Introduction to Medical Digital Imaging On-Demand

This comprehensive on-demand course explores various medical imaging modalities, covering operating principles, clinical applications, data considerations, and interpretive aspects. Students will gain skills in estimating digital modality impacts, identifying workflow bottlenecks, and specifying software and display needs. With lessons focusing on X-ray, non-X-ray, and specialty modalities, students will adeptly recognize and interpret medical images by course end.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify and differentiate the most common medical image types and understand the parameters used to characterize them, such as resolution, image matrix, and study/file size.
• Recognize and describe the characteristics of X-ray modalities (CR/DR, RF, XA, MG, CT), including typical images generated and the image and study characteristics specific to each modality.
• Differentiate the characteristics of non-X-ray modalities (US, MR, NM, PET, and PET/CT), including typical images generated and the image and study characteristics specific to each modality.
• Recognize and describe the characteristics of modalities used in non-radiology specialties (cardiology, dentistry, ophthalmology, pathology, radiation therapy), including typical images generated and the image and study characteristics specific to each specialty.
• Estimate the potential impact of common digital modalities on storage capacity, infrastructure, and system performance, identify bottlenecks in a digital department workflow based on examination characteristics, and specify workstation software and display requirements based on image type and characteristics.

Format/Class Structure

This is a self-paced course, accessible completely online. You can expect to spend about 1 hour completing this course.

Who Should Take This Course

Overall, this course is suitable for anyone interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of medical imaging modalities and their applications in the healthcare field, including:

• Medical students
• Radiology residents
• Radiologic technologists
• Medical imaging professionals
• Healthcare administrators
• Biomedical engineers
• Researchers and academics
• Healthcare professionals in non-radiology specialties

Content Outline

Module 1: Sample Medical Images & Characteristics

Module 2: Medical Digital Images Based on X-ray Radiation

Module 3: Medical Digital Images Based on Non-x-ray modalities

Module 4: Non-radiology Specialties

CE Credit

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine has approved this activity for 1.0 hour of SIIM IIP Credits towards certification and re-certification by the American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII).

To receive credit for the activity, registrants must complete the course modules and survey.

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