NUTRIZIONE E PATOLOGIE GASTROENTERICHE ONCOLOGICHE E CHIRURGICHE

Learning Objectives

• Radiodiagnostic

  The student should know main methods and machines used in diagnostic imaging; to understande the diagnostic process of main diseases; to learn how to prepare patients before radiodiagnostic procedures, namely when contrast administration is required

Detailed Course Content

• Radiodiagnostic
  • Radiodiagnostic (radiobiology, radioprotection, principles of justification and optimization)
  • Imaging procedures
  • X-rays production (definition and application of X-ray tube); properties of ionizing radiations (photoelectric effect, Compton effect, ionizations mechanism);
  • Computed Tomography (CT) scanner; (background, evolution, models, components of CT room scanner);
  • Contrast media (classification: radiographic, sonographic, MRI); use of contrast media; adverse reactions;
  • Principles and machines used in Ultrasonography (clinical applications in maternal-fetal contest, etc); clinilcal applications of ultrasonography in adults (liver, spleen, abdominal, thyroid US, etc);
  • Principles of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging); MRI scanner; absolute and relative controindications for patients before MRI;
  • Diagnostic process for respiratory disease (pneumothorax, trauma, hemoptysis, pneumonitis, neoplasia, enphysema, pulmonary nodule, pleural effusion); anatomy of chest radiography;
  • Diagnostic process for main gastrointestinal diseases (jaundice, cholecystitis, appendicitis, Crohn);
  • Abdominal X-ray in Emergency Room; imaging of gastrointestinal diseases;
  • Imaging of main uro-genital diseases (renal lithiasis; non-neoplastic and neoplastic bladder diseases; prostate disease; ovarian diseases, scrotal diseases);
  • Imaigng of SNC disease;
  • Radiotherapt and Nuclear Medicine: principles and applications

Textbook Information

• Radiodiagnostic

  1) Compendio di Radiologia” di Roberto Passariello e Giovanni Simonetti Editore Idelson – Gnocchi.

  2) Fernando Mazzuccato – Anatomia Radiologica Tecniche e Metodologie in Radiodiagnostica (Piccin)