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2007 - 2008 Lectures

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Textbooks

The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 2nd edition.
Bushberg, Seibert, Leidholdt and Boone.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

 

MRI from Picture to Proton, 2nd edition.
McRobbie, Moore, Graves, Prince.
Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Syllabus

2007-2008 Diagnostic Radiology Imaging Physics Course Syllabus

 

 Lectures

Week 1 (5 July 2007)

Introduction to Medical Imaging, Radiation and the Atom - Bushberg Chapters 1 and 2

 

Weeks 2-3 (12 and 19 July 2007)

Interaction of Radiation with Matter - Bushberg Chapter 3

 

Week 4 (26 July 2007)

Computers in Medical Imaging - Bushberg Chapter 4
Computer Networks, PACS and Teleradiology - Bushberg Chapter 17

 

Weeks 5-6 (2 and 9 August 2007)

X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes and Generators - Bushberg Chapter 5

 

Weeks 7-8 (16 and 23 August 2007)

Screen-Film Radiography- Bushberg Chapter 6

 

Week 9 (30 August 2007)

Image Quality (Part - I) - Bushberg Chapter 10

 

Week 10 (6 September 2007)

Image Quality (Part - II) - Bushberg Chapter 10

 

Weeks 11-12 (13 and 20 September 2007)

Digital Radiography - Bushberg Chapter 11
Adjuncts to Radiology - Bushberg Chapter 12

 

Week 13 (27 September 2007)

Radiation Protection - Bushberg Chapter 23

 

Weeks 14-15 (4 and 11 October 2007)

Radiation Biology - Bushberg Chapter 25

 

Week 15 (11 October 2007)

Biological Response to Low Dose X-rays

 

Week 16 (18 October 2007)

Radiation Dosimetry

 

Week 17 (25 October 2007)

Fluoroscopy

 

Week 18 (1 November 2007)

Radiation Safety in Fluoroscopy

 

Week 19-20 (8 and 15 November 2007)

X-ray and Fluoroscopy Labs

 

Week 22 - 24 (29 November - 13 December 2007)

Ultrasound

 

Week 25 - 30 (20 December 2007 - 14 February 2008)

Computed Tomography

 

Week 34 (21 February 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 1-4)

Additional MRI Educational Resources:

 

Weeks 35-36 (28 February-6 March 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 5-6)

 

Week 37 (13 March 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 7)

 

Week 38-39 (20-27 March 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 8)

 

Week 40-41 (3-10 April 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 9)

 

Week 42, 44 & 46 (17 April, 1 May and 15 May 2008)

Mammography (Ch 8)

 

Week 43 (24 April 2008)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Chs 12, 9 and 13)

 

Week 47 - 52 - Transfer to Nuclear Medicine Physics lectures

Nuclear Medicine Physics Lectures Website




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