The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center announced it is offering a course on high-resolution CT of the chest.
The course will be held on April 20-22 in Reston, VA, and will be led by chest imaging experts from the Fleischner Society, ACR said. The course is intended to provide practicing radiologists with the skills and understanding necessary to interpret high-resolution CT of the chest in diffuse infiltrative lung diseases.
Participants will receive lectures on specific aspects of high-resolution CT combined with the opportunity for hands-on interpretation of nearly 200 cases on their own PACS workstations, according to ACR.
Those who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate of proficiency in compliance with ACR practice guidelines for interpreting high-resolution CT, the organization said.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)