MDPH406-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Medical Imaging

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

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.

This course will provide a background to the physical principles and practical aspects of medical imaging. The main imaging modalities considered are x-ray (including radiography, mammography, fluoroscopy, digital subtraction angiography and computed tomography), ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging.

Summary of Course Content
• The general topics covered by this course are:
• Image science and image perception – an introduction
• PACS and an introduction to the DICOM standard
• Introduction to image processing
• Radiography – screen-film and digital radiography
• Fluoroscopy
• Digital subtraction angiography
• Mammography
• Computed tomography
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Ultrasound imaging

Learning Outcomes
• On completing this course you should be able to
• Describe basic principles underlying imaging methods
• Discuss principles of operation of medical imaging equipment
• Recognise safety aspects of imaging with ionising and non-ionising radiation
• Understand basic quality control of medical imaging equipment
• Recognise potential sources of artefacts or inaccuracy
• Discuss a range of clinical applications of imaging modalities
• Discuss radiation doses associated with medical imaging methods
• Discuss image processing used in medical imaging
• Discuss perception in relation to image display methods

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Equivalent Courses

PHYS406

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Konstantin Pavlov

Guest Lecturer

Darrin O'Keefe

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 10%
Assignment 2 10%
Assignment 3 10%
Exam 55%
Test 15%

Textbooks / Resources

Other Useful reference Texts

• Medical imaging physics, Fourth Edition.  W.R. Hendee, E.R. Ritenour. Wiley 2002. (available electronically via the Library website)
• Magnetic resonance imaging: physical principles and sequence design. 2nd edition, Robert W. Brown, et al., 2014. (available electronically via the Library website)
• Modern diagnostic X-ray sources: technology, manufacturing, reliability. R. Behling. 2016. (available electronically via the Library website)

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,054.00

* 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 School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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