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BP5518: COMPARATIVE IMAGING (2024-2025)

Last modified: 07 Nov 2024 11:46


Course Overview

A study of the similarities and differences between the various modalities that used for medical imaging

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor A Welch

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course starts with a study of the various metrics that are used to characterise the quality of medical images, such as resolution, noise, signal noise ratio, contrast and contrast to noise ratio. The common medical imaging modalities (X-ray, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and Ultrasound) are then introduced and compared in terms of these metrics. In the latter part of the course we consider the common “imaging targets” for various disease processes and learn how to design an imaging study to answer a specific diagnostic or research question.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
Assessment Weeks 12 Feedback Weeks 12

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Duration: 1

Online test with feedback on each question

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseCompare the performance of the main medical imaging modalities in terms of the image quality measures

Project Plan, Summary or Abstract

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks 16 Feedback Weeks 19

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Feedback

Word Count: 3,000

Feedback given via rubric

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralCreateDesign an imaging study to answer a specific diagnostic or research question in a specific context

Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
Assessment Weeks 10 Feedback Weeks 10

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Duration: 1 hour

Online test with feedback on each question

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDescribe the various metrics that are used to quantify image quality and the relationships between them

Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
Assessment Weeks 11 Feedback Weeks 11

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Duration: 1

Online test with feedback on each question

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandDescribe the principles of operation of the main medical imaging modalities

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks 13 Feedback Weeks 16

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Feedback on essay given via rubrics

Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateDetermine the imaging targets for given disease processes

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Oral Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 29 Feedback Weeks 30

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Duration: 30 min

Feedback will be provided after the oral exam

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralAnalyseCompare the performance of the main medical imaging modalities in terms of the image quality measures
ProceduralCreateDesign an imaging study to answer a specific diagnostic or research question in a specific context
ConceptualUnderstandDescribe the principles of operation of the main medical imaging modalities
ProceduralEvaluateDetermine the imaging targets for given disease processes
ConceptualApplyDescribe the various metrics that are used to quantify image quality and the relationships between them

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