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Medical Imaging and Ionising Radiation

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Decks in this class (21)

x rays
2 types of attenuation,
4 types of possible interactions,
What is compton scatter
15  cards
Topic 7 - Intro to X-Rays
CONTRAST SNR, FOM Improving contrast in images
33  cards
Spatial frequencies and fourier transforms
Defining resolution,
Resolution is limited by,
How do you convolute the two signals
3  cards
Radiopharmaceutical
What is alpha beta and gamma,
Nuclear medicine can be used for ...,
The gamma camera
27  cards
Topic 9: Radionuclide production
Specific activity,
Nuclear medicine requires a low h...,
Label the parts
29  cards
Topic 10: Detectors PET/SPECT
Name two principal interaction pr...,
Compton effect,
In the compton effect the energy ...
34  cards
Topic 10: Gamma Camera
What is the purpose of a gamma ca...,
Scintillation detector,
What types of designs of collimat...
47  cards
Topic 11
Spatial resolution definition,
Modulation transfer function,
What does the spatial resolution ...
36  cards
Topic 12
Gamma camera planar performance t...,
Testing standards,
Commonly performed planar measure...
28  cards
Topic 12: Image acquisition
What is the effect of,
How should you choose a choice of...,
How large would a pixel be if we ...
19  cards
Topic 12: Radionuclide therapy and dosimetry
Ideal imaging radionuclide charac...,
Ideal therapy radionuclide charac...,
What is iodine 131 used for
16  cards
Topic 13: PET & SPECT
What is spect,
What is pet,
Two other functional tomographic ...
30  cards
Topic 14: XRAY Detectors
Four examples of detectors,
Why does an insulator not conduct...,
Whats normally the conduction ban...
32  cards
Topic 15: SPECT-PET - iterative image reconstruction and attenuation & scatter
Acitivity decays exponentially wh...,
Radioactivity is a ____ process a...,
Most detected counts follow a ___...
29  cards
Topic 15: Attenuation and scatter
Survival probability,
What is the survival probability ...,
For 2 thin layers what is the sur...
10  cards
Topic 18: Instrumentation
Probability of detection of a pho...,
Probability of detection of a pai...,
What factors influence pet image ...
21  cards
Topic 19: The ionising radiations regulations
Rp principles,
Who is responsible for radiation ...,
Before starting work what do you do
44  cards
Topic 20: CT lecture slides
What kind of attenuation dominate...,
How does ct work,
Why does the x ray source need hi...
36  cards
Topic 21: Radiation protection practical aspects
When are dose area product and do...,
How do you calculate the dap,
How do you measure the dose in ct
18  cards
Topic 22: Emission Tomography Quantification and motion correction
What are the units of the reconst...,
What are the units of the reconst...,
Roi measures
18  cards
Extras
How do you express the figure of ...,
Draw a graph of fom vs energy and...,
Nyquist theorem
15  cards

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