Frcr Physics And Anatomy Course

FRCR physics and anatomy course

What you'll learn

Prepare for the FRCR Physics and Anatomy examination

Feel confident in their knowledge of essential physics and anatomy concepts for radiology.

Understand the principles of radiation safety and dose optimization

Interpret imaging studies and identify abnormal findings

Apply physics and anatomy concepts in clinical practice

Understand the principles and applications of various imaging modalities

Requirements

Basic knowledge of radiology principles and terminology

Basic understanding of physics and anatomy concepts

Access to a computer with internet connection

Description

The FRCR (Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists) Physics and Anatomy examination is a critical component of the FRCR examination process. This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the essential physics and anatomy concepts required for success in the FRCR Physics and Anatomy examination. The course covers key topics such as imaging modalities, radiation safety, anatomy, and physiology. This course is suitable for radiologists who are preparing for the FRCR Physics and Anatomy examination or those who wish to refresh their knowledge of these essential concepts.Course Format:Video lectures: The course will consist of pre-recorded video lectures, where each topic will be covered in detail by an experienced instructor.Interactive sessions: The course will include interactive sessions where participants can ask questions and discuss the topics covered in the video lectures.Quizzes: Quizzes will be provided at the end of each module to assess participants' knowledge and understanding of the material.Mock exams: Participants will have access to mock exams, which will mimic the FRCR Physics and Anatomy examination, to help them prepare for the real exam.The extensive examination provided by the RCR ensures a high quality and standard of radiology consultants. It has been deemed as one of the hardest examinations in the medical profession, along with the FRCA and FRCPath.

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1 REVIEW VIDEO

Lecture 2 Practice Test 2 Anatomy

Lecture 3 Practice Test 1 Physics

Section 2: FRCR PHYSICS STUDY: CHAPTER 1 RADIATION PHYSICS

Lecture 4 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 5 1.1 STRUCTURE OF ATOM

Lecture 6 1.2 ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

Lecture 7 1.3 PRODUCTION OF X RAYS

Lecture 8 1.4 THE INTERACTION OF X AND GAMMA RAYS WITH MATTER

Lecture 9 1.4.1 Attenuation

Lecture 10 1.4.2 Compton effect

Lecture 11 1.4.3 Photoelectric effect

Lecture 12 1.4.4 Relative importance of Compton and photoelectric effects

Lecture 13 1.4.5 Secondary electrons and ionization

Lecture 14 1.5 FILTRATION

Lecture 15 1.6 RADIATION DOSIMETRY.

Lecture 16 1.6.2 Kerma

Lecture 17 1.6.3 Measurement of X and Gamma rays dose

Lecture 18 1.6.4 Radiation quality and quantity

Lecture 19 1.7 LUMNISCENCE

Lecture 20 1.8 SUMMARY

Section 3: CHAPTER 2 RADIATION HAZARDS AND PROTECTION

Lecture 21 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 22 2.1 IONIZING RADIATION INTERACTION WITH TISSUES

Lecture 23 2.2 RADIATION DOSES AND UNITS

Lecture 24 2.3 EFFECTS OF RADIATION

Lecture 25 2.3.1 Deterministic effects

Lecture 26 2.3.2 Stochastic effects

Lecture 27 2.3.3 Population dose

Lecture 28 2.4 PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION PROTECTION

Lecture 29 2.4.1 Justification

Lecture 30 2.4.2 Optimization

Lecture 31 2.4.3 Dose Limitation

Lecture 32 2.4.4 UK Legislations

Lecture 33 2.5 THE IONIZING RADIATIONS REGULATIONS 1999

Lecture 34 2.5.2 Dose Limits

Lecture 35 2.5.3 DESIGNATION OF AREAS AND CONTROL OF WORKING PRACTICES

Lecture 36 2.5.4 EQUIPMENT

Lecture 37 2.5.5 CLASSIFICATION OF STAFF AND DOSE MONITORING

Lecture 38 2.5.6 BOX 2.2

Lecture 39 2.5.6 BOX 2.4

Lecture 40 2.5.6 RADIATION INCIDENTS

Lecture 41 2.5.7 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Lecture 42 2.6 IONIZING RADIATION MEDICAL EXPOSURE REGULATION 2000

Lecture 43 2.6.1 JUSTIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION

Lecture 44 2.6.2 DUTIES OF THE EMPLOYER

Lecture 45 2.6.3 OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF IRMER

Lecture 46 2.7 OTHER LEGISLATION

Lecture 47 2.7.1 RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT 1993

Lecture 48 2.7.2 MEDICINES REGULATION

Lecture 49 2.8 PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF RADIATION PROTECTION

Lecture 50 2.8.2 PROTECTION OF THE PATIENT

Lecture 51 2.8.3 PATIENT DOSES AND DOSE ASSESMENT

Lecture 52 2.8.3 2 DOSE ASSESMENT

Lecture 53 2.8.3 3 DOSE ASSESMENT

Lecture 54 2.9 SUMMARY

Section 4: CHAPTER 3 IMAGING WITH X RAYS

Lecture 55 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 56 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 57 3.1 IMAGE QUALITY

