General provisions

The content, length and level of the education are regulated by chapter 1, section 9 of the Higher Education Act 1 (1992:1434), by the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), and by the Ordinance on changes to the Higher Education Ordinance (2006:1053).

Entry requirements

Passed courses in term 2 and at least 15 credit points passed courses in term 3.

Learning outcomes

After finishing the course, the students should be able to:

- have good knowledge in the radiation dose concepts and the laws, constitutions and general rules in connetion to ionising radiation

- be familiar with some different types of image reconstructions that can be performed on a work station

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- the amount of risk factors associated with the use of ionising radiation within radiology

- how good radiation hygenic measures are created and maintained

- the structure, scanning techniques, image reconstruction and detector systems of the computer tomography equipment and understand how window techniques are applied in computed tomography

- the meaning of adapted mAs at computed tomography examinations and how this influences the radiation dose given to the patient

- the physical principles behind the magnetic resonance phenomenon

- how spin echo arises and understand the difference between spin- and gradient echo (GRE)

- the spin-echo sequence (SE) and how the image contrast varies with the image parameters TE and TR

- the technical structure of a magnetic imaging system

- the relaxation procedures (T1, T2)

- how the MR-signal is detected

Content

Computed tomography

MR physics

Radiation biology

Radiation protection

Laws and regulations

Instruction

Theoretical studies: 6 credit points

Lectures and study assignments

Clinical studies: 1.5 credit points

Laboratory sessions in technology regarding computed tomography and computer exercises regarding magnetic resonance imaging

Compulsory parts of the course:

study assignments, examinations, laboratory sessions, seminars

Assessment

Examination, as written and oral presentations, individually and in groups

Students failing examinations, have the right to participate in renewed examination on another 4 occasions (In totalt 5 examinations)

Course level in relation to degree requirements

Basic level