ASCI Certification Course in Cardiac CT-Singapore 2026
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| Date | Wednesday 20 May 2026 to Thursday 21 May 2026 |
| Start Time | 07:45 on 20 May and 07:30 on 21 May |
| End Time | 17:30 on 20 May and 14:00 on 21 May |
| Location | Grand Ballroom 2, Level 4, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel |
| Course Fee | Category | Before 1 May 2026 | From 1 May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1) ASCI Certification | a) Physician (20 & 21 May 2026) | SGD 450 | SGD 500 |
| b) Radiographer / Nurse (20 May 2026) | SGD 250 | SGD 250 | |
| 2) Certification Test & Review of MCQ Answers | Physician (21 May 2026 from 2pm) | SGD 200 | SGD 200 |
Registration is open to ASCI members only. Non-members are required to join ASCI to be eligible.
For more information, please visit: https://www.asci-heart.org:4442/member/join.php
Course Overview
This teaching course is designed to enhance clinical practice skills by providing training in performing and interpreting cardiac CT and coronary CTA examinations under the supervision of teaching faculty.
The course contents can be documented to form part of the ASCI Certification in Proficiency in Cardiac CT and are suitable for participants at Beginner and Intermediate levels.
The lectures aim to prepare attendees for the ASCI Certificate in Proficiency in Cardiac CT. A Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) examination will be held at the end of the course.
The course is also suitable for those wishing to enhance their practical knowledge of cardiac CT without pursuing the ASCI Certificate. Separate registration for the teaching cases workshop (without MCQ component) is available, and a Certificate of Attendance will be issued.
Course Director
John Hoe
Natalie Koh
Swee-Yaw Tan
ASCI Certificate of Proficiency in Cardiac CT
Attendees will be awarded the Certificate of Proficiency upon passing the MCQ exam and fulfilling all certification requirements.
ASCI Certificate of Proficiency in Cardiac CT
Attendees will be awarded a Certificate of Proficiency after passing an MCQ exam to be held at the end of the course, after they have fulfilled the other requirements for the Certificate.
Requirements to apply for ASCI Certificate in Proficiency in Cardiac CT are:
- Paid up ASCI member—please apply or renew your membership at www.asci-heart.org
- Physician e.g. cardiologist, nuclear medicine physician, radiologist
- Short CV to be submitted
- Log book of proof of at least 100 cases of cardiac CT performed or observed with workstation analysis.
You can proceed to collect your cases as soon as possible and before or after the certification course is conducted in May 2026. Submit completed log book to ASCI administration Office in Korea after the MCQ examination.
Deadline: 31 July 2026 - Log book of completion of master class workshop sessions at ASCI 2026 held on 21 May 2026. Submit completed log book to ASCI Administration Office in Korea.
- Passing of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) exam held at this ASCI course in May 2026.
Your MCQ results will be sent by email to you by ASCI Congress 2026 Singapore office, latest by 31 May 2026. - Once you have received confirmation of your passing the MCQ test, please send the relevant documents described above such as log books to ASCI Administration Office in Korea who will issue the Certificate of Proficiency to you.
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2026
Email: office@asci-heart.org - When you submit your documents to ASCI Office in Korea, please send copy of your email to ASCI 2026 Congress office.
Email: secretariat@asci2026.org - Payment of application fee for ASCI Certificate of Proficiency in Cardiac CT to ASCI Office in Korea.
This fee is included in your separate registration fee for 21st May 2026. The ASCI 2026 Congress Singapore office will pay this fee to ASCI Office in Korea on your behalf.
