This subject contains a 0 day Optional Residential School.
This subject provides high-school science teachers and others, an introduction to the physics and basic instrumentation of the modern medical imaging technologies of ultrasound, x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine. The subject brings to life basic physics principles through their relevance and practical application to modern medical diagnosis.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Clinical Sciences
The completion of a BSc/BAppSc/BSecEd degree or equivalent.
The syllabus will cover the following topics: Diagnostic Ultrasound physics and instrumentation - basic ultrasound physics - A- and M- mode scanning - realtime B –mode scanning - Doppler ultrasound X-rays and CT physics and instrumentation - Review of applicable physics and mathematics - Measurement and Detection of Ionizing Radiation - The Generation and Behaviour of X radiation - The Imaging Process and Radiation Detection - Dosimetry of X radiation - X radiation and Therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging physics and instrumentation - Physics of MRI - MRI pulse sequences - spin echo and an introduction to other sequences - spatial localisation - MR contrast weightings - factors affecting image quality - MRI instrumentation - MR safety - Nuclear Medicine physics and instrumentation - Structure of the atomic nucleus - Isotopes and nuclides - Radioactivity and decay - Half life - Medical uses of radioactivity - The gamma camera - Positron emission tomography - Radiation safety
This subject contains a 0 day Optional Residential School.
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The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2019. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.