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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312173 (v.1) Imaging Informatics 306

Note

Tuition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Medical Imaging Science
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 310282 (v.3) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 234 or any previous version
Syllabus: The technological features of information systems in clinical settings: networking and database. Their components and workflow between Hospital Information System (HIS), Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving & Communication Systems (PACS) including the necessary communication standards Health Level 7 (HL7) and Digital Imaging & Communication in Medicine (DICOM)). PACS related issues: patient privacy and confidentiality, imaging / data security and implementation. Current and future PACS development: enterprise PACS, telemedicine, teleradiology, Electronic Patient Record (ePR).
Field of Education: 061501 Radiography
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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