has created a “Nuclear Medicine/PET Accreditation Program” to evaluate the quality of personnel, equipment performance, effectiveness of quality control measures and the quality of the clinical images of Nuclear Medicine/PET facilities. This tutorial will assist the user in performing the required procedures from preparation through analysis using the Biograph PET•CT scanner.
ACR Accreditation Hints and Tips for ECAT (Course ID: 00233467)
Course Description:
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has created a “Nuclear Medicine/PET Accreditation Program” to evaluate the quality of personnel, equipment performance, effectiveness of quality control measures and the quality of the clinical images of Nuclear Medicine/PET facilities. This tutorial will assist the user in performing the required procedures from preparation through analysis using the ECAT PET scanner.
Basic Principles of PET (Course ID: 00227279)
Course Description:
This presentation will provide an introduction to PET imaging and assumes no prior PET experience. Technologists not currently working in PET will gain a basic understanding of the modality. Topics will include PET radiopharmaceutical properties and kinetics, radiation safety issues, proper patient preparation, and various clinical indications. This presentation will cover Oncology, Cardiology and Neurology. It will also include advances in instrumentation technology and Hybrid Imaging.
Biograph 6 2007C Upgrade Training (Course ID: 00218214)
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This e.learning is beneficial for Biograph™ 6 TruePoint ™ PET•CT customers that are receiving the upgrade to syngo® MI.PET•CT 2007C software version. The class will familiarize the user in the new and enhanced features available in the upgrade.
Cardiac A&P and ECG Lead Placement (Course ID: 00207755)
Course Description:
This e.learning is designed for the technologist who wants to learn cardiac anatomy and physiology, as well as an in depth look at ECG leads, strips, waveforms, and much more.
Cardiac Imaging for PET and PET•CT (Course ID: 00225362)
Course Description:
This e.learning is designed to provide a better understanding of the fundamentals of PET and PET•CT cardiac imaging. It will include an overview of the common types of radiopharmaceuticals used, patient preparation and scheduling, personnel and equipment needed in your laboratory, cardiac imaging protocols and list mode gated imaging, replay, and reconstruction.
This e.learning course will discuss the basics of CT imaging and how it is used in hybrid imaging. It will also discuss the basic differences and advantages of sequence versus spiral CT imaging, and single slice versus multislice CT. In addition, reconstruction parameters and how to use them to improve image quality will be discussed.
Course Description:
This session will provide a general overview of Cardiac PET imaging including indications for the various Cardiac PET imaging protocols. A discussion on what is needed in order to start a PET Cardiology practice or plan an expansion of the PET practice for Cardiology use will be included. Specific information on equipment needs, personnel, and current scanner/workstation upgrades will be presented.
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This e.learning will provide the technologist with a broader understanding of Cardiac CT, including fundamentals, scanner requirements and dose. Optimal cardiac examination workflow and the basics of the EKG and how it relates to Cardiac CT imaging will also be discussed.
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This e.learning is designed to provide imaging professionals with a basic understanding of the components, theory, use, and benefits of PET/CT technology.
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In this session, we will be discussing issues pertaining to women's health and how PET•CT can aid in diagnosis of gynecologic cancers. Some of the topics will include staging of gynecologic cancers and FIGO grades, the stages in which PET•CT can be most helpful, relative to diagnosis, and types of gynecological cancers in which PET•CT is diagnostically useful. Lastly, we will be discussing case studies.
Course Description:
In today's economic environment, the business impact of the clinical systems being used can change everything. In years past, Nuclear Medicine and PET were somewhat simple modalities that were used in the majority of facilities around the world. Technology has since evolved and the system capabilities have expanded significantly. With the new clinical capabilities available, this can result in a more positive impact on the facility's business by providing such things as increased patient satisfaction, increased referrals, and new imaging capabilities. This session will cover the business impact from a clinical perspective.
