In this workshop the participants will learn about the additional value of SPECTRAL information in C-CTA; after a short ppt on the technology behind, case demonstration will include examples of calcium blooming reduction / plaque assessment, myocardial perfusion deficits, viability imaging and ECV calculation.
Rolf Raaijmakers
Clinical consultant
Philips Healthcare
Rolf Raaijmakers finished his RT training program in 1983 at the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He was the lead tech of the CT unit from 1997 till 2003. Together with Prof. de Feijter and Dr. K. Nieman, Rolf pioneered the world of Cardiac CT with 4, later 16 and 64 slice technology. Since 2003 Rolf supports the CT Clinical Science Team, Philips HealthCare, located in Best, the Netherlands, with Cardio-Vascular & Spectral CT as main focus of interest.
Rolf is since 2017 acting as global adoption specialist for Spectral CT and delivers countless lectures and hands-on workshops on spectral detector CT worldwide.
On top of that, he is frequently asked for global sales support.