CT Protocols Update

The CT protocols course officially ends on April 23rd. There are only three more requirements left to be fulfilled. They are listed in numeric order below (in bold):

1. There is one more post that has to be added to your web log. This final post should expand several of the issues highlighted in the pdf file that is on your CD--titled "New Techniques in CT Angiography"

Your final post should explain each of the following: (use diagrams, pictures, and/or images to emphasize and illustrate your descriptions.)

A. What is the purpose of bolus tracking in contrast administration, and how does the method work?

B. What is Maximum Intensity Projection? Explain how it works, and provide images as examples of the technique.

C. What is Segmentation? Explain how it works, and provide images as examples of the technique.

The Web log is due on April 23rd. Once it is complete, send me an e-mail with the exact web address in the body of the e-mail. The subject of the e-mail should be "Web Log" (exactly that, and nothing else).

2. The final quiz will be administered on April 23rd and it is based on the two video clips on your CD.

3. A online practice quiz will be available on April 16th. It will be a combination of questions from the pdf file and the two video clips.

My wish is that you have developed an appreciation for the advances in Computed Tomography over the past 35 years–from the first-generation machine of the early days, to the 64 slice Multi-detector CT machines that are in routine use today. The scan parameters and techniques have changed, and so has the terminology of CT scanning. It is essential that you advance with the technology.

Thanks.