Reading material for each lecture from the text is listed for each class. Handouts and/or supplemental material will be provided as needed. Text: Essential Physics of Medical Imaging by Bushberg, __________________________________________________________________________________________DATE SUBJECT July 1 4:00 Radiation Protection: Nature of Radiation, Radiation units (Ch 2: 17-21, Ch 3: 52-59, Ch 23: 739-747) radprotect/protect1-natureunits.ppt
July 3 7:30 Diagnostic Radiation Protection: Patient Protection & Problem sets (Ch 23: 774-781, Ch 24: 795-805) radprotect/protect3-protection.ppt (Same PowerPoint as above)
__________________________________________________________________________________________ July 8 7:30 X-ray Production: X-ray Tubes (Ch 5: 102-112) xrayprod/xray1-tubes.pptJuly 9 7:30 X-ray Production: X-ray Generators (Ch 5: 116-134) xrayprod/xray2-generators.pptJuly 9 4:00 LAB 1 (2nd year residents): X-ray generators, X-ray exposure July 10 7:30 X-ray Production: X-ray Production, Spectra (Ch 1: 21-24, Ch 5: 97-102) xrayprod/xray3-prod.pptJuly 10 3:45 X-ray Production: Filtration, Intensity and Heat Units (Ch 5: 113-116, 135-144), Ch 6: 164-166) xrayprod/xray3-prod.ppt (Same PowerPoint as above)July 11 7:30 X-ray geometry, Focal spots (Ch 5: 110-111), Ch 6: 145-148, Ch 10: 266-268, Ch 12 (tomo): 317-321) interact-quality/geometry.pptJuly 11 Noon Problem sets: X-ray Tubes and Generators / Nuclear Physics / X-ray Production problems/xraytubesgenerators-2008.doc problems/nuclearphysics-2008.doc problems/xrayprod-2008.doc _________________________________________________________ July 15 7:30 Diagnostic X-ray interactions in matter (Ch 3: 31-44) interact-quality/interactions.pptJuly 16 7:30 Diagnostic X-ray attenuation and contrast (Ch 3: 45-52, Ch 5: 109-115) interact-quality/attenuation.pptJuly 16 4:00 LAB 2 (2nd year residents): Geometry and Resolution July 17 7:30 Diagnostic image quality indicators (with accompanying clips 1, 2 and 3) (Ch 10: 255-283, 287-291) interact-quality/quality.pptJuly 17 3:45 Diagnostic image quality indicators (again with clips 1, 2 and 3) (Ch 10: 255-291) interact-quality/quality.pptJuly 18 7:30 Problem Sets: X-ray Interactions; Image Quality Indicators and Geometry problems/interactions-attenuation-2008.doc problems/ImageQualityGeometry-2008.docJuly 18 Noon Problem Sets: X-ray Interactions; Image Quality Indicators and Geometry problems/interactions-attenuation-2008.doc problems/ImageQualityGeometry-2008.doc __________________________________________________________________________________________ July 22 7:30 Diagnostic X-ray intensifying screens & cassettes (Ch 6: 145-157) radiography/radiog1-screens.pptJuly 23 7:30 Diagnostic X-ray films, processing and sensitometry (Ch 6: 157-164, Ch 7: 175-189) radiography/radiog2-filmsensi.pptJuly 23 Noon Diagnostic X-ray films, processing and sensitometry (Ch 6: 157-164, Ch 7: 175-189) radiography/radiog2-filmsensi.pptJuly 23 4:00 LAB 3 (2nd year residents): Film density and Contrast vs kVp, mAs and scatter July 24 7:30 X-ray scatter production and control (Ch 6 (grids): 166-173, Ch 5 (collimators): 114-116) radiography/radiog3-scatter.pptJuly 24 3:45 Fluoroscopy: Fluoroscopy and Image Intensifiers (Ch 9) fluoroscopy/fluoro1-principles.pptJuly 25 7:30 Fluoroscopy: Radiation Protection fluoroscopy/fluoro2-protect.pptJuly 25 Noon Problem Sets: Films, screens, sensitometry, scatter; Fluoroscopy problems/filmscreenscatter-2008.doc problems/fluoroscopy-2008.doc__________________________________________________________________________________________ July 29 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Radioactive decay (Ch 18: 589-602) July 30 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Radionuclide production (Ch 19: 603-617) July 31 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Radiation detectors (Ch 20: 627-660) July 31 3:45 Nuclear Medicine: Radiation detectors (Ch 20: 627-660)
Aug 1 7:30 Problem Sets Aug 1 Noon Problem Sets
