eContouring for Cardiac Sub-structures Webinar

Live Webinar: December 19, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern

This educational activity reviews practical aspects of contouring cardiac sub-structures for thoracic radiation therapy planning. Attendees will be able to practice drawing cardiac substructures on 4DCT and contrast CT. The activity will review atlas guidelines for contouring sub-structures, how to translate these guidelines in real-world images, and the evidence/rationale for contouring and sparing specific cardiac sub-structures.

This activity is available from December 19, 2024, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on December 18, 2025.

Target Audience

This course is designed to meet the interest of radiation oncologists, radiation physicists, radiation dosimetrists and radiation oncology residents.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this live activity, participants should be able to:

  • Contour critical cardiac sub-structures.
  • Describe practical considerations for contouring cardiac sub-structures on simulation imaging.
  • Identify evidence and rationale for contouring specific cardiac sub-structures.

 

 

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
11/19/2024
Course expires: 
12/18/2025
Cost:
$179.00
Rating: 
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Raymond Mak, MD, is employed by Brigham and Women's Hospital and receives research funding from ViewRay, Varian and Siemens. He also serves in on the advisory board for AstraZeneca and Viewray. He serves as a consultant with Varian and Sio Capital Mangament.

Katelyn Atkins, MD, PhD, is employed by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and received compensation from OncLive.

The person(s) above served as the developer(s) of this activity. Additionally, the Education Committee had control over the content of this activity.

All relevant relationships have been mitigated.

 

Disclosure link: 
Committee Disclosure

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education to physicians.

ASTRO is awarded Deemed Status by the American Board of Radiology to provide SA-CME as part of Part II Maintenance of Certification. 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Price

Cost:
$179.00
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Course Fees:
ASTRO members must log in to the ASTRO website to view and receive the discounted member rate.

  • Nonmember: $179
  • Member: $119
  • Member-in-Training: $59


Policies:
No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the course by the end of the qualification date. The qualification date for each course is listed in the course catalog on the ASTRO website under availability.

Participants using ASTRO's online courses to satisfy the requirement of a Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program should verify the number, type and availability dates of any course before making a purchase. No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for participants who have purchased courses that do not align with their MOC requirement.

The course and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website for that 1 year period regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the qualification, participants will no longer have access to the course or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove a course before the end of its qualification period.

 

 

 

Required Hardware/software

One of the two latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari.