PHY200 Radiation Detection and Devices (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Medical Radiation Science (MEDRA)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject deals with radiation detection and the digital image signal formation process in medical imaging. It covers the physics of radiation detection, radiation detectors, signal readout and processing devices, digital radiography and radiation detection in various tomographic imaging systems.
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No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: PHY200
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Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Understand and apply the physical principles of radiation detection in medical imaging.
- Understand and describe image signal formation processes in various medical imaging systems.
- Understand and appreciate various practical radiation detectors used in medical imaging.
- Understand and describe the image signal processing and digitisation devices.
- Understand and describe radiation detection in specific digital imaging systems including digital projection radiography and tomographic computed tomography.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Module 1. Radiation Detection and Measurement - Radiation interactions with matter - Radiation detectors Module 2. The Formation of Medical Images - Analogue radiographic process. - Signal readout and processing devices. - Electrostatics and DC Electricity. - Digital image signal sampling and processing. Module 3. Digital Radiography - Characteristics of x-ray imaging systems - Semiconductor materials for x-ray digital detectors - Computed radiography systems - Digital radiography systems Module 4. Tomographic imaging systems - Transmission computed tomography - Emission computed tomography - Reflective computed tomography
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.