Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Mestrado Universitario en Neurociencia (Plan 2011) |
Subjects |
Nuclear explorations in neurology: SPET and PET. Digital neuroimaging |
Contents |
Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Nuclear explorations in neurology: SPET and PET. Digital neuroimaging | Code | 610490011 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
BLOCK I: NUCLEAR ISOTOPIC STUDIES IN NEUROLOGY | Introduction - Biological fundaments of diseases of the central nervous system - Medical imaging systems - Radiopharmacy. Biological fundaments of studies with radiopharmaceuticals - Quality control of radiological protection devices and bases - The cyclotron - Study of cerebral perfusion - Pharmacological modulation of cerebral vascularization - Isotopic study of: Brain perfusion, Dementias, Tumors, Epilepsies, Brain death, Dopaminergic receptors, Other processes PET. Physical principles. QA. Radiopharmacy. Clinical applications. Future uses. The cyclotron of Hospital of Santiago de Compostela: Research lines |
BLOCK II. MEDICAL DIGITAL NEUROIMAGING | - Principles of digital neuroimaging. The digital imaging. Principles and codification of information. The graphic formats of the digital image. General formats and specific formats in neuroscience. - The DICOM standard. Digital imaging and communications in Medicina. Modalities of digital imaging in neuroscience - Sources of generation of imaging in neuroscience. Radiology, CT, MRI, Nuclear medicine. DICOM Applications -Applications and viewers free and commercial of DICOM imaging. - Neuroimaging applications. The NIfTI format. |
PRACTICAL CLASS PROGRAM | Block I Practice 1. Visit to the Nuclear Medicine Department Service of Hospital of the University of Santiago de Compostela Practice 2. To do PET and SPECT isotopic studies in neurology and psychiatry Practice 3. Visit to the Cyclotron Block II DICOM and NIfTI medical image management practices with free software |
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