Unit information: Visualising Anatomy through Imaging in 2019/20

Unit name	Visualising Anatomy through Imaging
Unit code	ANAT20006
Credit points	20
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Scott Abbott Paterson
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	Anatomical Science 1A or Anatomical Science 1B
Co-requisites	None
School/department	School of Anatomy
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

Statement of Aims

The overall aim of this unit is to provide students with the opportunity to apply their existing anatomical knowledge in the context of diagnostic imaging of normal and abnormal tissue.

Description

This Unit enables students to develop an understanding of diagnostic imaging techniques with relevance to both human and animal anatomy. It considers the appearance of normal and abnormal anatomy via a variety of diagnostic imaging modalities, the terminology used in its description, underlying principles of technique, and further application. Lectures in diagnostic imaging are supplemented by practicals and demonstrations of techniques in action. Understanding and awareness of technique and application is reinforced by case-based discussion.

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the unit students should be able to:

1. Compare and contrast historical and modern imaging modalities
2. Explain the basic science underpinning clinical imaging techniques
3. Apply the appropriate descriptive terminology to a variety of images/imaging modalities
4. Recognise the appearance of different tissues across imaging modalities
5. Select and evaluate the most appropriate imaging modality to assess normal, traumatic, and disease states
6. Justify the therapeutic, educational, and communicative use of imaging technologies
7. Acknowledge recent and future developments in the practice of imaging

Teaching Information

• Lectures
• Seminar/group based discussion of case studies and clinical scenarios. Demonstrated use of imaging equipment such as ultrasound.
• Practicals
• eLearning using online interactive resources

Assessment Information

Portfolio (75 %) (ILOs 1-7)

Portfolio presentation (5 %) (ILOs 1-7)

1 hour online exam (20 %) (ILOs 1-5)

Reading and References

Core Texts

Netter’s Concise Radiologic Anatomy
E.C. Weber et al.; Saunders, Elsevier; 2nd Edition; 2014 (ISBN: 9781455753239)

Clark’s Essential Physics in Imaging for Radiographers
K. Holmes et al.; Taylor Francis Group, CRC Press; 2014 (ISBN: 9781482206777)

Supplementary Texts

Netter’s Introduction to Imaging

L.R. Cochard et al.; Saunders Elsevier; 2012 (ISBN: 9781437707595)

Gray’s Surface Anatomy and Ultrasound

C.F. Smith et al.; Elsevier; 2018 (ISBN: 9780702070181)

Handbook of Small Animal Imaging: Preclinical Imaging, Therapy, and Applications

G.C. Kagadis et al.; Taylor & Francis Group CRC Press; 2016 (ISBN: 9781466555693)

The Physics of Diagnostic Imaging

D.J. Dowsett et al.; Hodder Education; 2nd Edition; 2006 (ISBN: 9780340808917)