Radiologist Assistant Curriculum - American Society of Radiologic ...
Radiologist Assistant Curriculum - American Society of Radiologic ...
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I. Theory <strong>of</strong> operation<br />
1. Principles <strong>of</strong> coincidence detection<br />
a. True coincidence<br />
b. Lines <strong>of</strong> response (LOR)<br />
c. Randoms<br />
d. Scatter<br />
e. Delayed event<br />
f. Coincidence window and timing<br />
2. Image formation and reconstruction<br />
a. Sinograms<br />
1) 2-D<br />
2) 3-D<br />
3) Fourier rebinding<br />
4) Single slice rebinding<br />
b. Data processing and corrections<br />
1) Normalization corrections<br />
2) Decay corrections<br />
3) Dead time corrections<br />
4) Arc corrections<br />
5) Random corrections<br />
6) Scatter corrections<br />
7) Attenuation corrections<br />
J. Diagnostic procedures<br />
1. Radiopharmaceutical characteristics<br />
2. Administration <strong>of</strong> radiopharmaceuticals<br />
3. Gated procedures<br />
4. Acquisition modes<br />
5. Imaging procedures (i.e., cardiology, neurology, oncology)<br />
6. Image artifacts<br />
7. Computerized data processing<br />
8. Image fusion and registration<br />
II. Image Postprocessing<br />
A. Processing techniques<br />
1. 2-D display tools<br />
2. 3-D display tools<br />
a. MIP<br />
b. Minimum intensity projection (MinIP/minIP)<br />
c. Shaded surface display (SSD)<br />
d. Volume rendering technique (VRT)<br />
e. Ray sum projection<br />
3. Segmentation tools (i.e., cutting, region growing, dilation/erosion)<br />
B. Data volume<br />
1. Voxel-based models<br />
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