PHYS406-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Medical Imaging

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

Radiographic practice and terminology, image perception, x-ray, fluoroscopy, CT,MRI, ultrasound, digital radiographic image measurement, patient dosimetry, occupational radiation dose factors, quality assurance.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see Physics and Astronomy Head of Department

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 55%
NMR/MRI Laboratory experiments 10%
Image reconstruction experiments 10%
Clinical Project 15%
Mid-term test 10%


Please note a pass in the final exam is required to pass the course.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Bushberg, Jerrold T; The essential physics of medical imaging ; 3rd ed; Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $840.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Physics and Astronomy .

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