Breast & Body Imaging at the Beach 2025 – UPenn, Jan 13 – 17, 2025 (Videos + Slides)

During the first three days of this program, the focus will be on improving breast image interpretation using practical methods and investigating emerging imaging modalities for personalized screening and diagnosis. It will explore innovative approaches beyond traditional methods like digital mammography and tomosynthesis, including contrast-enhanced mammography and full/abbreviated breast MRI for supplemental screening. Moreover, it will address the integration of Artificial Intelligence in breast imaging and novel techniques for assessing breast cancer risk. Daily case conferences will prioritize strategies for enhancing patient outcomes and refining breast imaging practices.
The final two days of the course delve into common and uncommon disease processes encountered in abdominal imaging. Through didactic lectures and case review, attendees will learn practical approaches to tackling challenging cases, prioritizing overarching strategies.
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Breast Lectures:

Review methods to optimize mammographic screening and diagnosis, including imaging of special populations
Discuss advances in deep-learning applications and artificial intelligence in screening mammography and risk assessment
Outline the methods used to optimize breast MRI imaging for screening and diagnosis
Improve image-guided breast biopsy skills and management of high-risk lesions
Discuss the data and optimization of supplemental screening with contrast-enhanced mammography, abbreviated breast MRI, and whole breast ultrasound

Body Lectures:

Utilize RADS systems to differentiate between lesions warranting intervention and those suitable for observation
Identify common and uncommon acute findings in the GI and GU tracts
Describe the types of hyperfunctioning adrenal lesions and their clinical evaluation
Know the imaging features of cystic pancreatic lesions that require further evaluation with endoscopic ultrasound or tissue sampling
Select imaging modalities and techniques that best highlight abdominal pathologic processes