CT Course Curriculum

46 Category “A” Credits

Session 1: Patient Care                                                                                                                                                      img_1_12

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 syndromeimg_1_13

3-Units of measurement

4-Acceptable levels of radiation

5-Technologist factors for reducing radiation to the patient

6-Dose reduction techniques

Sessions 3 & 4: image Production-Physics and Instrumentation

1-The evolution of CT scanning technology

2-Computer hardware and software

3-Storage media

4-Data acquisition systems

5-X-ray production

6-Xray tubes, collimators

7-Detectors

8-Three methods of scanning

9-Image reconstruction

10-Pixels

11-Voxels

12-Image matrix

13-Linear attenuation coefficient

14-Hounsfield units

15-MAS and KVP

16-Z axis resolution

17-Slice thickness

18-Pitch

Session 5 & 6: Imaging Procedures

1-Brain

2-Head

3-Abdomen

4-Pelvis

5-Chest

6-Musculo Skeletal

7-Special procedures

8-CTA Brain

9-CTA of the heart

10-Image reconstruction (Multiplanar reconstruction)

  • Surface rendering
  • Volume rendering
  • Shaded Surface Rendering
  • MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection)
  • Prospective vs. Retrospective images

Session 7: Course Review to Date

1-Midterm

  • Patient Care
  • Radiation Safety
  • Image Production
  • Imaging procedures

2-Questions and Answers

Session 8: Anatomy                  

1-Head

2-Neck

3-Chest

4-Pelvis

5-Arteries and veins

6-Extremities

7-Heart

Session 9: Artifacts

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1-Aliasing

2-Nyquist theorem

3-Edge gradient

4-Metal artifacts

5-Motion

6-Beam hardening

7-Partial volume rendering

8-Ringn artifacts

Cone beam artifacts

10-Stair step artifacts

11-Tube arcs

1Session 10: General Reviews

1-Patient care

2-Radiation safety

3-Image production

4-Physics and instrumentation

5-Imaging procedures

6-Anatomy

7-Artifacts

Session 11: Final

  1. Image Reconstruction-50 questions-30 minutes
    • Review-discussion of each question-30 minutes
  2. Artifacts-50 questions-30 minutes
    • Review-discussion of each question-30 minutes
  3. CT Pathology-50 questions-30 minutes
    • Review-discussion of each question-30 minutes
  4. Special CT procedures-50 questions-30 minutes
    • Review-discussion of each question-30 minutes

Session 12: General Questions and Answer Review                                    

Session 13: Total Course Review

A general discussion and review of the entire course work but with an emphasis on the actual functioning of the technologist in the CT suite to include radiation safety, artifacts and solutions to them, sedation in the suite, and the technologist’s interactions with physicians and nurses during procedures, general problem solving in the suite, contrast reactions, patient care in the suite.