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This session is designed to provide an understanding of the importance of accreditation in the nuclear lab. The benefits of ICANL accreditation will be discussed and participants will be guided through the accreditation process. Specific updates will be provided in regards to 2012 accreditation requirements and relative reimbursement impact
Course Description:
SPECT•CT offers significant advantages because of the integrated CT for localization and characterization of lesions demonstrated by SPECT. With incorporation of diagnostic CT as part of SPECT•CT, the specialty has made major progress especially in improving specificity and diagnostic confidence. CT-based attenuation correction has improved image quality and diagnostic accuracy in myocardial perfusion imaging. Accurate localization and lesion characterization by CT adds major value to SPECT imaging in lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel nodes, imaging of neuroendocrine tumors, characterization of indeterminate bone lesions, inflammation imaging, and immunoscintigraphy. As new radiopharmaceuticals develop to look at novel disease processes, SPECT•CT is also evolving fast with improved CT functionality and faster SPECT imaging.
This e.learning course is intended to provide guidance to technologists, supervisors, and managers who want to begin a new PET/CT service at their facility. Those labs that are already providing PET services, but wish to upgrade to PET/CT, may also find this course material useful.
Course Description:
This e.learning for imaging technologists addresses professional ethics specific to radiology services in the hospital setting. The content focus is on consumer identification along with clarification of consumer needs and expectations in this area of healthcare. Particular attention is given to the radiological technologist's role in communication, protocols, patient confidentiality, image quality, and professionalism.
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This e.learning is designed for any technologist who needs to learn the history, basic principles of CT, and basic physics, as well as a brief overview of image reconstruction parameters for image optimization.
Course Description: A review of PET imaging will be broken down into the components that make up a PET scan with the goal of identifying common artifacts that affect overall image quality. Participants will learn a systematic approach to performing quality control on PET images and be provided with examples of many artifacts currently included in the PET Exam Content Outline as published by the NMTCB.
Limiting Radiation Exposure (Course ID: 00204489)
Course Description:
This e.learning will address the fundamentals of radiation protection and safety and how they relate to the occupational worker. It will also discuss how radiation protection affects image quality.
Molecular Imaging with SPECT•CT Image Formation (Course ID: 00219402)
Course Description:
This e.learning module will introduce viewers to background information regarding the history of Molecular Imaging, currents trends in hardware and software development and the need to balance clinical demands, cost and performance when selecting imaging systems.
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Course ID: 00223112)
Course Description:
This e.learning is designed for nuclear medicine technologists who routinely perform nuclear cardiology procedures. The course examines all aspects of myocardial perfusion imaging including patient preparation, radiopharmaceuticals, acquisition parameters, processing, and potential artifacts.
This e.learning course will provide the technologist with an overview of the basics of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging. The module will cover SPECT and PET imaging.
This e.learning course will offer an overview of the technology and techniques used in PET Oncology Imaging along with patient preparation techniques and imaging procedure information that will assist technologists in their daily workflow.
Course Description: This session will focus on some of the challenges of PET and PET•CT imaging and how to get the most optimal image. The focus will be on the timing of your scans and how to best make your patient comfortable. Also discussed will be obtaining high-quality CT images on your hybrid scanner. Case studies will be presented and discussed sharing the techniques used.
Course Description:
This course will give technologists a reference for the type of information that they would need to obtain from a patient, instructions that they would need to give to a patient in preparation for the examination, and the affects of this information and instruction on the interpretation of their patient’s Positron Emission Tomography (PET) examination.
Course Description: This session will discuss the key steps necessary to produce high-quality PET•CT studies. Items discussed will include proactive patient preparation and medical history interview and exercise and medical history facts. Also covered will be injection/incubation room set-up and instructions, pre-scanning voiding, and proper patient positioning to obtain optimal image quality.
PET•CT List Mode: Application and Advantages (Course ID:C19569)
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This e.learning course is designed to provide the technologist with concise information explaining the theory and operation of List Mode as it relates to the Siemens Biograph™ PET•CT.
PET List Mode – Update 2009 (Course ID: 00245167)
Course Description: This 30-minute e.learning is designed to provide molecular imaging technologists with less than two years of PET experience, the basic physics concepts, hardware descriptions, and introductory theory regarding operation of the list mode PET imaging option of the Biograph® PET•CT system.
PET Physics and Instrumentation (Course ID: 00219189)
Course Description:
This e.learning will introduce the viewers to the concepts of radioactive decay, tissue interaction and coincidence detection in PET•CT imaging. Also basic information regarding the hardware and software necessary to produce diagnostic images will be discussed.