Aug 5 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Statistics, Instruments (Ch 20: 661-668, Ch 21: 669-702) Aug 6 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Instruments (Ch 21: 669-702, Ch 22: 703-736) Aug 6 4:00 LAB 4 (2nd year residents): Fluoroscopy Exposure and Image Quality (with Lee Goldman) Aug 7 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Instruments (Ch 21: 669-702, Ch 22: 703-736) Aug 7 3:45 Nuclear Medicine: Radiopharmaceuticals (Ch 19, 617-626) Aug 8 7:30 Nuclear Medicine: Dosimetry (Ch 23: 781-792, Ch 24: 805-812)
Aug 8 Noon Problem Sets
digrad/computer2-HW.ppt
Aug 19 7:30 Mammography: Principles (Ch 8) mammo/mam1-principles.ppt Aug 20 7:30 Mammography: Principles (Ch 8) mammo/mam1-principles.pptAug 20 4:00 LAB 1 (1st year residents): X-ray generators, X-ray exposure Aug 21 7:30 Mammography: MQSA (Ch 8: 225-229) mammo/mam2-QCMQSA.ppt Aug 21 3:45 Problem Sets: Mammography / Digital Mammography problems/Mammography-2008.docAug 22 7:30 Probability, Statistics and Decision Theory (Ch 10: 288-291) (lecture to be posted in the future)Aug 22 Noon Probability, Statistics and Decision Theory (problem set to be posted in the future)__________________________________________________________________________________________ Aug 26 7:30 Radiobiology: Mammalian radiosensitivity, cell damage and cell survival modals (Ch 25: 813-822) radbiol/radbio-1.ppt Aug 27 7:30 Radiobiology: Factors affecting radiation response (Ch 25: 822-827) radbiol/radbiol-2.pptAug 27 4:00 LAB 2 (1st year residents): Geometry and Resolution Aug 28 7:30 Radiobiology: Tissue sensitivity, pathology, acute effects (Ch 25: 827-837) radbiol/radbiol-3.pptAug 28 3:45 Radiobiology: Late somatic radiation effects (same PowerPoint as above) (Ch 25: 838-860) radbiol/radbiol-3.pptAug 29 7:30 Problem Sets: Radiobiology problems/radbiol-2008.doc ________________________________________________________________________________________ Sept 2 7:30 Ultrasound: Ultrasound properties & interactions (Ch 16: 469-483) US/US1-principles.pptSept 3 7:30 Ultrasound: Ultrasound transducers and imaging (Ch 16: 483-510) US/US2-realtime.pptSept 3 4:00 LAB 3 (1st year residents): Film density and Contrast vs kVp, mAs and scatter Sept 4 7:30 Ultrasound: Real time Imaging, Harmonic Imaging and Image Quality (Ch 16: 510-531) US/US3-harmonic.pptSept 4 3:45 Ultrasound: Doppler Ultrasound & Bioeffects (Ch 16: 531-553) US/US4-doppler.pptSept 5 7:30 Problem Sets: Ultrasound problems/Ultrasound-2008.doc____________________________________________________________________________________________ Sept 9 7:30 Computed Tomography: Principles of CT (with clips 1, 2, 3, 4) (Ch 12: 327-331, 346-357, 358-359) CT/CT1-principles.pptSept 10 7:30 Computed Tomography: Evolution of CT Technology (Ch 12: 331-341, 345-346) CT/CT2-generations.pptSept 10 4:00 LAB 4 (1st year residents): Fluoroscopy Exposure and Image Quality Sept 11 7:30 Computed Tomography: Helical CT / Dosimetry and Quality (Ch 12: 337-338, 346, 362-372) CT/CT3-helical.ppt CT/CT4-dosequality.pptSept 11 3:45 Computed Tomography: Multislice CT Intro / Helical MSCT (Ch 12: 338-339, 341-342, 344-346) CT/CT5-MSCTprinciples.ppt CT/CT6-MSCThelical.ppt (with accompanying MSCT clip)Sept 12 7:30 Computed Tomography: Multislice CT and Issues with CT Dose (Ch 12) CT/CT7-ctdoseissues.pptSept 12 Noon Problem Sets: Computed Tomography problems/Computed Tomography2008.doc__________________________________________________________________________________________ Sept 16 7:30 Nature of the MRI signal (T1, T2) and its measurement (Ch 14: 373-390) MRI/MRI1-principles.pptSept 17 7:30 MRI Spatial Encoding and image production (same PowerPoint as above) (Ch 15: 415-430)
MRI/MRI1-principles-ppt
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