Computed Tomography (3 cr)
Code: 7R00DF31-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 03.08.2019 - 25.10.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 02.09.2019 - 22.11.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Radiography and Radiotherapy
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy
- Teachers
- Tiina Ketola
- RADIO-luennoitsija Virtuaalihenkilö
- Course
- 7R00DF31
Objectives (course unit)
-are able to apply their knowledge of topographic anatomy in CT examinations
-are able to name anatomic structures in a CT image
-know the most common CT examinations carried out to adults or children
-know the principles of safe working in CT examinations
-know how to guide patients in CT examinations
-know the contrast media and intensifiers used in CT and their use, influence mechanism as well as their side effects
-discern the findings discovered with CT
-know how to act in cases of emergency
Content (course unit)
-Computed Tomography and CBCT devices with auxiliary equipment
-Examination process in CT examinations
-Factors affecting to image composition and image quality
-Safety in CT examinations
-Use of contrast media
-Optimizing the dose of radiation in CT examination
-Children in CT examination
-Radiology
Prerequisites (course unit)
-Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
-Topographic Anatomy
-X-ray Examinations, Basic Clinical Training
Assessment scale
0-5