|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 455, 462, 465, 472, 475, and 477 In vivo non-imaging clinical procedures are covered in this course, including venipuncture, universal precautions, blood volume procedures, patient care, EKG and non-imaging physiological studies. Department organization, medical/legal issues of patient care, and medical/legal terminology are also covered.
-
5.00 Credits
5 semester hours Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 462, 465, 472, 475, and 477 This course introduces topics that encompass the interrelated aspects of performing patient organ visualization procedures. Included are a review of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the various organs; radiopharmaceuticals; pharmaceuticals; applicable instrumentation; and a discussion of the methodologies and techniques utilized in performing the imaging procedure. Representative images are shown.
-
1.00 Credits
1 semester hour Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 465, 472, 475, and 477 Therapeutic clinical procedures are covered in this course, including the properties and selection of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, forms of therapy, and radiation safety techniques involved with systemic therapy procedures.
-
3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 462, 472, 475, and 477 Topics covered in this course include radiochemistry, radionuclide generators, transient and secular equilibrium, radiopharmaceutical properties, pharmacological actions, localization methods, basic principles of immunology, and radiopharmaceutical preparation and quality control.
-
3.00 Credits
3 semester hours Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 462, 465, 475, and 477 This course is an introduction to the basic principles of molecular imaging radiation detection instrumentation and gamma spectroscopy. The design, operation, and quality control of gas-filled and scintillation instruments are covered. Detailed discussion of the components of a planar gamma camera system and dedicated computer, both hardware and software, is included.
-
1.00 Credits
1 semester hour Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 462, 465, 472, and 477 This course includes a detailed discussion of the components of a SPECT gamma camera system and dedicated computer, both hardware and software, image reconstruction, filtering, and other computer applications are covered. Data reduction and image analysis are described.
-
1.00 Credits
1 semester hour Prerequisite: enrollment in the NMI program Corequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 462, 465, 472, and 475 Physics, radiopharmaceutical production and applications, imaging systems and procedures, and radiation safety for PET are discussed. Image reconstruction, data reduction, image analysis, and other computer applications for PET imaging are also covered.
-
12.00 Credits
12 semester hours Prerequisites: NMED 405, 415, 425, 435, 445, 455, 462, 465, 472, 475, and 477 While enrolled in the Clinical Nuclear Medicine series, students receive clinical training at one of the affiliate hospitals and possibly an affiliate radiopharmacy. The student receives instruction and participates in the performance of all types of clinical nuclear medicine procedures, patient care, administrative duties, radiopharmaceutical preparation and quality control; instrumentation usage and quality control; and radiation safety. Students are also required to complete assigned clinical projects involving the clinical correlation between academic and practical experience.
-
12.00 Credits
12 semester hours Prerequisite: NMED 485 While enrolled in the Clinical Medicine series, students receive clinical training at one of the affiliate hospitals and possibly an affiliate radiopharmacy. The student receives instruction and participates in the performance of all types of clinical nuclear medicine procedures, patient care, administrative duties, radiopharmaceutical preparation and quality control; instrumentation usage and quality control; and radiation safety. Students are also required to complete assigned clinical projects involving the clinical correlation between academic and practical experience. This course is a continuation of NMED 485.
-
3.00 Credits
3 semester hours This course offers an overview of the major historical advances in the sciences as well as the frontiers of modern research. The course is designed to provide non-science majors with an integrated view of scientific investigations in the fields of physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|