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Radiology Certification Requirements For Cardiac
Computed Tomography
Physicians with prior qualifications in general
CT and/or thoracic CT.
Physicians who do not have prior qualifications
in general CT and/or thoracic CT.

• Physicians must
• Obtain 30 hours of CME or Training from ACGME or
  AOA approved program in cardiac imaging, cardiac
  CT, anatomy, physiology and/or pathology OR
  documented equivalent supervised experience in a
  center actively performing cardiac CT.
• 50 cardiac CT case studies interpretation,
  reporting and/or supervised review

• Physicians must
• Complete an ACGME approved training program in
  the specialty practiced.
• Obtain 200 hours of Category I CME in the
  subspecialty of CT reading.
• ? Of which at least 30 of the 200 CME hours
  should be in cardiac imaging, cardiac CT,
  anatomy, physiology and/or pathology OR
  documented equivalent supervised experience in a
  center actively performing cardiac CT.
• Obtain 500 cases where student is interpreting
  and reporting under supervision.
• Of which 100 must be a combination of thoracic
  CT or thoracic CTA.
• Of which at least 50 must be Cardiac CT.

NOTES Documented equivalent supervised
experience is defined as supervision at a center
where the proctoring physician meets these
criteria to independently interpret cardiac
CT. Coronary artery calcium scoring does not
qualify as meeting these requirements. The
requirements will become applicable by July 1,
2008. Cases and CME must be obtained within a 36
month period.
Please note that this brief summary of the ACR
Practice Guideline for the Performance and
Interpretation of Cardiac Computed Tomography
(CT) (published 10/2006) has been prepared for
informational purposes only. This summary was
prepared in February 2007 and has not been
updated, so it may not contain the most recent
information. For additional information please
consult the ACR Practice Guideline for the
Performance and Interpretation of Cardiac
Computed Tomography (CT) or www.acr.org. You
should not rely on this brief summary.