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)

João Manuel Carvalho Pedroso Lima

Assessment Methods

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

Bibliography

Material de apoio - teórico e prático (inforestudante)

Imagiologia Clínica: Princípios e Técnicas - ed. Francisco de Mascarenhas Gaivão; 2003, Laboratórios Farmacêuticos ROVI, SA - Lisboa (geral@rovisa.com.pt)
Física dos Métodos de Imagem com Raios X - João José Pedroso de Lima; 1995, Edições ASA Coimbra
Biofísica Médica J.J. Pedroso de Lima; 2003, Imprensa da Universidade Coimbra
Biomatemática Uma Introdução para o curso de Medicina João José Pedroso de Lima, Francisco José Amado Caramelo, Jorge Miguel Couceiro, Rosa da Conceição Reis, Francisco Alte da Veiga; 2004, Imprensa da Universidade Coimbra
Técnicas de diagnóstico com raios X Aspectos Físicos e Biofísicos João José Pedroso de Lima; 2005, Imprensa da Universidade Coimbra.