Radiology Physics Review Course Schedule

2003 (July 7 - September 5)

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - 7:30 AM, Lab Surge Conference Room P-301

Second Year Residents Required to Attend, all others welcome.

http://rsl.stanford.edu/education

 

 

Day/Date

 

 

Class #

 

 

Title of Class

Huda Review of Radiological Physics

Bushberg:

Essential Physics of

Medical Imaging

 

 

Instructor

Mon 7/7

1

Organizational Meeting Ñ Handouts - Elementary Introduction to Computers

 

 

Napel

Wed 7/9

2

CT I

Chapter 13

 

Napel

Thurs  7/10

3

CT II

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Napel

Fri  7/11

4

CT III

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Napel

Mon 7/14

5

CT IV

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Napel

Wed 7/16

6

CT V

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Napel

Thu 7/17

7

Statistics in Clinical Imaging

Chapter 7

Chapter 10

Plevritis

Fri  7/18

8

Production of x-rays

Chapter 1-2

 

Chapter 2 (pp. 17-22)

Chapter 4 (pp 65-108)

Pelc

Mon 7/21

9

X-ray attenuation and interactions

Chapter 3

Chapter 2 (pp/ 22-38)

Pelc

Wed  7/23

Thu  7/24

 

10-11

Filters, collimators, scatter, and scatter reduction

X-ray Film/film-screen systems

Chapter 3 (IV)

Chapter 3 (V)

Chapter 4 (II)

Chapter 5 (I)

Chapter 4 (82-84)

Chapter 6 (159-168)

Chapter 6 (pp 139-159)

Pelc

Fri  7/25

12

Fluoroscopy I:  Image Intensifiers and Television

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Fahrig

Mon  7/28

13

Fluoroscopy II:  Imaging Techniques

Chapter 6

Chapter 7,8

Fahrig

Wed 7/30

14

Mammography

 

 

Fahrig

Thu 7/31

15

Ultrasound I

Chapter 10

Chapter 12

Butts

Fri 8/1

16

Ultrasound II

Chapter 10

Chapter 12

Butts

Mon 8/4

17

Radiography I:  Imaging Fundamentals

Chapter 5

Chapter 5,6

Spielman

Wed 8/6

18

Radiography II:  Noise and Resolution

Chapter 5

Chapters 5,6

Spielman

Thu  8/7

19

Physics of Nuc Med - -  Nuclides   Radioactivity Decay

Chapter 8

 

Segall

Fri 8/8

20

Physics of Nuc Med - -  Production of Isotopes and Radiopharmacology

Chapter 8

 

Segall

Mon 8/11

21

Physics of Nuc Med - -  Detection

Chapter 9

 

Segall

Wed 8/13

22

Physics of Nuc Med - -  Instrumentation/ QC, Techniques

 

 

Segall

Thu  8/14

23

Physics of Nuc Med. - - Safe Handling of Radionuclides/Dosimetry

Chapter 9

 

How

Fri  8/15

24

Physics of Nuc Med. - - Dosimetry

Chapter 9

 

How

Mon  8/18

Wed 8/20

25

26

Patient Protection:  Radiation qty/unit typical dose/exam: typical risk/exam exposure calculations; Tech. and Phys. Factors; Imaging Characteristics and Dose

Personnel Protection:  Limits; Exposure Sources and Shielding; Equip design, performance, use, survey ALARA in Radiology and Nuc Med.

Chapter 9

NCRP #102, Sec. 3

NCRP #57, Sec. 26-33

NRC Reg. 8.18

ICRP #34 Sec I and 4

Phillips

Thu 8/21

27

Radiobiology I

 

Chapter 20/Syllabus

Spielman

Fri  8/22

28

Radiobiology II

 

Chapter 20/Syllabus

Spielman

Mon 8/25

29

Radiobiology III

 

Chapter 20/Syllabus

Spielman

Wed 8/27

30

MRI  I

Chapter 11

Chapter 15

Moseley

Thu 8/28

31

MRI II

Chapter 11

Chapter 15

Moseley

Fri  8/29

32

MRI III

Chapter 11

Chapter 15

Moseley

Wed 9/3

33

MRI IV

Chapter 11

Chapter 15

Moseley

Thu 9/4

34

MRI V

Chapter 11

Chapter 15

Moseley

Fri  9/5

35

REVIEW

 

 

Faculty

 

Written Boards:  September 11-12, 203


Napel: snapel@stanford.edu
Plevritis: sylvia.plevritis@stanford.edu
Pelc: pelc@stanford.edu
Spielman: spielman@stanford.edu
Butts: kimbutts@stanford.edu
Moseley: mike@lucas.stanford.edu
Fahrig: fahrig@stanford.edu
Segall: george.segall@med.va.gov
How: mark.how@stanford.edu
Phillips: ljpchp@stanford.edu