8.2.8 Protection regulations 8.2.9 Shielding Principles: beams and sources 8.2.10 Application of statistics 8.2.11 External exposure 8.2.12 Internal exposure 8.2.13 Environmental dispersion 8.2.14 Radioactive waste 8.3 Fundamentals of medical imaging Course # Comments 8.3.1 History of medical imaging 8.3.2 Mathematical Models 8.3.3 Reconstruction mathematics 8.3.4 Radiography 8.3.4.1 X-ray tube construction and X-Ray beam production; kV, mA, pulse width 8.3.4.2 X-ray beam properties and interactions in matter 8.3.4.3 Sources of image contrast and noise; detector efficiency and dose, noise power spectrum analysis 8.3.4.4 Spatial and temporal resolution 8.3.4.5 Detector technologies, anti-scatter grid 8.3.4.6 Digital and computed radiography 8.3.4.7 Mammography 8.3.4.8 Performance testing and QA 8.3.5 Fluoroscopy 8.3.5.1 Detector technologies; flat panel imager, image intensifier/TV 8.3.5.2 Radiographic contrast agents 8.3.5.3 Automatic exposure control, basic imaging modes 8.3.5.4 Digital angiography, digital subtraction angiography 8.3.5.5 Operating technique and dose to patient and staff 8.3.5.6 Performance testing and QA 8.3.6 Computed tomography 8.3.6.1 Basic data acquisition principles and scanning modes 8.3.6.2 Basic reconstruction modes 8.3.6.3 In-plane spatial resolution, slice thickness, image noise, dose 8.3.6.4 Artifacts 8.3.6.5 Cone-beam computed tomography 8.3.6.6 Performance testing and QA 8.3.6.7 CT scanning technique & patient dose 8.3.7 Nuclear medicine imaging 8.3.7.1 Modes and processes of radioactive decay 8.3.7.2 Basics of nuclear reactions and radioactivity
8.2.8 Protection regulations 8.2.9 Shielding Principles: beams and sources 8.2.10 Application of statistics 8.2.11 External exposure 8.2.12 Internal exposure 8.2.13 Environmental dispersion 8.2.14 Radioactive waste 8.3 Fundamentals of medical imaging Course # Comments 8.3.1 History of medical imaging 8.3.2 Mathematical Models 8.3.3 Reconstruction mathematics 8.3.4 Radiography 8.3.4.1 X-ray tube construction and X-Ray beam production; kV, mA, pulse width 8.3.4.2 X-ray beam properties and interactions in matter 8.3.4.3 Sources of image contrast and noise; detector efficiency and dose, noise power spectrum analysis 8.3.4.4 Spatial and temporal resolution 8.3.4.5 Detector technologies, anti-scatter grid 8.3.4.6 Digital and computed radiography 8.3.4.7 Mammography 8.3.4.8 Performance testing and QA 8.3.5 Fluoroscopy 8.3.5.1 Detector technologies; flat panel imager, image intensifier/TV 8.3.5.2 Radiographic contrast agents 8.3.5.3 Automatic exposure control, basic imaging modes 8.3.5.4 Digital angiography, digital subtraction angiography 8.3.5.5 Operating technique and dose to patient and staff 8.3.5.6 Performance testing and QA 8.3.6 Computed tomography 8.3.6.1 Basic data acquisition principles and scanning modes 8.3.6.2 Basic reconstruction modes 8.3.6.3 In-plane spatial resolution, slice thickness, image noise, dose 8.3.6.4 Artifacts 8.3.6.5 Cone-beam computed tomography 8.3.6.6 Performance testing and QA 8.3.6.7 CT scanning technique & patient dose 8.3.7 Nuclear medicine imaging 8.3.7.1 Modes and processes of radioactive decay 8.3.7.2 Basics of nuclear reactions and radioactivity