Lecture 58 3.1.1 Contrast

Lecture 59 3.1.2 Spatial Resolution

Lecture 60 3.1.3 Noise

Lecture 61 3.2.1 IMAGE CONTRAST

Lecture 62 3.2.2 PATIENT DOSE

Lecture 63 3.3 EFFECTS OF SCATTERED RADIATION

Lecture 64 3.3.1 SCATTER REDUCTION AND CONTRAST IMPROVEMENT

Lecture 65 3.4 SECONDARY RADIATION GRIDS

Lecture 66 3.4.2 EFFECT ON SCATTERED RAYS

Lecture 67 3.4.3 EFFECT ON DIRECT RAYS

Lecture 68 3.5 MAGNIFICATION AND DISTORTION

Lecture 69 3.6 UNSHARPNESS AND BLURRING

Lecture 70 3.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE X RAY TUBE

Lecture 71 3.7.1 FOCAL SPOT SIZE

Lecture 72 3.7.2 ROTATING ANODE TUBE

Lecture 73 3.7.2 ROTATING ANODE TUBE2

Lecture 74 3.7.3 HEAT RATING

Lecture 75 3.7.4 UNIFORMITY OF THE X RAY BEAM

Lecture 76 3.7.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE OF EXPOSURE PARAMETERS

Lecture 77 3.8 SUMMARY

Section 5: CHAPTER 4 FILM SCREEN RADIOGRAPHY

Lecture 78 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 79 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 80 4.1 IMAGE FORMATION

Lecture 81 4.1.2 INTENSIFYING SCREENS

Lecture 82 4.1.3 THE FILM CASETTE

Lecture 83 4.2 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

Lecture 84 4.2 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE2

Lecture 85 4.3 FILM SCREEN SENSITIVITY

Lecture 86 4.3.2 SPEED CLASS

Lecture 87 4.4 RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE QUALITY

Lecture 88 4.4.2 SCREEN UNSHARPNESS

Lecture 89 4.4.3 NOISE

Lecture 90 4.5 FILM SCREEN RADIOGRAPHY IN PRACTICE

Lecture 91 4.6 MAMMOGRAPHY

Lecture 92 4.6.1 TARGET AND FILTER MATERIALS2

Lecture 93 4.6.1 TARGET AND FILTER MATERIALS2

Lecture 94 4.6.2 FILM SCREEN SYSTEMS FOR MAMMOGRAPHY

Lecture 95 4.6.3 THE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT

Lecture 96 4.6.4 DOSE

Lecture 97 4.6.5 MAGNIFICATION FILMS

Lecture 98 4.7 LINEAR TOMOGRAPHY

Lecture 99 4.8 SUMMARY

Section 6: CHAPTER 5 DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY

Lecture 100 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 101 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 102 5.1 DIGITAL IMAGING

Lecture 103 5.1.2 Image processing

Lecture 104 5.1.3 Image display

Lecture 105 5.2 IMAGING TERMINOLOGY

Lecture 106 5.2.2 Modulation transfer function

Lecture 107 5.3 COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY

Lecture 108 5.3.2 Computed radiography image processing

Lecture 109 5.3.3 Computed radiography image quality

Lecture 110 5.3.4 Detector dose indicators

Lecture 111 5.4 DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY

Lecture 112 5.5 PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Lecture 113 5.6 SUMMARY

Section 7: CHAPTER 6 FLUOROSCOPY

Lecture 114 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 115 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 116 6.1 THE IMAGE INTENSIFIER

Lecture 117 6.2 TV SYSTEM

Lecture 118 6.3 AUTOMATIC BRIGHTNESS CONTROL

Lecture 119 6.4 DOSE RATES

Lecture 120 6.5 RECORDED IMAGES

Lecture 121 6.6 IMAGE QUALITY

Lecture 122 6.7 DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY

Lecture 123 6.8 FLAT PLATE DETECTORS

Lecture 124 6.9 SUMMARY

Section 8: CHAPTER 7 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Lecture 125 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 126 7.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 127 7.1.1 The Computed Tomography Image

Lecture 128 7.1.2 Image display

Lecture 129 7.2 EQUIPMENT FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING

Lecture 130 7.2.1 X ray tube

Lecture 131 7.2.2 Collimation and filtration

Lecture 132 7.2.3 Detectors

Lecture 133 7.3 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

Lecture 134 7.4 HELICAL AND MULTISLICE SCANNING

Lecture 135 7.4.1 Helical scanning

Lecture 136 7.5 IMAGE QUALITY

Lecture 137 7.5.2 Noise

Lecture 138 7.6 IMAGE ARTIFACTS

Lecture 139 7.7 DOSE

Lecture 140 7.7.1 Dosimetry parameters

Lecture 141 7.7.2 Factors influencing patient dose

Section 9: CHAPTER 8 GAMMA IMAGING

Lecture 142 8.1 RADIOACTIVITY

Lecture 143 8.2 RADIOACTIVE TRANSFORMATION (DECAY)

