Postgraduate Course: Imaging: Preclinical imaging (NEME11025)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | This optional course will cover the basics of preclinical MR, optical, ultrasound, micro-CT and micro-PET imaging, and will re-enforce taught materials with case studies for each modality. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Modules cover but are not limited to: 
+ Basics of preclinical MRI imaging 
+ MRI preclinical case studies 
+ Basics of preclinical optical imaging  
+ Optical preclinical case studies 
+ Basics of preclinical ultrasound imaging 
+ Ultrasound preclinical case studies  
+ Introduction to micro-CT imaging 
+ Introduction to micro-PET imaging
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 1 | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
18/09/2023 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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 Lecture Hours 20,
Online Activities 20,
 Formative Assessment Hours 2,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Revision Session Hours 20,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
36 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Assessment will consist of continuous, in-course assessments and a final assessment. In-course assessment will be composed of a mixture of multiple choice-type questions, short essays, practical tasks, contributions to discussions and group learning activities - and will be delivered in time with individual modules making up the course. Final assessment will normally include a combination of multiple choice-type questions and short essays and it will take place at the end of the course period. 
 
A number of bespoke technologies and the University's online assessment tool QuestionMark Perception will be used to deliver the more interactive and visually driven elements of assessment. 
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| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     See course description
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Reading List 
| A list of required and recommended readings will be provided through the institutional online learning environment |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Special Arrangements | 
All courses are delivered online by distance learning, using the institutional learning environment and other online tools (e.g. wiki, objective testing software), accessed by using the standard university EASE login. | 
 
| Keywords | Imaging,Imaging sciences,Light microscopy,Preclinical imaging,Clinical imaging,Radiology | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Farrall 
Tel: (0131) 537 3910 
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Course secretary | Dr Charilaos Alexakis 
Tel: 0131 537 3125 
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