This e.learning course will offer a comprehensive overview of image quality problems of SPECT and PET imaging. Other areas of discussion will include patient positioning errors, patient motion, improper patient preparation, and other common mistakes.
Course Description:
This e.learning is designed to provide the PET imaging professional and radiation technologist with the basic theory, technical information, and concepts related to PET radiation safety. Topics include fundamental PET physics, exposure variables, dose determinants, contamination control measures, radiation monitoring, record keeping, and reporting.
Course Description: In this program, we will focus on PET•CT respiratory gating, how it is used in radiation therapy planning, and its importance in patient care. We will discuss the use of the laser system and CT simulation, and how radiation therapy uses them. Also reviewed will be the 4D workflow of a typical patient, the patient's perception of the entire process, and how to use the syngo® TrueD software once the images are obtained. Lastly, the benefits of 4D imaging and how you can use these benefits from a marketing perspective to promote your facility will be discussed.
This e.learning course is designed to provide the technologist with information explaining the myth of Nuclear Medicine. The audience should have a general understanding of Nuclear Medicine, and how the applications pertain to breast imaging.
Course Description:
This forty-minute presentation will offer NM technologists and/or Reading Physicians with current experience on the MI Workplace information on the following subjects: key features and benefits that focus on Ease of Use, Enhanced Displays and Processing, Cardiac Quantification Applications, and Optional Workplace Packages after upgrading the MI Workstation to syngo®2008A.
Course Description:
SPECT imaging is an integrated part of diagnosis for various disease processes like coronary artery disease, cancer, renal disease, etc. Use of radiopharmaceuticals specific to imaging individual organ function enables metabolic imaging for bone, kidneys, heart, lung, and brain perfusion, etc. SPECT plays a key role in thyroid imaging including thyroid cancer, myocardial perfusion and viability, biliary obstruction, renal obstructive disease, bone metastases evaluation, and several orthopedic conditions as well as specialized imaging for certain hormone producing cancers like neuroendocrine tumors, etc. Improved resolution and higher sensitivity of gamma cameras as well as faster imaging techniques are improving the efficiency of gamma camera systems along with the development of novel radiotracers
SPECT•CT and PET•CT: When to Use IV and Oral Contrast (Course ID: 00244471)
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In this session, we will be discussing the pros and cons of using IV and oral contrast for hybrid imaging. Also discussed will be the benefits of using contrast and when it will aid in the diagnosis of certain disease processes. Specific case study examples will be discussed including where the use of contrast benefited patient care and cases where it should not have been used.
Staying Ahead of the Game with Clinical Education (Course ID: 00227280)
Course Description:
Innovative and advancing technologies are crucial to mastering the challenges of the future. With the increase in demand for healthcare, there is a tremendous need for new technologies to drive a more preventive approach to disease management, earlier diagnosis and intervention, and integrated information technology.
syngo® Basics (Course ID: 00205224)
Course Description:
This e.learning will provide training including the basic functionality of the patient browser, viewing and filming card. This also offers featured training on specific CT application options.
syngo® MI Mobile (Course ID: 00204996)
Course Description:
This e.learning course is designed so that the participant will be aware of different product offerings of syngo MI Mobile, understand the evolution of the product and recognize the new features. The user will also be able to identify hardware prerequisites and view the installation process of the software in addition to configuring the software to adequately network the images.
The Cardiovascular System (Course ID: 00207759)
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This e.learning is designed to enhance the participant’s cardiac knowledge as it relates to heart disease. Concepts that are included are identification, diagnosis, and medical management of patients presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome as well as clinical and hemodynamic signs of decompensation related to Acute Myocardial Infarction.
Thinking Outside the Nuclear Medicine Box (Course ID: C19597)
Course Description:
This e.learning course will provide insight in how to use the power of Nuclear Medicine in new ways to further research in non-traditional areas. This also provides a real world example of how Nuclear Medicine was used in the clinical validation phase of a device designed at the University of North Carolina Hospitals by the School of Pharmacy.
Women and Heart Disease (Course ID: 00207751)
Course Description:
This e.learning is designed for the imaging professional who would like to get more information about heart disease specifically relating to women, treatment options and prevention.
