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C.I. PREVENZIONE E SERVIZI SANITARI

Teaching Staff

PIETRO VALERIO FOTI - Module DIAGNOSTICA PER IMMAGINI - MED/36 - 3 CFU
STEFANO PALMUCCI - Module Neuroradiology - MED/37 - 3 CFU

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Learning Objectives

• Neuroradiology
  

  To improve knowledge of indications/limitations, controindications and risks of different radiological procedurs; to teach basic radiological features of main diseases (neurological, orbital and ophthalmological diseases); to illustrate main integrated diagnostic algorithms for the assessment of the most serious and / or most common clinical situations of the ocular system.

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Detailed Course Content

• Neuroradiology
  
  1. Ionizing radiation; X-ray tube;
  2. Radiobiology and radioprotection; ionizing radiations properties and their interaction; stochastics and deterministic effects;
  3. Principles of MRI; absolute and relative MR controindications;
  4. Anatomy of the visual system in CT;
  5. Anatomy of the visual system in MR;
  6. Orbital diseases in CT (myopathy, lesions by foreign agent, traumatic injuries, naso-lacrimal duct diseases)
  7. Pathology of the visual system (neoplastic and non neoplastic diseases)
  8. Imaging of the optical nerve

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Textbook Information

• Neuroradiology
  

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

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