Lecture 144 8.3 RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS

Lecture 145 8.5 TOMOGRAPHY WITH RADIONUCLIDES

Lecture 146 8.5.1 Single photon emission computed tomography

Lecture 147 8.5.2 Positron emission tomography

Lecture 148 8.6 CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF GAMMA IMAGES

Lecture 149 8.7 DOSE TO THE PATIENT

Lecture 150 8.8 PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY IN HANDLING RADIONUCLIDES

Lecture 151 8.9 SUMMARY

Section 10: CHAPTER 9 IMAGING WITH ULTRASOUND

Lecture 152 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 153 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 154 9.1 PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECT

Lecture 155 9.2 INTERFERENCE

Lecture 156 9.3 SINGLE TRANSDUCER PROBE

Lecture 157 9.3.0 NEAR AND FAR FIELDS

Lecture 158 9.4 BEHAVIOUR OF A BEAM AT AN INTERFACE BETWEEN DIFFERENT MATERIALS

Lecture 159 9.5 ATTENUATION OF ULTRASOUND

Lecture 160 9.6 A-MODE AMPLITUDE MODE

Lecture 161 9.7 B- MODE, BRIGHTNESS MODE IMAGING

Lecture 162 9.8 REAL TIME IMAGING

Lecture 163 9.8.1 SCANNERS

Lecture 164 9.8.2 CONTRAST AGENTS

Lecture 165 9.8.3 HARMONIC IMAGING

Lecture 166 9.8.4 THREE DIMENTIONAL IMAGING

Lecture 167 9.9 IMAGE ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION

Lecture 168 9.10 RESOLUTION

Lecture 169 9.11 ARTEFACTS

Lecture 170 9.12 M MODE SCANNING- TIME MOTION

Lecture 171 9.13 DOPPLER METHODS

Lecture 172 9.13.1 CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER

Lecture 173 9.13.2 PULSED DOPPLER- RANGE GATING

Lecture 174 9.13.3 REAL TIME COLOR FLOW IMAGING

Lecture 175 9.13.4 POWER DOPPLER

Lecture 176 9.14 QUALITY ASSURANCE

Lecture 177 9.15 SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS

Lecture 178 9.16 SUMMARY

Section 11: CHAPTER 10 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Lecture 179 0 CONTENTS

Lecture 180 0.1 INTRODUCTION

Lecture 181 10.1 THE SPINNING PROTON

Lecture 182 10.2 THE MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNAL

Lecture 183 10.3 SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE

Lecture 184 10.4 SPATIAL ENCODING

Lecture 185 10.5 OTHER PULSE SEQUENCE AND IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Lecture 186 10.6 SPECIALIZED IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Lecture 187 10.7 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE QUALITY

Lecture 188 10.8 ARTIFACTS

Lecture 189 10.9 QUALITY ASSURANCE

Lecture 190 10.10 MAGNETS AND COILS

Lecture 191 TABLE 10.7

Lecture 192 10.11 HAZARDS AND SAFE PRACTICE

Lecture 193 10.12 SUMMARY

Section 12: FRCR ANATOMY STUDY

Lecture 194 CHAPTER 1: HEAD AND NECK

Lecture 195 Case 1.11 to 1.20

Lecture 196 Case 1.21 to 1.30

Lecture 197 Case 1.31 to 1.40

Lecture 198 Case 1.41 to 1.50

Lecture 199 Case 1.51 to 1.60

Lecture 200 Case 1.61 to 1.62

Section 13: CHAPTER 2: CHEST

Lecture 201 Case 2.1 to 2.10

Lecture 202 Case 2.11 to 2.20

Lecture 203 Case 2.21 to 2.30

Lecture 204 Case 2.31 to 2.33

Section 14: CHAPTER 3: ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

Lecture 205 Case 3.1 to 3.10

Lecture 206 Case 3.11 to 3.20

Lecture 207 Case 3.21 to 3.30

Lecture 208 Case 3.31 to 3.40

Lecture 209 Case 3.41 to 3.50

Section 15: CHAPTER 4: MUSKULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Lecture 210 Case 4.1 to 4.10

Lecture 211 Case 4.11 to 4.20

Lecture 212 Case 4.21 to 4.30

Lecture 213 Case 4.31 to 4.40

Lecture 214 Case 4.41 to 4.45

Section 16: CHAPTER 5: PRACTICE TEST 1

Lecture 215 Case 5.1 to 5.10

Lecture 216 Case 5.11 to 5.20

Section 17: CHAPTER 6: PRACTICE TEST 2

Lecture 217 Case 6.1 to 6.10

Lecture 218 Case 6.11 to 6.20

Radiologists preparing for the FRCR Physics and Anatomy examination,Radiology residents and fellows,Radiology trainees,Radiology technologists,Radiology nurses,Anyone interested in learning about the essential physics and anatomy concepts for radiology.