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To receive credits, participants must review the program materials in their entirety and complete the online post examination and evaluation. CME credits require a post examination score of 70% or higher.

CME Expiration Date: May 1, 2028
Format: Self Instructional - Audio Visual with Slides
Educational Credits:
One (1) AMA/PRA Category 1 CME Credit™
Estimated Completion Time: 75 minutes

This program is made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Bayer.

Target Audience & Cost

This CME version of the program is intended for: Radiologists and Other Physicians, Related Imaging Professionals.

There is no cost to participate in this program.

Program Summary

This one-hour accredited program will address practice challenges and current and evolving applications of contrast-enhanced liver MRI using hepatobiliary-specific agents. As clinical demands increase for efficient, high-quality liver imaging, radiologists must continually refine imaging strategies to balance diagnostic confidence, workflow efficiency, and patient-centered care, particularly when incorporating hepatobiliary phase imaging into routine practice.

Educational Objectives

At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Apply optimized contrast-enhanced liver MRI protocols to improve image quality and diagnostic confidence in clinical practice.
• Incorporate hepatobiliary phase imaging strategies into liver and biliary MRI examinations to enhance lesion characterization and clinical decision-making
• Implement abbreviated liver MRI protocols to improve efficiency while maintaining diagnostic performance.

No special educational preparation is required for this CMECE activity!

Faculty

Bachir Taouli, MD

Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Mount Sinai, New York

Dr. Bachir Taouli is a radiologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai Brooklyn, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, and Mount Sinai West. He received his medical degree from Paris VI University School of Medicine and has been in practice 22 years. He specializes in abdominal imaging, gastrointestinal imaging, and genitourinary imaging. He has more than 260 publications.

Reena Jha, MD

Director of Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Imaging
MedStar Health
Georgetown University

Dr. Jha has over 23 years of experience as an abdominal radiologist with specific expertise in hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary imaging. She initiated the imaging program for transplant surgery at Georgetown over 20 years ago, and as the prior director of MRI for 17 years, she has a detailed understanding of the use of advanced MR imaging. Dr. Jha has lectured at many national and international courses and has been the recipient of several teaching awards. She is also a lecturer at the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) in the GI section, focusing on hepatobiliary disease.

Claude Sirlin, MD

Professor of Radiology
University of California
San Diego

Dr. Sirlin, is a board-certified radiologist who sees patients with a wide range of abdominal conditions affecting the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. He specializes in liver imaging, metabolic imaging and imaging of abdominal cancers.

Renowned in his field, Dr. Sirlin founded and directs UC San Diego Health's Liver Imaging Group, which actively collaborates with hepatologists, surgeons, pathologists and statisticians to advance screening, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of individuals with liver disease. He is also the co-director of the Cancer Imaging Program at Moores Cancer Center, chair of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System Committee for the American College of Radiology, and co-director of the Radiologist Clinician-Scientist Training Program.

As a professor in the Department of Radiology and clinician scientist, Dr. Sirlin instructs medical students, residents, and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Over the last 15 years, he has supervised more than 100 students in clinical imaging research. His research interests include MRI imaging of liver cancer and liver disease. He has published more than 190 peer-reviewed articles and is a reviewer for multiple radiology journals.

Disclosures

Planner(s):

Dr. Nina Vincoff, as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Radiology discloses no financial relationships with any ineligible companies.

Reviewer(s):

Rutu Patel, PharmD, RPh., has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Faculty:

Dr. Bachir Taouli, discloses the following relationships:
Research support/grants: Bayer, Guerbet, Takeda, Regeneron, Helio Genomics, Siemens, Echosens
Consultant; Bayer, Guerbet, Ascelia, Bracco

Dr. Reena Jha, discloses the following relationship:
Consultant; Ascelia Pharma

Dr. Claude Sirlin, disclosures provided at the beginning of his presentation.

Mitigation

Relationships with any ineligible companies were mitigated by a content review by Rutu Patel, PhD, who has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

No individual(s) at the Foundation for Care Management (FCM) or Applied Radiology who had control over the planning or content of this activity has relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy

Applied Radiology requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of a CME/CE activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This information is utilized to 1) determine if a conflict exists, 2) resolve the conflict by initiating a content validation process, and 3) advise learners of this information. Any individual who refuses to (or chooses not to) disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating as an instructor, planner or manager and cannot have control of or responsibility for the development, management, presentation or evaluation of a CE activity.

Accreditations

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Foundation for Care Management (FCM) and Applied Radiology. FCM is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

FCM designates this educational activity for a maximum of One (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Method of Participation/Criteria for Success

CME Credits
To receive CME credits for participating in this CME activity you must successfully complete the online post examination with a passing score of 70% or higher.

Online examinations return an immediate grade report. Upon receiving a passing score click Continue and complete the evaluation form. To view and print your Statement of Credit click the Print/View Certificate button displayed from within your MyAR Archives page.