310281 (v.1) Medical Imaging Science 253

Area:	Department of Medical Imaging Science
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	309778 (v.1) Medical Physics 161 AND 309793 (v.1) Medical Imaging Science 142 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Introduction to X-rays, medical images and their production. Factors affecting X-ray absorption. Exposure factors affecting the image. Optical density. Radiographic contrast. Fog. Scattered radiation and methods of limiting it. Image quality including lack of sharpness. Recording the image: films and screens. Latent image. Manual and automatic processing. The chemistry of developing and fixing. Sensitometry: speed, latitude and characteristic curves. Introduction to computed radiography systems. Theoretical and practical foundations of medical imaging science. Introduction to concepts of diagnostic radiography including instrumentation and technical factors.
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
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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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