309799 (v.2) Medical Imaging Specialisation 428

Area:	Department of Medical Imaging Science
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	20.0
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 2 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice:	1 x 18 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s):	309798 (v.2) Medical Imaging Science 356 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Physics component: the physics of magnetic resonance, motion within atoms, hydrogen nucleus, alignment, precession, Larmour equation, resonance, MR signal, FID, relaxation, longitudinal relaxation time (T1) recovery, transverse relaxation time (T2) decay, T2*, pulse-timing parameters, K-space. Non-ionising radiation safety. Instrumentation component: magnets, gradient magnets, radio frequency systems, encoding, data collection and image formation, parameters and trade-offs. Image artefacts. Quality assurance. Imaging component magnetic resonance (MR) scanning.
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

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