Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Courses

M.D. (Radiodiagnosis)

Course Syllabus

• Physics, Apparatus, Photography and Film Faults
  • Introduction of general properties of radiation and matter.
  • Fundamentals of nuclear physics and radioactivity.
  • Production of x-rays
  • X-ray Generating Apparatus
  • Interaction of x-rays and gamma rays with matter and their effects on irradiated materials.
  • Measurement of X and gamma rays
  • Interaction of x-ray with the patient.
  • The Radiological Image
  • The Image Receptor
  • Contrast Enhancement
  • Radiation hazards and protection
  • Quality Assurance
  • Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation
  • Characteristic properties of X-rays.
  • X-ray equipments
• Conventional equipments.
• Fluoroscopy – Conventional and Imaging Intensifier.
• Advanced equipments – US, CT, MRI, Doppler
  • Angiography, Cine Fluoroscopy and Cine Angiography. uantity Assurance & evaluation of performance of X- ray equipments.
  • Contrast Media – types, chemical composition, mechanism of action, dose schedule, route of administration, adverse reaction and their management.
  • Nuclear Medicine: Equipments and isotopes in various organ systems and recent advances in the field of nuclear medicine.
  • Picture archiving and communication system ( PACS) and Radiology information system (RIS) to make a film less department, Telemedicine Digital Imaging.
  • Recent advances in radiology and imaging.
• Practical Schedule – Physics
  • Film characteristic
  • Effectiveness of lead Apron and other protective Devices
  • Beam parameters check
  • Optical Radiation field alignment
  • Assessment of Scatter radiation
  • Quality control of X-ray and Imaging equipments.
  • Evaluation of performance of a film processing unit
• Practical radiography and Dark room technique
  • Dark room techniques
  • Radiography of the extremities.
  • Radiography of the spine, abdomen, pelvic girdle and thorax.
  • Radiography of the skill
  • Contrast techniques and interpretation of GI tract, biliary tract, etc.
  • Contrast techniques and interpretation of the C.N. system
  • Contrast techniques and interpretation of the Cardiovascular system including chest.
  • Miniature radiography, Macro-radiography and magnification techniques
  • Dental and portable radiography
• Anatomy
  • Gross and cross sectional Anatomy of all the body systems.
• Pathology
  • Gross morphology of pathological condition of systemic diseases.
• Radiology – Course Contents
  • Bones and joints
  • Respiratory system
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Gastro intestinal tract
  • Urogenital tract
  • C.N.S. including spine
  • Radiology of obstetric and Gynecology
  • ENT, Eyes, Teeth, Soft tissue breast
  • Endocrine glands
  • Clinically applied radionuclide imaging
  • Contrast Agents