Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

11985 (v.3) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 213


Area:

Department of Medical Imaging Science

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

3 x 1 Hours Weekly

Co Requisite(s):

10145 (v.5) Medical Imaging Science 213

Other Requisite(s):

Admission: upon completion of first year of program
 

Syllabus:

Ultrasound - review of basic physics, transducers, beam formation and focussing. Basis of image formation, B and M mode instruments, Doppler ultrasound, duplex scanners, colour Doppler, image recording, 3D imaging and new developments. Artefacts, quality assurance. Nuclear medicine - review of radioactive decay and interaction of radiation with matter, production of radioisotopes, scintillation counters and energy windows. Anger gamma camera - method of operation, collimators, digital gamma cameras and functional calculations. Whole body imaging, single photon emission tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), performance measurements and quality control.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

061501 Radiography

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y   Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
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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