CT Course Curriculum
33.5 Category "A" Credits
Session 1: Patient Care
1-Medical terminology
2-Infection control
3-Commonly used drugs in the imaging suite
4-Informed Consent
5-Pre procedure lab tests
6-Order of imaging examinations
7-Brain Anatomy
8-Cranial Nerves
9-CSF pathways
Session 2: Radiation Safety
1-Types of radiation
2-Three stages of acute radiation syndrome
3-Units of measurement
4-Acceptable levels of radiation
5-Technologist factors for reducing radiation to the patient
6-Dose reduction techniques
7-Anatomy of the Neck
8-Types of Fractures
Session 3: Contrast Media
1-Patient care issues, consents
2-Specific conditions requiring special precautions
beforeadministering contrast material
3-Pre procedure lab tests
4-Four routes of injection, doses
5-Order of flow of contrast
6-Sterile techniques
7-Anatomy of the Chest
8-Arterial Anatomy
Session 4: System Components
1-System components
2-Computer hardware and software
3-Storage Media
4-The evolution of CT scanning technology
5-Data acquisition systems
6-X-ray production
7-X-ray tubes, collimators
8-Detectors
9-Anatomy of the spine
Session 5: Imaging Procedures
1-Brain Head
2-Abdomen
3-Pelvis
4-Chest
5-Musculo Skeletal
6-Special procedures
7-CTA Brain
8-CTA of the Heart
Session 6: Course Review To Date
1-Midterm
2-Questions and Answers
Session 7: Anatomy
1-Head
2-Neck
3-Chest
4-Pelvis
5-Arteries
-Head
-Neck
-Chest
6-Types of Fractures
7-Quiz #1
Session 8: Image Quality
1-Spatial resolution
2-Contrast resolution
3-Noise
4-Linearity
Session 9: Image Reconstruction and Post Processing
1-Prospective vs. Retrospective images
2-MPR
3-3D
-Shaded Surface Rendering (SSR)
-volume Rendering (VR)
-Filtering
4-Spatial resolution tests
5-Contrast mechanisms
6-Technical factors
Session 10: Image Reformation
1-Three methods of scanning
2-Image reconstruction
3-Pixels
4-Voxels
5-Image matrix
6-Linear attenuation coefficient
7-Hounsfield units
8-MAS and KVP
9-Z axis resolution
10-Slice thickness
11-Pitch
12-Patient dose
Session 11: Artifacts
1-Aliasing
2-Nyquist theorem
3-Edge gradient
4-Metal artifacts
5-Motion
6-Beam hardening
7-Partial volume averaging
8-Ring artifacts
Session 12: Post Processing
1-3 D imaging
2-MPR
3-Factors of reconstruction
4-Field of View
5-Magnification
6-Quality control tests
7-Final
Session 13: General Review
1-Patient Care
2-Radiation safety
3-Contrast
4-System components
5-Imaging procedures
6-Image quality
7-Image formation and reconstruction
8-Post processing and image display
9-Artifacts
10-Tube arcs
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