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.
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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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y
2008	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