82500 - Basics of Sonography and Pediatric Radiology

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Filomena Carfagnini
  • Credits: 2
  • SSD: MED/36
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8485)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to acquire the technical principles of ultrasound and to understand the comparison with other imaging methods. The student is able to understand the peculiarities of diagnostic imaging in the pediatric field, of protection and of the different applications in the various stages of growth from neonatal to child.

Course contents

Ultrasound: technical principles

  1. Sounds and ultrasounds
  2. Biological effects


Ultrasound Vs Other Imaging Techniques

  1. Conventional radiographic studies
  2. Computed tomography
  3. Magnetic Resonance

 

Contrast media

Peculiarities of pediatric imaging diagnostics

Protection in the pediatric age

The role of the TSRM

Applications of the different imaging techniques:

  • in neonatal intensive care
  • in pediatric intensive care
  • in the newborn and infan
  • in the child

The main neonatal and pediatric diseases

 

Readings/Bibliography

To pass the exam, knowledge of what was presented in class is required.


For further information: M.J. Siegel: Pediatric Sonography 4 edizione, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons with PTT slides

Assessment methods

Verification takes place through a written exam, aimed at ascertaining the knowledge acquired.


The test is divided into 30 multiple choice questions, relating to the different topics of the program.


The grade reported in the single teaching module is mediated (weighted average by number of ECTS) with the partial grades obtained in the other modules of the integrated course.


The outcome of the single module test will be valid only for the academic year of the test itself.

Teaching tools

PC

Office hours

See the website of Filomena Carfagnini