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LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student will become acquainted with the:
- concept of medical imaging, the quality characteristics of the medical images
- basic principles of the different imaging modalities
- current advances in medical imaging
- clinical applications of the imaging modalities
- basic principles of radiation biology
- Radiation treatment technology
- The process of radiotherapy
- Image guided interventions
This course is introductory to the imaging and radiation therapy techniques currently used in health care. It offers a short review of the historical developments and a view to future expectations.
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the course subject even if they will work in other areas of health care.
SYLLABUS
Theory
1. Introduction to medical Imaging. What is a medical image and what are the differences between several types of medical images
2. Conventional X-ray imaging. From Rontgen’s discovery in 1995 to the current imaging and treatment modalities.
3. Other imaging modalities. Fluoroscopy, Mammography, Densitomretry.
4. Sectional Imaging. The principles of tomography imaging. Differences from projectional imaging, applications, sections / images.
5. Computed Tomography. Basic principles of computed tomography, current developments, clinical applications.
6. Ultrasound. Basic principles of ultrasound, current developments, clinical applications.
7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Basic principles of MRI, current developments, clinical applications.
8. Nuclear Medicine. Radioactivity. Basic principles of nuclear Medicine, current developments, clinical applications.
9. Radiotherapy. Basic principles of radiobiology. Radiotherapy techniques. Current developments and applications.
10. The complementary role of the imaging modalities and hybrid imaging.
11. Fighting cancer. Medical and other cancer treatments except radiotherapy.
12. Interventional procedures. Image guided diagnostic and treatment techniques.
Laboratory
The students familiarize with the Department of Medical Imaging, projectional imaging, the basic operations of X-ray equipment and the quality assessment of X-ray images.
From image to photon. Students work backwards, starting from widely used projection images, recognize the anatomy already known and comment on the patient position that will produce certain images.