Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
MED/36 (DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS
Course
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (01/10/2020 - 15/01/2021)
Lesson hours
8 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Physics Basics, Medical Physics (1st year)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will have acquired the basic knowledge of:
(i) the physical principles behind the functioning of the main diagnostic techniques (US, RX, CT, MR) and behind the formation of images;
(ii) the main technical aspects related to medical imaging instrumentation.
Course contents
Imaging with ultrasounds (US, Doppler); imaging with X-rays (conventional and digital radiography, mammography, CT), MRI.
Teaching methods
Frontal Lectures. Together with theoretical contents, diagnostic images will also be presented and discussed, with particular attention to the presence of artefacts carrying information on the functioning of the imaging technique and process of image formation.
Reccomended or required readings
- Farr’s Physics for Medical Imaging. P Allisy-Roberts, J Williams. Saunders- Elsevier, 2008, Second Edition, ISBN 9870702028441
- Fisica biomedica (chosen chapters). Domenico Scannicchio. Edises, 2013, terza edizione, ISBN 9788879597814
- Other references to textbooks and papers, together with copies of the lectures (ppt presentations) will be provided to the students.
Assessment methods
Oral exam
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