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Radiation physics 310


 
Module code RFI 310
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module content

Computed tomography: CT generations. Equipment: x-ray tube, collimators, detectors. Image reconstruction: fundamental equations, algorithms.
Image properties: field size, image matrix, voxel, pixel, CT number, window width and height. Image quality: spatial resolution, contrast resolution, quantum mottle, spatial uniformity and frequency. Image processing: edge enhancement, pixel shifting and subtraction. Digital radiography: X-ray, equipment, analogue to digital conversion, linear and logarithmic subtraction, image noise. Ultrasound: theory, transducers, piezo-electric crystals, resonant frequency, interaction with matter, acoustic impedance, Doppler techniques. Magnetic resonance: medical applications.
Module credits 10.00
Service modules Faculty of Health Sciences
Prerequisites FSG 251, RFI 210, RAW 281, RBG 281, RAN 280, RAW 282, FSG 252, FSG 262, RAW 284 and RFI 211
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in Afrikaans
Department Physics
Period of presentation Semester 1
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