Objectives
Starting from the physical principles of clinical and preclinical imaging, the students are introduced to various imaging modalities available at the Turku University Hospital and at the Turku Center for Disease Modelling. The course consists of lectures and Moodle-based assignments to give the student a basic understanding of imaging modalities used in the hospital and provide the knowledge basis for more advanced courses. On the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the physical principles how different medical imaging modalities operate (X-ray, MRI, Nuclear Medicine)
- Understand the basic ideas of tomography for imaging (CT, PET)
- Give examples of the technical details for various medical imaging equipment
- Describe what is ionizing radiation, how we protect ourselves from it and how the use of it is controlled in the legislation
- Opettaja
Jani Saunavaara