Advanced Medical Imaging Classes and Scheduling

Emphasis on applications in drug therapy for health and illness, legal aspects, and patient education. Contrast media, advanced cardiac life support drugs and other select medications related to imaging procedures will be highlighted. Application of prerequisite information in Pathophysiology to study drugs and their intersystem relations.

This course includes the fundamental conversations surrounding the use of CT, MR and ultrasonography and how it is used for invasive and non-invasive imaging and access. Examine disease processes common through multiple imaging modalities discussing patient diagnosis and prognosis in the context of imaging decisions.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated twice for credit.

The first in a two-semester sequence for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human anatomy and physiology. This course covers basic chemistry, cell biology, and histology, as well as the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory, and endocrine systems. This course emphasizes the ability to apply knowledge and methods of scientific inquiry to think critically about and solve problems about the structure and function of the human body. Prior or concurrent enrollment in HLTH 101 and CHEM 101 is recommended.

The second in a two semester sequence for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human anatomy and physiology. This course covers the cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems as well as metabolism. Prior or concurrent enrollment in HLTH 101 and CHEM 101 is recommended.

Overview of the health care industry and the issues that confront this dynamic system, including the changing roles of components of the system as well as technical, economic, political and social forces responsible for those changes.

Pathophysiology provides the basic link between the sciences of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry and their application to clinical practice. Emphasizes the dynamic aspects of disease processes in the human body. This includes disruption of normal physiology and a “system approach” to focus on risk factors, symptomatology, diagnostic tools, and treatment modalities.

Provides an overview of methods and efforts to achieve measurable improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness, performance, accountability, outcomes, and other indicators of quality in services or processes, which achieve equity and improve the health of the community.

Design of experiments, analysis methods, and interpretation of results and conclusions as related to evidence based research in health.

Identification of anatomical structures on sectional images to include sagittal, coronal, and transverse body planes utilizing MRI and CT imaging.

Introduces the resources and supplies required for interventional procedures. Discusses the preparation of the materials and sterile supplies prior to beginning a procedure, techniques and uses of materials and devices during a procedure and postprocedural cleanup and care of interventional materials and devices.

Provides strategies for patient assessment prior to, during and following the completion of interventional examinations. Important measures such as vital signs, lab values and physiologic monitoring are described. Explains how to identify and respond to patient status changes and medical emergencies as diagnosed through the course of monitoring.

Presents a systematic approach to the techniques and procedures technologists use in the performance of select vascular-interventional procedures. Discusses indications, contraindications, procedural processes, access and closure methods and possible complications.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated twice for credit.

Introduces the resources and supplies required for interventional procedures. Discusses the preparation of the materials and sterile supplies prior to beginning a procedure, techniques and uses of materials and devices during a procedure and postprocedural cleanup and care of interventional materials and devices.

Provides strategies for patient assessment prior to, during and following the completion of interventional examinations. Important measures such as vital signs, lab values and physiologic monitoring are described. Explains how to identify and respond to patient status changes and medical emergencies as diagnosed through the course of monitoring.

Presents a systematic approach to the techniques and procedures technologists use in the performance of select cardiac-interventional procedures. Discusses indications, contraindications, procedural processes, access and closure methods and possible complications.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated twice for credit.

Provides descriptive information of the basic principles of physics and instrumentation relative to computed tomography. Historical development, mathematical and physical concepts of operation, component and systems integration and peripheral apparatus.

Continued descriptive information on the physics and instrumentation relative computed tomography. Analysis of application principles relating the physics and instrumentation of computed tomography to the final image.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Provides an introduction to the physical and biological principles of MRI. Includes physics of electricity and magnetism, image production, image weighting, and basic pulse sequences as well as safety procedures and bioeffects of MRI.

Clinical application of patient positioning coil selection, choice of pulse sequence parameters, post-processing techniques, cardiac and respiratory gating procedures, and patient assessment and monitoring.

Provides a comprehensive overview of advanced physical principles and applications of MRI. Include MR angiography, spectroscopy, diffusion/perfusion studies, subsecond imaging methods, and quality assurance procedures.

Comprehensive discussion and analysis of clinical applications to correlate the physical principles of the advanced MRI applications.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Provides the student with a thorough knowledge of basic acoustic physics and its application in the field of diagnostic medical sonography. Content includes an examination of the different types of equipment available for medical ultrasonic procedures, quality control, and safety features.

Provides descriptive information on the sonographic procedures of the abdomen, to include normal sonographic anatomy, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical signs and symptoms of disease, differential diagnosis, equipment set-up, scanning techniques, and echographic patterns of abdominal vasculature.

Simulation practice of the sonographic scanning techniques and anatomy of the abdomen.

Sonographic examination performance and critical analysis of the normal, anomalous and pathologic gravid and non-gravid female pelvis.

Provides the foundation needed to understand concepts of producing diagnostic images and information utilizing the various Doppler tools currently available.

Simulation practice of the sonographic scanning techniques and anatomy visualized.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Supervised clinical experience within an advanced medical imaging modality. Requires performance and documentation of clinical competencies. May be repeated twice for credit.