1997 QUT Handbook

■ PHN112 MEDICAL IMAGING SCIENCE
Introduction to the ‘C’ programming language; programming
techniques and algorithms; numerical analysis; and digital
image processing.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN113 RADIATION PHYSICS
Radioactivity and the interaction of ionising radiation with
matter; applied radiation counting techniques; biological effects
of ionising radiation.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN114 MICROPROCESSORS &
INSTRUMENTATION
The capabilities and limitations of a given instrument; design
of interfaces between microcomputers and transducers; signal
conditioning and signal conversion circuits for data acquisition.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN159 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION 1
The normal and abnormal anatomy and functions related to
gynaecology and obstetrics, the ultrasonic techniques used and
the appearance of related images. A study of the technique
used in the ultrasonic examination of the abdomen including
the appearance on the ultrasound image of normal abdominal
anatomy and its alteration by pathological processes.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PHN162 PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL
ULTRASOUND
Principles of diagnostic ultrasound; physics of ultrasound;
ultrasound equipment design and performance; image production
and artefacts; general principles of scanning; patient
and equipment care; use of coupling materials and acoustic
windows and transducer selection.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN185 PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL IMAGE
PROCESSING & COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
The principles of image data acquisition in digital imaging
modalities with emphasis on computed tomography. Convolution
theorem; image enhancement techniques; image reconstruction;
three-dimensional image presentation techniques.
The principles of clinical computed tomography including
equipment and contrast media considerations; techniques of
specific examination – head, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis,
extremities, therapy considerations and new developments.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PHN187 SPECIALIST IMAGING STUDIES 1
The opportunity for students to explore specialty imaging
sequencing parameters of MRI, and the clinical applications
and techniques of MRI.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN197 CLINICAL ATTACHMENT 1 & 2
A supervised practical program carried out in an approved
medical imaging department. Students are required to undertake
specified clinical practice as applicable to their area of
specialisation and meet minimum requirements of clinical
hours and case scope and numbers. Full year unit.
Courses: PH80 Credit Points: 12
■ PHN211 MEDICAL IMAGING
The physical principles involved in the production of the radiographic,
ultrasonic, magnetic resonance and nuclear medicine
images; quality control protocols.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN212 RADIOTHERAPY
Overview of the application of physics to radiotherapy; theo-
retical and practical aspects of the major topics in radiotherapy
physics.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN213 BIOMECHANICS/ PHYSIOLOGICAL
MEASUREMENT
The basic concepts and principles of measurement in dynamic
physiological systems; principles of design, construction and
operation of transducers, electrodes and other instrumentation.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN214 HEALTH & OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICS
The philosophy, protocols and practices of safety in the medical
and industrial fields; minimisation of hazards associated
with radiation, electrical, mechanical and biological techniques.
Courses: PH80, SC60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN218 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY &
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Literature searches – manual and computer based; data collection;
recording and analysis; introduction to medical statistics.
Writing of research proposals, reports and scientific papers. The
organisational culture and funding structures within the medical
and health industry; basic management skills, the interface
between health and technology management.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PHN281 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Magnetic resonance imaging as applied to medical imaging;
the principles, instrumentation and imaging sequencing parameters
of MRI; image production, manipulation and storage;
clinical MRI applications and techniques.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN287 SPECIALIST IMAGING STUDIES 2
The opportunity for students to explore specialty imaging
modalities and applications through a combination of small
group tutorials, self-directed study and research.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN297 CLINICAL ATTACHMENT 2
A period of additional supervised clinical practice designed
to expand and refine skills acquired in PHN197 .
Courses: PH80 Prerequisites: PHN197
Credit Points: 12
■ PHN355 CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
The principles and equipment requirements of ultrasound applications
in the cardiovascular system; the clinical techniques
and diagnostic criteria of such applications in particular those
of the peripheral arterial and venous systems and the heart.
Courses: PH80 Prerequisites: PHN197
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ PHN356 ULTRASONIC EXAMINATIONS 2
Ultrasound techniques used to examine the head, neck and
peripheral organs and the ultrasonic appearance of normal and
abnormal anatomy and pathology. Ultrasound techniques in
advanced obstetrics and gynaecology and in the abdomen.
Courses: PH80 Prerequisites: PHN197
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PHN520 PROJECT (FT)
The project may take the form of research development, a design,
a feasibility study, or the collation of scattered information
on a given topic. The project can be undertaken externally
under QUT supervision. Time spent on projects is one semester
for full-time and two semesters for part-time students.
Courses: PH80
Credit Points: 48 (48 FT and 24 PT per semester)
Contact Hours: 18 (FT) and 9 (PT) per week
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