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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Biomedical Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Imaging (BIME11110)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will introduce students to the different modes of visualising the body at the gross level including plain film X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI imaging. It will also describe methods of enhancing images such as angiography, barium enemas. Barium swallows, PET scanning etc.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. understand at a basic level how each image is produced
  2. be able to differentiate one type of image from another and know under what circumstances each is preferentially used
  3. interpret and identify structures on each image
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAnatomy, Imaging, X-ray, MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound
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