Area: | Department of Medical Imaging Science |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Lecture: | 4 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 11986 (v.2) Medical Science 234 or any previous version
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Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to third year program
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Syllabus: | Optimising diagnostic radiological studies and cost benefit considerations. Evaluation of the sensitivity, specificity of diagnostic problems and construction of decision trees. Analysis of the strengths, limitations and sequencing of diagnostic examinations in the investigation of disease processes and tumour staging. Normal and abnormal nuclear medicine scans of the body. Effects of pharmacological interventions. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have developed an appreciation of the usefulness and reliability of an imaging modality and the range of options available to confirm a diagnosis and a working knowledge of the normal and common abnormal appearances of anatomic structures on nuclear medicine images. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Lau, L.S., 2001, 'Imaging Guidelines', Victorian Medical Postgraduate Foundation Inc, 4th Edition. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case Study Presentation 30%. Tests (2) 20%. Final Examination 50%. |
Field of Education: | 10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | Y | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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