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Hot Topic - Session 6: Decision Support & CAD
Saturday, May 17, 2008
10:15 am - 11:45 am  
Ballroom 6A
 

Session Chair: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS
Medical College of Wisconsin

Session Description:
We will introduce decision support technologies for diagnostic radiology, and present examples of several cutting-edge systems. We will highlight systems for point-of-care decision support and for computer-aided detection and diagnosis.
 

 
Participants:
 
Creation of Decision Support Tools for Medical Imaging: Issues and Answers
David E. Avrin, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
 

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the components required to create decision support tools.
2. Understand the difference between vetting and filtered search.
3. Design a GUI for use of decision support tools (DST) at the diagnostic workstation.

 
 

Computer-aided Detection and Diagnosis: What We Have Learned so Far
Yulei Jiang, PhD

University of Chicago

Learning Objectives:
1. Explain clinical potentials and tradeoffs of CAD
2. Critically analyze data that support and question CAD
3. Identify the reasons why the true clinical effect of CAD is difficult to see

 
  Finding Meaning in Images: Semantically Guided Knowledge Retrieval
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, MS

Medical College of Wisconsin

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the basic principles of image retrieval based on text, concepts, and image content.
2. Define how medical knowledge improves the search for relevant images.
3. Describe how image retrieval can support learning and clinical decision making.