Image Fundamentals for Diagnosis and Therapeutics

Recommended Prerequisites

Anatomy and Histology; Physiology I and II; Radiations in Biomedicine.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes where active participation of students is sought for.
Guided visits to 3 medical imaging units (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy).

Learning Outcomes

1)Integrating basic knowledge for the acquisition, application and interpretation of medical images for diagnostic and therapeutics
2)Discussion of the main sources of artefacts in medical images
3)Discussion of the correcting methods and guidance on choosing them

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1)Characteristics of each of the medical diagnostic imaging methods; advantages and disadvantages of the methods using ionising radiations
2)Identification of artefacts, and their relation to the acquisition, processing and data analysis methods, mentioning also some correctional measures
3)Integration and multi-modality using methods that combine images, either by co-acquisition or by merging
4)Therapeutic usefulness of metabolic mapping, therapeutic guidance, treated volume planning, evaluation of therapeutic effect, instigation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of new drugs
5)Therapeutic methods using ionising radiations.

Head Lecturer(s)

Bruno Miguel Silva Rosa da Graça

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

Material de apoio - teórico e prático (inforestudante)

Learning Radiology - recognizing the basics 5th edition; William Herring; 2023; Elsevier

Review of Radiologic Physics 5th Edition; William F. Sensakovic; 2023; Wolters Kluwer