2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MEDP1001 Introduction to Medical Imaging

10 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Dr Laura Rhodes
Email: l.a.rhodes@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

This module is suitable for students who have studied a physical science (or related subject) at A-level.

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module will provide an introduction to medical imaging and an appreciation of its role in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disease.

Objectives

To provide an appreciation and understanding of the basic principles underpinning the common medical imaging modalities and how they are used to identify and monitor musculoskeletal disease.

Learning outcomes
On completing this module students should be able to:

- Describe the basic principles underpinning MRI, Ultrasound, DXA and X-ray and how these imaging modalities produce diagnostic medical images.
- Recall the basic anatomy and physiology of specific musculoskeletal diseases.
- Understand how the major imaging modalities are used independently and collectively to identify musculoskeletal disease.
- Identify and understand how diagnostic images are perceived by the reader, and the problems associated with this.

Skills outcomes
Understand how medical imaging modalities can be used to identity and monitor musculoskeletal disease.

Syllabus

- Physics of imaging modalities, X-ray, DXA, MRI and Ultrasound including:
- Formation of ultrasound images based on the pulse echo principle and application of ultrasound within the clinical setting.
- Formation of MR images; the Larmor equation, relaxation mechanisms and spin echo sequences and application of MRI
within the clinical setting.
- Methods of X-ray production and X-ray image formation and its application within the clinical setting.
- Collection of bone density data using DXA.

- Introduction to musculoskeletal disease including basic anatomy and physiology and presentation of disease on diagnostic images.
- How the reader views diagnostics images including image perception.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Tutorial	1	1.00	1.00
Private study hours			79.00
Total Contact hours			21.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Ongoing formative e-learning based exercises to support traditional learning and substantive preparation for final exam.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored through question and answer sessions which will take place within lectures. Students are also provided with formative online self assessment questions throughout the course through which the module leader will be able to monitor progress.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 30 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

A resit for the examination will take place during the August exam period.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 17/05/2017

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