RAD 113 - Radiographic Exposure II

Description
This course is a continuation of concepts learned in RAD 111 – Radiographic Exposure 1. A thorough introduction into digital radiography and analyzing the radiographic image is presented. Additional topics include, but are not limited to, information management, contrast, the imaging process, spatial resolution, distortion, and quality management. Special imaging systems, such as mobile radiography, fluoroscopy, and tomography, are also covered. Didactic tests and laboratory experiments are required.

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 5
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $65.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
Radiologic Technology, A.A.A.S.

Other Courses Where This Course is a Prerequisite: None
Other Courses Where this Course is a Corequisite: None
Other Courses Where This course is included in within the Description: None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Describe the composition, functions and effects related to Digital Radiography and Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS).
Describe quality assurance and quality control and relate them to purchasing equipment and monitoring equipment performance.
Describe and compare various exposure systems.
Identify fluoroscopic equipment components and describe their function.
Explain the radiographer’s role involving fluoroscopic procedures.
Describe digital radiographic systems and apply best practice operational methods.
Explain the function of digital image receptors and the process of image acquisition.
Apply appropriate technical compensation to maintain digital image quality, and analyze the effects of technical factor adjustments upon digital image outcomes.
Implement advanced concepts of diagnostic image evaluation (critique) and apply critical thinking to determine most appropriate technical solutions to issues in image brightness, contrast, spatial resolution, and distortion.

Course Outline:

Digital Image Processing
Computed Radiography
Digital Radiography Flat-Panel Detector Systems
Technical Considerations in Digital Imaging
Informatics in Medical Imaging
The Imaging Process
Image Receptor Exposure
Contrast
Spatial Resolution
Distortion
The Art of Image Critique
Quality Management
Mobile Radiography
Fluoroscopy
Tomography and Digital Tomosynthesis

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
Yes
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 70% Final Grade

Collaborative Work: 20-30%

Discussion: 10 - 15%

Lecture: 45 - 55%

Laboratory: 30% Final Grade

Demonstrations: 20%

Positioning/Imaging: 80%
Mandatory Course Components:
None
Equivalent Courses:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course-Specific Placement Test:
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Total Lab Hours Per Week: 2
People Soft Course ID Number: 100559
Course CIP Code: 51.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 32
General Room Request: Classroom Close to RT Lab/RT Lab Space

School: School of Health & Exercise Science
Department: Radiologic Technology
Discipline: RT
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Certification/License Requirement (list below), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Certification/license requirement: American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Professionally Qualified through work experience in field: Individual must have knowledge and certification in Diagnostic Radiology with a minimum of two years or 4000 hours in a hospital setting. Program Accreditation requirement: Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).

Major Course Revisions: Prefix
Last Revision Date Effective: 20250226T16:55:01
Course Review & Revision Year: 2029-2030