| CODE | RAD5226 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Clinical Applications of MRI: Cardiac and Vascular | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Radiography | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Due to MRI's multi-planar imaging capabilities, lack of ionising radiation and non-invasiveness, it is becoming the modality of choice in the investigation of cardiac and vascular pathologies. This is most evident in the serial investigation of cardiac pathologies in the paediatric population. This study-unit focuses on the clinical application of MRI to cardiac and main vasculature system. The study-unit starts with an overview of clinical applications and builds towards more advanced cardiac and vascular imaging. The study-unit would enable radiographers to critically evaluate the MR images produced which can be applied to investigate cardiac and vascular structures. In this study-unit students are also introduced to post processing of the resultant imaging data. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit enables the student to facilitate the integration of theoretical principles to practice in pursuit of continued competence in MR techniques in the evaluation of cardiac and vascular structures. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of high field MRI and its application in both biomedical research and cardiac and vascular imaging; - Understand cardiac and vascular MR anatomy and physiology; - Evaluate cardiac and vascular pathological processes and their manifestation on MR images; - Analyse the images from a diagnostic and image quality perspective; - Understand the different sequences and their application in cardiac and vascular MR imaging; - Discuss the functioning and use of ancillary devices, such as power injectors, ECG, EEG. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Justify the scanning protocol according to the clinical request; - Correctly position ECG leads for cardiac image gating; - Optimize scanning sequence parameters in relation to clinical request; - Handle post processing software. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Westbrook, C. (2014) Handbook of MRI technique. 4th ed. Blackwell. Iaizzo, P. (2015). Handbook of cardiac anatomy, physiology and devices. 3rd ed. Springer. AbyRahma, A and Bandyk, D. (2012). Noninvasive Vascular diagnosis: A practical guide to therapy. 3rd ed. Springer. Thelen, M. and Erbel, R. (2009). Cardiac Imaging: A multimodality approach. Thieme. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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