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413. Radiological Diagnosis II (Physics of Diagnostic Radiology) (5) I. Seibert, Boone
Lecture--49 hours total; laboratory--6 hours total. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Physics of diagnostic imaging; x-ray production and interaction; image formation; modulation transfer function; fluoroscopy; cine fluoroscopy; stereoscopy; xeroradiography; computerized and geometrical tomography; magnetic resonance and ultrasound. Principles of radiation protection in imaging will be covered. (S/U grading only.)
414. Medical Radiation Biology (3) III. Bushberg
Lecture--27 hours total. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Medical radiation biology; molecular cellular and organ system response to acute and chronic irradiation; radiation carcinogenesis and genetic effects; radiation risk assessment; diagnostic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging health effects. Medical/legal considerations of radiation exposure. Offered in even numbered years only. (S/U grading only.)
*415. Radiopharmacy (3) III. Vera
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Fundamentals of radiopharmaceutical science including radiochemistry; radiopharmaceutical production; theory; applications; mechanisms of localization, radionuclide and radiopharmaceutical drug applications and related regulatory aspects. Offered in alternate years. (S/U grading only.)
461. Clinical Clerkship in Diagnostic Radiology (1-18) I, II, III, IV. Greenspan
Clinical activity--full time (3 days per unit). Prerequisite: completion of third year of Medical School; consent of instructor. Student works with radiologists at UCD Medical Center in film reading sessions and radiological procedures; includes fluoroscopy, vascular radiology and special investigations. Includes daily individual teaching sessions with faculty radiologists, radiology learning laboratory, and all radiology conferences and seminars. Limited enrollment.
462. Diagnostic Imaging of Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease (2) II. Bogren
Lecture/discussion--5 hours (for 3 weeks). Prerequisite: fourth-year medical student in good academic standing and course 461 (may be taken concurrently). Main emphasis on radiology of acquired and congenital heart disease, but also on magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, and echocardiography of heart diseases. (S/U grading only.)
498. Group Study in Diagnostic Radiology (1-12) I, II, III, IV. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (S/U grading only.)
499. Research in Diagnostic Radiology (1-12) I, II, III, IV. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Approved for graduate degree credit. (S/U grading only for medical students.)
UC Davis 1997-98 Online General Catalog. Posted August 1, 1997.catalog-comment@ucdavis.eduKeitha Hunter and Barbara Anderson, Editors
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