Resident Physics Course

Section of Medical Physics
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Radiology

Ahmad Al-Basheer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Jerry Allison, Ph.D. Professor	George David, M.S. Associate Professor	Z. J. Cao, Ph.D. Professor	Nathan Yanasak,  Ph.D. Assistant Professor

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Program Links

• Overview of new ABR Core Exam and Certifying Exam
• ABR Recommended Physic Curriculum - 2009
• ABR Recommended Physics Curriculum - 2007
• MCG Physics Curriculum
• MCG Physics Class Schedule 2009-2010
• Radiologic Physics Section of Resident Manual
• 2007 RSNA Radiation Biology Syllabus

Board Review Links

• Physics "Syllabus" 1999
• Physics "Tune Up" 2002

Basic X-Ray (GD):

• Radiation

o Production of X-Rays

• X-Ray Tube Construction
• X-Ray Tube Ratings
• Production of X-Rays

o X-Ray Generators

• Transformer and Rectifier Theory
• The X-Ray Generator Circuit
• Types of X-Ray Generators
• Basic Interactions Between X-Rays and Matter
• Attenuation of X-Rays
• Filters
• Beam Restrictors
• Grids
• Film/Screen Systems and Introduction to CR
• Physical Characteristics of Films
• Photographic Characteristics of Film
• Digital Fundamentals & Technologies
• Computed Radiography (CR), Digital Radiography (DR), & Digital Spots
• Fluoroscopic Imaging
• Viewing and Recording the Fluoroscopic Image
• The Radiographic Image
• Geometry of the Radiographic Image
• Conventional (Body Section) Tomography
• X-Ray Quality Control
• Shielding
  

Computed Tomography (CT) (ZJC):

• Physics and Instrumentation of CT

Mammography (JA & GD):

• Mammography Physics
• ACR Lecture on Digital Mammography
• Mammography Accreditation Concerns

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (JA & NY):

• History
• Basic Physical Principles
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Spin Echo Imaging
• Basic Imaging Methods
• K-Space
• Signal to Noise Ratio
• Contrast
• Contrast Agents
• Angiography
• Safety
• Artifacts
• System Overview
• Neuro Imaging
• Body Imaging
• Parallel Imaging
• Functional MRI
• Spectroscopy

Nuclear Medicine (ZJC)

• The Basics of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
• Radiation Damage, Estimation, and Protection
• Physics and Instrumentation of Nuclear Medicine
• Physics and Instrumentation of PET

Ultrasound (GD)

• Basic Principles
• Properties of Sound
• Attenuation of Sound
• Reflections
• The Ultrasound Scanner
• Ultrasound Image Formation
• Doppler
• Artifacts
• Beam Measurements

Categorical Course Physics Lectures

• Allison
  • Basic Aspects of Full Field Digital Mammography
  • MRI Pulse Sequences
• Cao
• Corley
  • Introduction to Contrast Agents
  • Biodistribution of Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Physical Characteristics of Radionuclides used in Nuclear Medicine
• David
  • Mammography and ACR Protocols
  • Image Artifacts
  • Barium Physics
  • Pediatric Doses
  • Radiation Exposures and Safety Considerations
  • Radiography Positioning
  • Doppler Ultrasound

Artifacts

• Mammography Artifact Article
• MRI Artifact Article
• Mammography Artifacts (Allison)
• MRI Artifacts (Allison)
• Mammography, Radiography, CR, Ultrasound Artifacts (David )
• PET / SPECT / Nuclear Medicine / CT Artifacts (Cao)

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Links of Interest to Residents

Professional Societies

· American Board of Radiology
· American College of Radiology
· American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Educational Links

George David Rad Science CT Lectures

• CT Overview
• Computers for CT
• Digital Arithmetic
• Digital Imaging
• General Principles of Tomography
• Data Acquisition
• Image Reconstruction
• Single-slice Spiral CT
• CT Scanner Components
• Image Manipulation
• CT Image Quality
• CT Dose
• Multi-slice CT
• CT Quality Control

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