COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTATION AND IMAGING PROCEDURES

3.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: RADTK 210 and 260 with a grade of C or better and RADTK 211 with a grade of S or department approval. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the Computed Tomography (CT) system including: operation and components, data acquisition and display, image quality, artifact production and reduction, quality control standards and radiation safety and dosimetry. CT chest, abdomen, pelvis, spine, extremities, and CT/Nuclear Medicine imaging procedures will also be presented. Three lecture hours per week.