Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- understand the fundamentals of basic X-ray imaging methods
- distinguish different forms of interactions between X-rays and matter,
- define X-ray intensity and attenuation,
- understand the basic operation principles of X-ray generators, filters, beam restrictors and grids, intensifying screens, fluorescent screens, and X-ray films,
- understand the operation of X-ray radiography, fluoroscopy, angiography, mammograph, and conventional tomography
- express the relation between projections and attenuation distribution of the body given the source and detector configuration,
- implement different image reconstruction algorithms (backprojection, filtered backprojection, fourier domain approach using central slice theorem) for computerized tomography
- explain and calculate X-ray image characteristics (spatial resolution, image noise, image contrast)
- comprehend the biological effects of ionizing radiation.
- understand the fundamentals of nuclear medicine:
- distinguish nuclear particles,
- express nuclear activity and Half-life,
- learn units for measuring nuclear activity,
- undertand interaction of nuclear particles and matter (alpha particles, beta particles, gamma Rays),
- express attenuation of gamma radiation,
- understand generation and detection of nuclear emission: nuclear sources, radionuclide generators, nuclear radiation detectors, collimators,
- understand operation principles of radionuclide imaging systems: rectilinear scanner, scintillation scanner, single photon emission tomography, positron emission tomography Internal radiation dosimetry and biological effects.
- understand the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging:
- express angular momentum, magnetic dipole moment, magnetization, Larmor frequency, rotating frame of reference and the RF magnetic field, Free Induction Decay (FID), Fourier Spectrum of the NMR signal, Spin Density, Relaxation Times,
- learn existing Pulse Sequences,
- understand generation and detection of NMR signal: the magnet, magnetic field gradients, the NMR coil/probe, data acquisition.
- undertand principles of Imaging methods: slice selection, frequency encoding, phase encoding, spin-echo imaging, and gradient-echo imaging,
- learn biological effects of magnetic fields: static magnetic fields, radio frequency fields, gradient magnetic fields.
- understand the fundamentals of ultrasound imaging:
- express stress and strain relationship, equation of motion, characteristic impedance, intensity, radiation force, reflection and refraction, attenuation, absorption, and scattering,
- understand Doppler effect and Doppler methods,
- understand generation and detection of ultrasound (piezoelectric effect, ultrasonic transducers, transducer beam characteristics, axial and lateral resolution, focusing, arrays.),
- understand the operation principles of Ultrasonic Diagnostic methods (pulse-echo systems, ultrasonic transmission methods, and transmission tomography)
- comprehend the biological effects of ultrasound.