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Courses Handbook 2015

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MIRA2001 (v.1) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 2

Area: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Online Class: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Computer Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 310282 (v.3) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 234 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     309778 (v.1) Medical Physics 161 or any previous version
    OR
    PHYS1008 (v.1) Medical Physics or any previous version
AND
    311123 (v.2) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 223 or any previous version
    OR
    MIRA2000 (v.1) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 1 or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This subject will allow students to gain knowledge of the theoretical principles and technology and clinical applications of the advanced imaging modalities of Computerised Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound. Emphasis will be made on how the energies used in these imaging technologies are used to interact with the human body and form an image. Physical principles of image generation and visualisation. Sampling at different spatial, temporal and spectral resolutions. Data and image manipulation in both the spatial and frequency domains. Image degradation and manipulation/corrective processes.
Field of Education: 061501 Radiography
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

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Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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