3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Upper Division
This course will introduce students to develop essential understandings of all primary medical imaging techniques utilized in hospitals such as Computer tomography, X-ray imaging, MRI, Ultrasound and Nuclear medicine imaging modalities. The course will cover basic scientific principles of each modality and introduce their underlying clinical requirements and applications. In addition, this course introduces the student to human anatomy as seen in the transverse, coronal, and sagittal planes. Anatomy of the brain, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis will be studies using CT and MRI images. Normal anatomy, anatomic variants, and selected pathologies will be discussed in the various body regions.
Learning Outcomes1Understand (at an elementary level) the physical basis and limitations of diagnostic imaging techniques and correctly distinguish between the following imaging techniques: plain X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, PET scans and ultrasound.
2Differentiate major anatomical regions and identify major anatomical structures in the transverse, coronal, and sagittal plane.
3Acquire basic knowledge of the fundamental principles and techniques of all the major imagine modalities including, CT, MRI, Ultrasound and nuclear medicine (PET and SPECT).
4Understand basic sectional (transverse, sagittal and coronal) anatomy in medical imaging.
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