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3.00 Credits
Provides a basic overview of computer fundamentals, along with in-depth insight regardng the components that comprise a PACS system--including but not limited to: basic terminology, CR, DR, HIS, RIS, HL-7, networking, storage, and workstation design.
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3.00 Credits
Considers the steps needed to successfully launch a PACS system in a radiology department of any size. Focuses on: reason for proposal (RFP), planning, vendor selection, contracts, and cost strategies.
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3.00 Credits
Considers issues facing a PACS administrator. Provides understanding of the architecture of a PACS system and the details of running the business aspect of a PACS system. Course topics include: relationship in health care, educational concerns, licensing, emergency protocols, legal issues, and forming policy.
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3.00 Credits
Discusses the challenges facing a modern imaging department, and provides understanding of the skills required to maintain a PACS system and prepare for its future successes. Course topics include: the clinical dashboard, breast imaging, 3D imaging, teleradiology, QA, data management, and the electronic health record.
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3.00 Credits
Studies in-depth the planning of isodose distributions and dose calculations within different target volumes. Topics covered include IMRT, conformal therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery.
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2.00 Credits
Develops the student's ability to construct treatment plans using 3D/IMRT planning techniques. Integrates theory with practice. Students required to complete a number of plans that utilize all the major treatment techniques, based on anatomical tumor sites. Lecture includes discussion and plans related to specific tumors, after which students are expected to produce similar plans, compile a notebook of plans and present plans to the class as a midterm and final examination.
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2.00 Credits
Studies cutting-edge techniques in depth as they apply to therapy--including radiation oncology and the diagnostic modalities that support them. Topics include IMRT, TBI, USGI, IORT, MLC, dynamic wedging, virtual simulation (CT simulation), stereotactic radiosurgery, HDR, proton therapy, MRI, US, and NRM. Students make a weekly presentation from a peer-review journal or discuss a research paper on one of the studied topics. Class paper on a specific area of study due at the end of the quarter.
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2.00 Credits
Includes a two-week rotation at Long Beach Memorial Hospital to observe brachytherapy. Principles of radiation protection as they relate to brachytherapy.
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1.00 Credits
Conducted in the seminar/review format. Students research and present information on weekly schedule of core topics and concepts relating to radiation therapy techniques, oncology, radiobiology, and patient care. Students complete assigned readings, and answer general review questions.
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2.00 Credits
General overview of quality-assurance management within a radiation oncology department, with specific emphasis on continuous quality assurance (CQI). Examines the theoretical and practical application of quality-assurance techniques as they relate to treatment planning and other dosimetry functions.
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