Martin Lee David Gunn MBChB, Presenter: Medical Advisor, TransformativeMed, Inc Spouse, Consultant, Wolters Kluwer nv Grant, Koninklijke Philips NV

1) Identify logistical and image quality challenges when obese patients are imaged in the Emergency Department. 2) Recognize common CT imaging artifacts in the obese patient. 3) Develop techniques to optimize image quality for obese ED patients when radiography, ultrasound and CT are used. 4) Understand current concepts about CT radiation dose in obese patients.

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Gunn, M, The Obese Patient.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14002044.html