Course Faculty
Program
Basics of Cardiac CT
| Time | Session | Details | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:15–8:45 am (30 mins) | Principles of Cardiac CT | Including CT scanner design, collimation, pitch, spatial & temporal resolution, exposure factors, SNR and CNR. | Tan Min On |
| 8:45–9:15 am (30 mins) | Image Reconstruction & Post-Processing | Reconstruction on scanner: kernels, phases, slice thickness & overlap, multisegment & iterative reconstruction. Workstation post-processing: orthogonal views, MPRs, CPRs, MIPs, volume rendering. |
Tan Min On |
How to Perform Cardiac CT
| 9:15–9:45 am (30 mins) | How to Perform Cardiac CT | Patient preparation, ECG gating, contrast delivery principles, non-vendor-specific scanning protocols. | Marcus Chen |
| 9:45–10:15 am (30 mins) | Radiation Risks & Safety in Cardiac CT | Risks of medical radiation, estimating dose, and strategies to reduce dose. | Armin Zadeh |
| 10:15–10:30 am (15 mins) | Coffee Break | — | — |
How to Read Cardiac CT
| 10:30–11:00 am | Troubleshooting Cardiac CT | High/irregular HR, arrhythmias/AF (vendor-specific protocols), very obese patients. Recognising artefacts & solutions: motion, partial volume, beam hardening, slab & step artefacts. |
Marcus Chen |
| 11:00–11:30 am | Calcium Scoring | How to perform; Agatston score; updates on clinical use, guidelines, and prognostic utility. | Natalie Koh |
| 11:30 am–12:00 pm | Coronary CTA Anatomy | Cath correlation & coronary anomalies; LV segments/territories & polar maps; LV/RV assessment; anatomic pitfalls & variants; MI, cardiomyopathy, ARVD. | Nobuo Tomizawa |
| 12:00–12:30 pm | Coronary CTA Stenosis | Detection, quantification, techniques & pitfalls, including CTOs. | John Hoe |
| 12:30–1:30 pm | Lunch | — | — |
How to Read Cardiac CT (II)
| 1:30–2:00 pm | CT of Non-Coronary Cardiac Structures (incl. Valves) | Myocardium, chambers, pericardium; adult congenital (VSD/ASD); cardiac masses (myxoma vs thrombus); pericardial effusion—normal vs abnormal; bicuspid AV, calcification, functional valve assessment, IE, prosthetic valves. | Nobuo Tomizawa |
| 2:00–2:30 pm | Using Coronary CTA post Revascularization | Coronary stents & bypass grafts—how to scan and report. | Marcus Chen |
| 2:30–3:00 pm | CT of the Aorta & Great Vessels | Coarctation, aneurysm, dissection; aortic stents; PE; pulmonary venous anatomy; SVC syndrome; persistent left SVC. | Lath Narayan |
| 3:00–3:30 pm | Using Cardiac CT For Radiofrequency EP procedures and TAVR, MVR | Using cardiac CT for Radiofrequency EP procedures TAVR -how to scan and what to measure and report -includes post TAVR evaluation-paravalvular leak TMVR. Pre-procedural planning and device sizing. |
Ho Jien Sze |
| 3:30–3:45 pm | Coffee Break | — | — |
| 3:45–4:15 pm | Pitfalls in Coronary CTA Interpretation and how to avoid them | Avoiding false negative and false positive studies. | John Hoe |
| 4:15–4:45 pm | Coronary Plaque Imaging | Using CT to characterize plaque; updates on prognostic studies & serial imaging; use of AI software. | Armin Zadeh |
| 4:45–5:15 pm | Myocardial Perfusion CTP & FFR-CT | Basic principles; how to perform; common pitfalls; current status across vendors (helical, volume scanners). | Natalie Koh |
| 5:15–5:30 pm | Questions & Discussion | — | — |
| End of Day One | — | ||
| Time | Session | Details | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00–8:30 am | Indications for Cardiac CT & Integration in Decision-Making | Appropriateness criteria and indications; using CT findings in multimodality strategies and guidelines. | Michelle Chan |
| 8:30–9:00 am | Thoracic CT: Non-Cardiac Lesions to Recognise | Mediastinum; incidental lung nodules. | Ng Yuen Li |
| 9:00–9:30 am | Coffee Break | — |
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| 9:30 am–12:30 pm | Workshop — Cardiac CT Teaching Cases |
Interactive case-based learning; structured reporting guidelines; QA & image artefacts; how not to miss lesions. Attendees use own laptops before discussion ⓘ Speakers present via workstations/PowerPoint. 3–5 cases per 30 mins (6–10 mins each), ~15–25 cases total. |
Faculty |
| 12:30–2:00 pm | Lunch | — | — |
| 2:00–3:15 pm | ASCI Cardiac CT Certification Test | 40 MCQ questions; assessment of knowledge and image interpretation based on lecture topics. Exam duration: 60 mins. Requires separate registration fee for ASCI processing and certificate issuance after successful exam and log book submission. |
Lead: Armin Zadeh |
| 3:15–3:45 pm | Review of MCQ Answers & Feedback | — | — |
| 3:45 pm | End of Course | — | — |
Disclaimer: Programme subject to change