Applications of Medical Physics to Clinical Problems: Diagnostic Radiology

1 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Clinic, one hour. Requisite: course 205. Clinical medical physics in radiological imaging rotation covering variety of diagnostic imaging modalities. Students gain experience in performing acceptance testing and annual surveys, establishing and maintaining modality-specific quality control program, obtaining modality-specific accreditation, radiation shielding design and calculation, patient dose monitoring, and patient dose calculation. S/U grading.