Code: | F/MED4001 | Acronym: | F/MED4001 | Level: | 400 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Physics / Medicine |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Course/CS Responsible: | Master in Medical Physics |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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M:FM | 4 | Study plan since 2013/2014 | 1 | - | 6 | 49 | 162 |
- To address the physical principles, basic equipment, mathematical and computational methods, and the implementation of some relevant techniques of medical imaging in the field of radiology, computed tomography and nuclear medicine.
- To address quality control methods for different imaging techniques and develop the ability to implement quality control programs using common software in hospital environment.
- To address the image characteristics and the influence of user-controllable parameters for relevant medical imaging techniques.
- To understand the working principles of medical imaging techniques and of the global physical aspects of their application: radiography, digital radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, angiography, computed tomography.
Radiation-matter interactions of interest in radiology. Physics and technology for X-ray production. Basic equipment for planar radiography. Optics and image theory. Film-screen systems vs digital radiology. Fluoroscopy, angiography, interventional radiology. Mammography. Computed tomography, image reconstruction, procedures and artefacts. Quality control. Data extraction and manipulation of DICOM images. Image quality evaluation.
Introduction to Nuclear Medicine; Radiopharmacy; production of radiopharmaceuticals; detectors in Nuclear Medicine; image formation; image modalities CT) equipements and quality control. Software for image quality assessment and exercises.Lectures, problem solving classes; lessons in a hospital environment.
The presentation in the lectures is organized in accordance with the syllabus and the intended outcomes, and frequent examples are given to help the students in their own study, including frequent references to subjects studied in other courses. The students are encouraged to work the problems and proposed exercises before lessons, where some of them are discussed and solved. The exercises and proposed problems cover the topics and calculation methods presented in UC, with various levels of difficulty. There is particular attention to the confrontation between the experimental results and predicted by models studied.
Students are encouraged to solve problems outside of class time, to create them habits of autonomy, independence and responsibility, avoiding that practical classes become routinely problem-solving lessons they watch. The individual problem solving intends to consolidate the knowledge and develop calculation skills and analysis that the final exam will assess more rigorously.
Students are also encouraged to read in a critical manner a few recommended papers about the topics of the syllabus, and present or discuss the main results of these papers.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 80,00 |
Participação presencial | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 113,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 49,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Assessment:
Final Exam (50% Radiologia + 50% Medicina Nuclear)
Evaluation formula: 50% (Radiology) + 50% (Nuclear Medicine)