1 | FRCR Part 1 - Physics | ||
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2 | Tentative timetable | ||
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4 | Day | Date | Subject |
5 | Monday | 6 Feb | Structure of matter, the atom and the nucleus, Interaction of electrons and photons with matter, Filtration of x-ray beams |
6 | Wednesday | 10 Feb | Nuclear stability, Mechanisms of radioactive transformation, Nuclear energy states and gamma emission |
7 | Friday | 13 Feb | Activity and radioactive decay, Artificial radionuclides and their production, Radiopharmaceuticals and their production |
8 | Monday | 17 Feb | Structure of images, image quality |
9 | Wednesday | 20 Feb | Signal processing, image reconstruction and reformatting |
10 | Friday | 24 Feb | Quality assurance and management of radiological imaging |
11 | Wednesday | 27 Feb | construction, function and operation of computed and digital radiographic systems |
12 | Friday | 3 Mar | x-ray tube and x-ray beam |
13 | Monday | 6 Mar | image receptors for computed and digital radiography, scatter rejection |
14 | Wednesday | 10 Mar | contrast media - iodinated, barium and air, dual energy radiography and mammography |
15 | Friday | 13 Mar | radiographic tomography and tomosynthesis |
16 | Monday | 17 Mar | construction, function and operation of a fluoroscopy system |
17 | Wednesday | 20 Mar | image receptors for fluoroscopy, image digitisation, angiography with contrast media, including digital subtraction techniques |
18 | Saturday | 24 Mar | construction, function and operator of a gamma camera/ scanner |
19 | Wednesday | 27 Mar | imaging collimators, image receptors, scatter rejection in radionuclide imaging |
20 | Friday | 31 Mar | Mechanisms and quantification of radiopharaceutical localisation |
21 | Monday | 3 April | Static, whole-body, dynamic and gated imaging |
22 | Wednesday | 7 April | Radiation safety and factors affecting radiation dose |
23 | Friday | 10 April | Construction, function and operation of a rotating multi-head gamma camera, spect/ct |
24 | Monday | 14 April | image reconstruction, scatter and attenuation corrections, construction of a multi-detector pet-ct ring system |
25 | Monday | 17 April | data acquisition, standardised uptake value and quantification, pet/ct |
26 | Wednesday | 21 April | Radiation safety and factors affecting radiation dose, statutory legislation, practical management of radiation doses |
27 | Friday | 24 April | construction of a ct scanner, axial and helical scanners, mutli-slice scan acquisition |
28 | Monday | 28 April | ct image reconstruction, advanced ct imaging techniques, radiation dose and safety |
29 | Wednesday | 1 May | creation, detection and spatial localisation of the mr signal, basic contrast mechanisms |
30 | Friday | 5 May | basic mri sequences & common variants, frequency-dependent techniques |
31 | Wednesday | 8 May | t1-dependent techniques, diffisuion mri, acceleration techniques, flow-related mri techniques |
32 | Friday | 12 May | mr artefacts and artefact reduction, mr safety, quality assurance |
33 | Monday | 15 May | nature and properties of ultrasound waves, propagation and interaction of ultrasound waves with matter |
34 | Wednesday | 19 May | basic design and construction of ultrasound transducers, beam shapes and focusing from transducers arrays |
35 | Friday | 22 May | image acquisition, reconstruction and imaging modes |
36 | Monday | 26 May | scanner functionality and image optimisation, doppler ultrasound, advanced techniques |
37 | Wednesday | 29 May | artefacts and how to overcome them |
38 | Friday | 2 June | mixed session |