The live webinar will cover:
- 1. Breast Cancer – Case-Based Review of Major Concepts
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- Cases to reinforce major breast oncological concepts
- Review relevant nomenclature (BI-RADS-based)
- Avoiding Pitfalls.
- 2. Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)
- understand how DBT images are acquired, to appropriately critique image quality particularly to identify artifacts specific to DBT
- recognize QC tasks specific to DBT in order to ensure optimal image quality is attained as well as ALARA principle is abide.
- Explore the benefits and limitations of DBT such as increased cancer detection rate and decreased recall rate have been observed since its application
- 3. Positioning tips in Mammography
- Learn about Routine and specialized/additional mammographic views
- Understand the challenges in imaging patient with mobility issues
- Develop techniques in Imaging of Augmented breast.
Short Biographies
Prasaanthan Gopee-Ramanan, HBSc, RTR, MD, FRCPC: Prasa studied Human Biology at UofT St. George from 2005 to 2009, Medical Radiation Sciences specializing as a radiographer from 2009 to 2012, attended medical school at McMaster University from 2012 to 2015 and completed specialty residency training in Diagnostic Radiology from 2015 to 2020 also at McMaster University. Currently, he has completed his 1-year subspecialty fellowship in Women’s Imaging back at UofT. Prasa has keen academic interests in medical education, mentorship, and quality assurance among other domains. Outside of academia, Prasa is a lover of spending time with his wife, son, and extended family. He is also an Indian classical music enthusiast, a mindfulness and life balance practitioner, and budding cyclist.
Grace Ming Yan Kwong, MRT(R)(MR)(DMS), CBID: Grace is experienced in clinical mammography and breast sonography. Grace is a registered technologist with CMRITO for Radiography, MRI and Diagnostic Medical Sonography. She performs screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasound examinations and assists in interventional breast procedures on a daily basis. She has been practicing as a dedicated breast technologist in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for ten years. Grace holds an undergraduate HBSc in Toxicology from University of Toronto, a BSc and an advance diploma in Medical Radiation Sciences (Radiological Technologies) from University of Toronto/ The Michener’s Institute; carries a Breast Ultrasound Certificate from the Medical Technology Management Institute and a Certificate in Breast Imaging – Diagnostic from CAMRT.
Sheetal Ruparelia, MRT(R); PgC Mammography; BSc (Hons): Sheetal studied radiography in England where she got a BSc. (Hons) in Diagnostic Imaging and further pursued her career with her interest in breast imaging by attaining a PgC in Mammography. She qualified in 2006 and has practiced in various hospitals and clinics and held several responsibilities such as Quality assurance of Imaging department. She moved to Canada in 2016 where she attained her CAMRT certification and started working immediately in general radiography, BMD and Mammography. She worked at Princess Margaret hospital in the breast imaging department. Currently she is working at Trillium Health Partners where she performs mammograms and breast ultrasounds.
