University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Diagnostic Radiology Imaging Physics Course

2008/2009

Course description

This course provides radiology residents with an understanding of the physics principles and theory involved for diagnostic radiology imaging modalities as well as prepare for their board exam. The image formation process for each modality as well as the image quality parameters such as noise, spatial resolution and contrast resolution and the effect of these parameters on image quality are discussed. The course also reviews radiology board exam format questions to prepare the resident for the physics component of the ABR board exam. Overall, the course objective is to provide the radiology resident with a better understanding of the technology and physical principles of the equipment used in radiology.


Textbook

The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 2nd edition.
Bushberg, Seibert, Leidholdt and Boone.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.

MRI from Picture to Proton, 2nd edition.
McRobbie, Moore, Graves, Prince.
Cambridge University Press, 2007.


Faculty

Kalpana M. Kanal, Ph.D., DABR, Course Director
Email: kkanal@u.washington.edu
Office: 616-9166                                         
     
Brent K. Stewart, Ph.D., DABMP, Director, Diagnostic Physics
Email: bstewart@u.washington.edu
Office: 616-1314                                                
     
Renee Dickinson, MS, Diagnostic Physics
Email: rdickins@u.washington.edu
Office: 543-7671


Syllabus

Meeting Times and Locations

Day: Thursday
Time: 5-6 PM
Location: RR202

Course and Instructor Evaluation Form

Due by May 21, 2009

Nuc Med Physics Lectures start on May 21st in RR202

Nuc Med Physics Lectures Website Link


Lectures

Lectures for 2008-2009 will be uploaded to replace previous lectures as we proceed with the course.

Weeks 1-2 (3 and 10 July 2008):
Introduction to Medical Imaging, Radiation and the Atom - Bushberg Chapters 1 and 2

PPT Slideshow Note: if you have an older version of PPT on your computer - you will be asked to load the PPT 2002/2003 Add-in: Office Animation Runtime
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Weeks 2-3 (10 and 17 July 2008):
Interaction of Radiation with Matter - Bushberg Chapter 3

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Interactions):

X-Ray Interactions
X-Ray Attenuation

Week 4 (24 July 2008):
Computers in Medical Imaging - Bushberg Chapter 4
Computer Networks, PACS and Teleradiology - Bushberg Chapter 17

PPT Slideshow
Look-up Table Demo - Excel
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet - Computers in Medical Imaging

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet - PACS

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (PACS):

PACS Overview - I

PACS Overview - II

Week 5-6 (31 July and 7 August 2008):
X-ray Production, X-ray Tubes and Generators - Bushberg Chapter 5
PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (X-ray Production, Generators):

X-Ray Production
X-Ray Generators

Weeks 7-8 (21 August 2008):
Screen-Film Radiography- Bushberg Chapter 6

PPT Slideshow (short version)
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

PPT Slideshow (long version)
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Screen-Film Radiography):
Physics Overview of Screen-Film Radiography
Clinical Applications of Basic X-ray Physics Principles
Measures of Screen Film Performance
Physics and Chemistry of Film and Processing

Week 9-10 (28 August - September 4, 2008):
Image Quality (Part - I) - Bushberg Chapter 10

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Resident Prepared Cheat Sheet

Weeks 12-13 (18 and 25 September 2008):
Digital Radiography - Bushberg Chapter 11

Adjuncts to Radiology - Bushberg Chapter 12
PPT Slideshow

Window/Level Demonstration
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 14 (2 October 2008):
Fluoroscopy

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Fluoroscopy):

General Overview of Fluoroscopic Imaging
X-ray Image Intensifiers for Fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy: Optical Coupling and the Video System
Digital Fluoroscopy

Week 15 (9 October 2008):
Radiation Safety in Fluoroscopy

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Other Documents: Risk from FluoroscopySupplement

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Radiation Safety in Fluoroscopy):

Fluoroscopy: Patient Radiation Exposure Issues
Radiation Safety Considerations for Diagnostic Radiology Personnel

Week 16-17 (16 and 23 October 2008):
X-ray and Fluoroscopy Labs
X-Ray Lab
Fluoroscopy Lab

Week 18 (30 October 2008):
Radiation Protection - Bushberg Chapter 23

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Weeks 19-20 (6 and 13 November 2008):
Radiation Biology - Bushberg Chapter 25

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 23 (4 December 2008):
Radiation Dosimetry

PPT Slideshow

Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Radiation Dosimetry):

Typical Patient Radiation Doses in Diagnostic Radiology

Week 24-25, 28-29 (11 December 2008 - 22 January 2009)

Computed Tomography

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Dr. Gunn's Lecture (PDF of slides)

