The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched a comprehensive online education program to train radiologists in implementing a CT lung cancer screening program.
The program, which will emphasize the development of safe and effective screening programs, enables radiologists to earn credits toward continuing medical education (CME), ACR said.
The interactive program provides instruction on the following:
- Determining parameters for low-dose screening CT
- Recognizing characteristics of suspicious nodules
- Implementing management strategies for nodular findings
- Providing structured reporting for screening
- Carrying out the shared decision-making process with patients
- Implementing National Comprehensive Cancer Network screening guidelines into routine practice
The program guides the process of quickly and efficiently implementing a lung cancer screening program, and it helps providers demonstrate the quality of the program to patients, payors, and Medicare, ACR 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)