Women's Trends in Colorectal Cancer - A Female Perspective (Course ID: 00204521)
Course Description:
This e.learning will offer a basic disease overview including statistical information about colorectal cancer. Various treatment options, care issues, and research initiatives will be discussed.
Workstream 4D and Advanced 3D Post-Processing (Course ID: 00204524)
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This e.learning will discuss Workstream 4D, its benefits and workflow. Advanced 3D editing capabilities and the basic use of clip planes will also be covered.
e.classes (New!)
| Basic CT Cardiac Post-Processing (Class ID: 00219604) Class Description: This virtual instructor-led e.class is designed to refresh, instruct, and familiarize customers with cardiac CT anatomy and will supply the CT technologist, radiologist and cardiologist with general and specific cardiac post-processing techniques as available on the Acquisition Workplace (Navigator), the syngo® CT Workplace (Wizard), and the syngo® MultiModality Workplace (MMWP). Advanced CT Cardiac Post-Processing (Class ID: 00219240) Class Description: This virtual instructor-led e.class is designed to refresh, instruct, and familiarize the advanced user with cardiac CT anatomy and will supply the CT technologist, radiologist and cardiologist with general and specific cardiac post-processing techniques as available on the CT Workplace (Wizard), and the MultiModality Workplace (MMWP). Cardiac Anatomy (Class ID: 00219583) Class Description: This virtual instructor-led e.class is designed for the technologist to learn, enhance, and refresh their cardiac CT anatomy skills. This e.class will help participants gain and refresh their cardiac CT anatomy knowledge and be able to appreciate cardiac planes in reference to other cardiac imaging modalities, as well as understand classified nomenclature as used in the medical arena. |
| syngo® TrueD™ (Class ID: 00220253) Class Description: The virtual instructor-led e.class is designed for new users of the syngo TrueD application. This course will assist the user in understanding how the syngo TrueD application can be used to improve workflow. The course will cover getting started using the syngo TrueD configuration. We will then proceed to loading images, image registration, viewing images, manipulation of the rotating MIP, drawing contours and then creating a report. syngo® Image Fusion (Class ID: 00223110) Class Description: This virtual instructor-led e.class is for new users of hybrid systems who want to know how to use the 3D task card to view images and perform image fusion. This class will assist the user in understanding how the 3D task card can be used to improve workflow and diagnosis. Basic 3D Post-Processing (Class ID: 00222962) Class Description: This virtual instructor-led e.class is designed to refresh, instruct, and familiarize customers with 3D post-processing basics and programs and will supply the CT technologist, with general 3D post-processing techniques as available on the 3D task card of the Acquisition Workplace (Navigator), the syngo® CT Workplace (Wizard), and the syngo® MultiModality Workplace (MMWP). |
| syngo MI Apps Fusion (Class ID: 00225800) Class Description: This virtual e.class will provide a thorough review of the Image Registration Activity so that any user of the syngo MI Workplace, even new users, can take advantage of the Fusion capabilities that are available to them. The syngo MI Apps Fusion is an advanced application typically performed by experienced users of the syngo MI Workplace. syngo MI Apps Fusion utilizes the Image Registration Activity to register datasets. Topics ranging from the type of datasets that can be registered, to the Alpha Blending Tool, to the different image registration methods will be discussed. syngo MI Application - Series Arithmetic Activity (Course ID: 00220896) Course Description: This virtual e.class is designed to demonstrate how to use the Siemens esoft software to perform two types of tasks: Manipulate series such as extracting a single head detector representation from dual headed representation, adding static series together, and creating a composite images from dynamic data. Also, reformatting data by masking a region or changing the size, shape or position of an image within the image frame. syngo MI Application - Series ROI Curve Activity (Class ID: 00222308) Class Description: This virtual e.class is designed to demonstrate how to use the Siemens esoft software to generate a time activity curve and other curve manipulations from nuclear medicine data. syngo MI Application - Series Reformat Activity (Class ID: 00227462) Class Description: This virtual e.class is designed to demonstrate how to use the Siemens esoft software to perform two types of image manipulation: how to mask an image and how to convert the matrix size of an image. |
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