RSNA/AAPM Tutorials (Computed Tomography):

CT Image Detail and Noise
Image Processing in CT

Radiation Dose in CT

Technological Advances in Multidetector CT with a focus on cardiac imaging

Search for Isotropic Resolution in CT from Conventional through Multiple-Row Detector

MRI Lectures 2009

Week 31 (29 January 2009):
MRI - Introduction and from Picture to Proton (Ch 1-2)

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Additional MRI Educational Resources:
PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 33 (19 February 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 8): Resonance and Relaxation

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 34 (19 February 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 4): Pixels, Matrices and Slices

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 7): Spatial Encoding
PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 35 (26 February 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 3): Image Contrast

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 36 (5 March 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 5): Image Optimization

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 37 (12 March 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 9): MRI Equipment

PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 38 (19 March 2009):MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 6): Artifacts
PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 39 (26 March 2009):
MRI - from Picture to Proton (Ch 12 and overview of Chs 10 and 13)
PPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Quantum Mechanical Explanation of NMR:
PDF Document

MRI Safety (AJR Articles):Safe MR Practiced: Self-Assessment Module
Chew, FS., Stewart, BK. AJR 2007; 188: S50-54.
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/188/6_Supplement/S50

ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2007
Kanal, E., et al. AJR 2007; 188: 1447-74.
http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/reprint/188/6/1447

Older MRI Lectures (2007, 2008):

NMR - Bushberg Ch 14 LecturePPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

MRI - Bushberg Ch 15 LecturePPT Slideshow
Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Week 40-42 (2 April - 16 April 2009):
Ultrasound

PPT Slideshow

Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Dr. Lalani Lecture (ppt)

Dr. Lalani Lecture - Printer Friendly

AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents: Topics in US

AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents: Beyond the Basics: Elasticity Imaging with US

AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents: Doppler US Techniques: Concepts of Blood Flow Detection and Flow Dynamics  

Week 43-45 (23 April - 14 May 2009):
Mammography

PPT Slideshow

Printer Friendly (4 slides/page)

Dr. Eby Lecture Slide Show

Dr. Eby Lecture Printer Friendly

AAPM Tutorial for Residents: Mammography as a radiographic system

AAPM Tutorial for Residents: Patient dose in mammography

AAPM tutorial. Physics of mammography: image recording process

AAPM/RSNA physics tutorial for residents: digital mammography: an overview


Questions & Answers

The following Q&A are password protected (copyright protection) and exclusively for the use of UW Radiology residents taking the physics course.

Raphex 2005 General Questions  Raphex 2005 General Answers

Raphex 2005 Diagnostic Questions  Raphex 2005 Diagnostic Answers

Raphex 2004 General Questions  Raphex 2004 General Answers

Raphex 2004 Diagnostic Questions  Raphex 2004 Diagnostic Answers

The following Raphex Q&A are for years 2000-2003

 
Electromagnetic Radiation
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Atomic Structure
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Interaction of Radiation and Matter
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Radiological Units
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Matter and Radiation
Huda Questions Huda Answers

X-ray Interactions
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Nature of Radiation and Radioactivity
Davis Questions Davis Answers

X-ray Production, Tubes and Generators
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

X-Ray Production
Huda Questions Huda Answers

X-Ray Production, Tubes and Generators
Davis Questions Davis Answers

Computers
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

PACS
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Digital X-ray Imaging (Computers)
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Computers in Imaging
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Screen-Film Radiography
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Analog X-Ray Imaging
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Projection Radiography
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex Image Quality
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Image Quality
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Image Quality
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex Digitial Radiography
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Digital Radiography
Huda Questions Huda Answers


Raphex Natural and Man-Made Radiation
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Raphex Radiation Protection
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Raphex Shielding
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Raphex Personnel Monitoring and MPD
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Radiation Protection
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Radiation Protection
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Effects, Carcinogenesis
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Raphex Genetic Effects of Radiation and Embyro Irradiation
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Radiation Biology
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Radiation Biology
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Huda Patient Dose
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Raphex Fluoroscopy
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Fluoroscopy
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Fluoroscopy
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex Ultrasound
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Ultrasound
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Ultrasound
Davis Questions Davis Answers

Raphex Computed Tomography
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Computed Tomography
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Computed Tomography
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex NMR/MRI
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda NMR/MRI
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis NMR/MRI
Davis Questions Davis Answers


Raphex Mammography
Raphex Questions Raphex Answers

Huda Mammography
Huda Questions Huda Answers

Davis Mammography
Davis Questions Davis Answers

 

Send mail to: radxphys@u.washington.edu
Last modified: 5/13/2009 5:00 PM