CCOG for EET 261 Fall 2022
- Course Number:
- EET 261
- Course Title:
- Medical Imaging Equipment
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Introduces the fundamentals of diagnostic and therapeutic medical imaging equipment. Prerequisites: EET 260 and EET 178. Prerequisites/concurrent: CIS 179. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Analyze the key clinical needs that medical imaging equipment addresses, both from a diagnostic and therapeutic perspective.
- Perform operation, troubleshooting, routine preventive maintenance, and safety inspections for medical imaging equipment.
- Identify key medical imaging technology characteristics, method of measurement and/or therapy.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Students will complete assignments, projects, take tests and other activities over the lectured material.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
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Fundamental technology review of medical imaging equipment.
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Technical and User literature review for medical imaging equipment.
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Regulatory codes and compliance requirements for hospitals as it relates to medical imaging equipment.
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Basic troubleshooting and routine maintenance as well as root cause analysis for equipment failures for the following equipment:
radiographic and fluoroscopic, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, positive emission tomography, linear accelerator, mammography, c-arm systems, DR/CR systems
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Biomed Customer Service best practices in Imaging
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Lock-out / Tag-out for imaging
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Radiation Safety