= Nuclear diagnostics and MRI: 3^rd^ and 4^th^ year option course = == Outline == [raw-attachment:PhysicsMedicalImagingNuclearDiagnosticsandMRI2020-21.pdf Module outline presented at May 2020 options fair] \\ [raw-attachment:NDnMRI-overview.pdf Module overview prepared as introductory handout] == Overview == The course will run in the spring term from 15^th^ February to 26^th^ March 2021 and will be presented "online" in a mixture of asynchronous, pre-recorded "blocks" and synchronous "rapid feedback" sessions. The asynchronous content will contain the more theoretical content delivered in the form of topic-specific mini lectures augmented by "active learning" online, e.g. "quizzes", mini literature-review projects, and problems. This material will be prepared by the lecturer (Ken Long) and course associate (Ruth McLauchlan) and released weekly by the Physics Undergraduate Office. The synchronous content will address the practical application of the nuclear medicine and MRI techniques in the clinic. This material will be presented by practicing medical physicists experts in the various field. Contributions will be made by Kuldip Nijran and Rebecca Quest from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Sonia Nielles Vallespin from the National Heart and Lung Institute. The synchronous content will be delivered in two "Rapid feedback and application" (RFaA) sessions will take place each week; the first on Wednesdays at 11:00 and the second on Fridays at 14:00. Each RFaA session will include protected time allocated for the students to raise questions related to any of the material presented in the course. Two problem sheets will be issued during the course, the first in week 3, the second in week 7. Assessment will be 100% by exam. The exam will be based on the asynchronous taught content and the material presented in the RFaA sessions. == Taught material == || ** Week ** || ** Block ** || ** Section ** || ** "Active learning" ** || || 1. || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk01-Slides.pdf Introduction, nuclear medicine o/v, nuclear decay theory] || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk01-Sctn01-Slides.pdf Introduction] || || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk01-Sctn02-Slides.pdf Methods for production of radionuclides] || || || || || 3. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk01-Sctn03-Slides.pdf Nuclear decay, revision] || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk02-Slides.pdf Radionuclides, production methods, gamma-camera intro] || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk02-Sctn01-Slides.pdf Radionuclides for nuclear medicine] || || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk02-Sctn02-Slides.pdf Methods for production of radionuclides] || || || || || 3. [raw-attachment:2020-10-21-Wk01-Blk02-Sctn03-Slides.pdf The gamma camera; introduction] || || || 2. || 1. || 1. || || || 3. || 1. || 1. || || || 4. || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-11-01-Wk04-Blk01-Slides.pdf Introduction to MRI and quantum-mechanical foundations] || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-11-01-Wk04-Blk01-Sctn01-Slides.pdf Introduction to MRI] || || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-11-01-Wk04-Blk01-Sctn02-Slides.pdf Quantum mechanical foundations] || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-11-14-Wk04-Blck02-Slides.pdf Classical derivation of Larmor eqation, Rotating M] || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-11-14-Wk01-Blck02-Sctn01-Slides.pdf Classical derivation of Larmor equation] || || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-11-14-Wk01-Blck02-Sctn02-Slides.pdf Rotating the magnetisation] || || || || || 3. [raw-attachment:2020-11-14-Wk01-Blck02-Sctn03-Slides.pdf Free induction decay] || || || 5. || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-11-18-Wk05-Blck01-Slides.pdf Determination of T1 and T2] || 1. [raw-attachment:2020-11-18-Wk05-Blck01-Sctn01-Slides.pdf Determination of the spin-lattice relaxation time, T1] || || || || || 2. [raw-attachment:2020-11-18-Wk05-Blck01-Sctn02-Slides.pdf Determination of the spin-spin relaxation time, T2] || || ----