Course Information

Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL IMAGING METHODS	TGT155	1. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Associate's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Özge ÖZDEMİR
Assistants
Goals	With this lecture, our students in the Radiology unit; X-ray equipment, computerized X-ray equipment, digital X-ray equipment, portable X-ray equipment to be prepared for radiological examination in line with national and international standards, to gain competencies related to obtaining radiography; To be able to prepare the physical conditions and materials of the dark room, film development and printing processes in accordance with the dark room working conditions within the radiology departments; It is aimed to learn the basic concepts in radiology, X-ray effects in the formation of radiographic images, X-ray tissue interactions, radiography device and equipment, to use the radiography device correctly, and to comprehend the necessary process-elements in order to obtain a quality and error-free radiological image.
Course Content	Introduction to radiology and definitions; Patient preparation for radiological examination, pre-appointment briefing and preparation, preparation during examination; Radiological Devices; The structure of the X-ray devices; X-Ray Production, X-Ray Emission and Tissue Interaction of X-Rays and Radiological Image Acquisition; Quality and quality parameters in radiography; Radiation units; Digital Radiology and Orthopantomography, their main principles.
Learning Outcomes	1) The student knows and defines the main concepts of radiology and radiology. 2) Students know and can apply the procedures that a medical imaging technician should do before, during and after the imaging process. 3) Students can apply the patient preparation process for Radiographic examination. They apply the ethical rules in radiology. 4) They express the x-ray tube, its parts, the working principles of these parts and their functions in the x-ray tube. 5) It expresses how the X-ray is formed in the x-ray tube, how it comes out of the tube (the path it follows), how it reaches the structure to be imaged. 6) In the radiological imaging process, it defines the physical events caused by the X-ray coming out of the x-ray tube in the tissue. It explains how these physical events are obtained with parameters and how they are used in the imaging process. 7) They can describe the physical structure, placement, features, ventilation systems and light safety of the dark room. They recognize the properties of darkroom materials and can make them ready for film development and printing. They can make the necessary preparations for dark room materials, ensure that they are maintained and cleaned, and make them ready for film development and printing processes. 8) They define the layers of the x-ray film, the content-tasks of the layers and how the image is formed, what stages the x-ray film has gone through in order to obtain an image. They can predict the errors that may occur. They explain what the ranforsitor and grid are used for in radiographs and what their content is. 9) They know the main principles of Contrast X-ray, Digital Radiology, Mammography and Orthopantomography. 10) They know the importance of quality and quality parameters in radiography.