- 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
- Sounds and ultrasounds
- Biological effects
Ultrasound Vs Other Imaging Techniques
- Conventional radiographic studies
- Computed tomography
- 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