| Area: |
Department of Medical Imaging Science |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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| Lecture: |
1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): |
Admission: Into Master of Medical Imaging Science
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| Syllabus: |
Introduction to x-rays, medical images and their production. Factors affecting x-ray absorption. Exposure factors affecting the image. Density. Contrast. Fog. Scattered radiation and methods of limiting it. Image quality including unsharpness. Recordingthe image: films and screens. Latent image. Manual and automatic processing. The chemistry of developing and fixing. Sensitometry - speed, latitude and characteristic curves. Tomography. Theoretical and practical foundations of medical imaging science. Introduction to concepts of diagnostic radiography including instrumentation, technical factors, imaging accessories and film processing. Patient care. Positioning theory for the chest, abdomen, upper extremity and shoulder girdle. Positioning theory forlower extremity, vertebral column and thoracic cage. Integration and application of medical imaging science, instrumentation, and imaging principles with reference to imaging techniques. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 61501 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 |
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Location |
Period |
Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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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