1. System Operation and Components
| · | Computed Tomography Defined |
| · | Overview of CT System Components |
| · | CT Scanner Designs Including Multi-Row Detector, Electron Beam, PET/CT Scanners and Cone Beam CT in Oncology |
| · | Operator's Console |
| · | Host Computer |
| · | The Gantry |
| · | Patient Table |
| · | The CT X-ray Tube |
| · | Review of X-ray Production |
| · | Collimation |
| · | Detectors: Composition, Function, Single and Multi-Row |
| · | Array Processor |
| · | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
| · | Networks, DICOM |
2. CT Image Formation
| · | Overview of a Digital Image |
| · | The Digital CT Image |
| · | Scanning Methods |
| · | Localizer Scan |
| · | Conventional Serial CT Scan |
| · | Single-row Detector CT Scanners |
| · | Multi-row Detector Scanners |
| · | Helical Scan |
| · | Image Reconstruction Including Back Projection, Convolution and Cone Beam Reconstruction |
| · | Retrospective Reconstruction |
| · | Multiplanar Reconstruction |
| · | 3D Shaded Surface Display |
| · | Volume Rendering |
| · | Maximum Intensity Projection |
| · | Filming and Archiving |
3. CT Image Quality
| · | Spatial Resolution, Temporal Resolution, Contrast, Noise, Dose |
| · | Linear Attenuation Coefficient |
| · | CT Number |
| · | mAs |
| · | kVp |
| · | Slice Thickness on Single-row and Multi-row Detector Scanners |
| · | Table Increment |
| · | Pitch |
| · | Reconstruction Interval |
| · | Field-of-View (scan, reconstruction, display) |
| · | Matrix |
| · | Magnification |
| · | Window Width and Window Level |
| · | Quality Assurance |
4. Patient Handling and Safety
| · | Ethical and Legal Issues |
| · | Patient Education and Preparation |
| · | Patient Screening |
| · | Lab Values |
| · | Radiation Safety and Measuring Radiation Dose |
| · | Ways to Minimize Patient Dose |
| · | Patient Monitoring and Code Procedures |
| · | Vital Signs |
| · | Infection Control |
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| 5. IV Procedures and Contrast Agents
| · | Types of Contrast Agents |
| · | Administration Route |
| · | Dissociation, Osmolality and Viscosity of Agents |
| · | IV Site Selection and Injection Rate |
| · | Dose Calculations |
| · | Contraindications |
| · | Adverse Reactions |
| · | Pathologic Processes |
| · | Intrathecal Contrast |
| · | Intraarticular Contrast |
| · | Examples of Contrast Media Usage |
6. CT Exam and Anatomy I
| · | Detailed discussion of exam procedures, labeled anatomy and case studies for exams in the head, neck, spine, musculoskeletal system and vessels |
7. CT Exam and Anatomy II
| · | Detailed discussion of exam procedures, labeled anatomy and case studies for exams in the chest, abdomen, pelvis and vessels as well as special procedures including PET/CT fusion imaging, CT arthrography, radiation therapy planning, cardiac synchronization, calcium scoring, and left ventricular cardiac function |
8. CT Artifacts
| · | Beam Hardening |
| · | Partial Volume Averaging |
| · | Motion |
| · | Metal |
| · | Edge Gradient Effect |
| · | Equipment-Induced |
| · | Cone Beam |
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