Radiologic Equipments. Medical Imaging Modalities. Equipments used in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology. Equipment care and safety Images.

1. RADIOLOGY TRAINING RESOURCE FOR MEDICAL
IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS/SONOGRAPHERS,
NURSES, MIDWIVES AND RELATED MEDICS
Module 2: Radiologic Equipments
(Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipments)
Course lecturer
Nchanji Nkeh Keneth
Radiologic Technologist/Sonographer
CSMRR: 001012016
+237 671459765
B.TECH/HPD in MDIRT
(St. LOUIS UNIHEBS, Univ Buea)
excellence660@gmail.com
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2. Objectives of the Presentation
1. To demonstrate pictorially various
radiologic Equipments, describing briefly
their applications in Radiology; thereby
enabling the learner to easily recognize such
in case of any service to be rendered in the
Radiology Department
2. To educate the learner on basis of
Radiation Safety in the Radiology department
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3. Pictorial illustration Of radiologic
Equipments
Equipments Used in
1. Diagnostic radiology and
2. Therapeutic Radiology
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4. OVER VIEW OF RADIOLOGIC EQUIPMENTS
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Below Images: Image Reader (L) and Radiographic Machine ®

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6. Radiologic Technologist in an X-ray Room
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7. CONT
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Images : Suction Pump (L) and Portable X-ray Machine (R)

8. CONT
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Image Reader. Used to Digitally Process the Radiographic Image taken

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L: Radiographer Loading Patient Info to process the Image and R: Printer
Machine

10. Electrical safety issues
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11. Image processing
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12. Dental panography machines
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13. Mammographic machines
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14. Mammo cont
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MAMMOGRAPHER’S NIGHTMARE

15. ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENTS
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Images : Ultrasound Machine (L) and Probes (Right)

16. COMPUTERISED TOMOGRAPHY CT SACN AND
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENTS
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17. A Good Radiologic Technologist Seeks To Know Every
Detail About The Machine
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18. PREPARATION OF ANTIHISTAMINE AND CONTRAST MEDIUM FOR CT SCAN
PROCEDURES REQUIRING IV INJECTION. ALWAYS CHECH THE CONTAINER TO
CONFIRM THE RIGHT CONTENT, RIGHT CONCENTRATION, RIGHT ROUTE OF
ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO THE EXPIRY DATE (LEFT)
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19. MAIN SERVER (LEFT) AND CT OPERATING
CONSOLE WITH THE MAIN FRAME COMPUTER
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20. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Scanner
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23. Types of MRI scanners/ MRI safety issues
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25. Surface coils
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26. NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Dual headed gamma camera
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27. Nuclear med test (left is thyroid uptake measurement)
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28. left image shows patient positioning for scan. The right
image shows photomultiplier tubes
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29. PET/CT scanner (left), scintillation crystals
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30. RADIOTHERAPY MACHINES
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31. RADIOTHERAPY
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32. VARIOUS TYPES OF
RADIOTHERAPY MACHINES
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33. THE BETATRON
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34. PATIENT POSITIONING FOR TELETHERAPY
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35. USE OF APPLICATORS IN
RADIOTHERAPY
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36. PLACEMENT OF APPLICATORS IN
BRACHYTHERAPY OF UTERINE/CERVICAL
CANCER
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37. CT GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY
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38. COBALT 60 TELETHERAPY UNIT
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39. CONSTRUCTION SHIELDING REQUREMENTS FOR A RADIOTHERAPY/
NUCLEAR MED DEPARTMENT
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40. SUPERFICIAL RADIOTHERAPY
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41. ORTHOVOLTAGE PATIENT SET
UP
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42. ANATOMY OF FLUOROSCOPY AND CT
FLUOROSCOPY MACHINES
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43. COMPONENTS OF C-ARM EQPT
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Camera
Image Intensifier
X-ray Tube
Filters
Collimators
Optics
Generator &
Automatic
Brightness
Control
Grid

44. A Modern Bi-Plane C-Arm
with Flat Panel Detectors
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45. MULTIPURPOSE C-ARM FLUO SYSTEM
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46. Over-couch vs Under-couch X ray
Tubes
Image Intensifier
X ray Tube fixed under table
Image Intensifier
X ray Tube
fixed over
table
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47. RADIATION PROTECTION ISSUES WITH IONISING RAD EMITTING
MACHINES
NOTE THE
RADIATION
PROTECTION
PRINCIPLE OF JOLI.
ALWAYS
IMPLEMENT ALARA,
TIME DISTANCE
AND SHIELDING
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48. SOURCES OF IONISING RAD
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49. SOME RAD DETECTION INSTRUMENTS
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50. RADIATION SAFETY ISSUES WITH RADIOLOGIC EQPTS
CONTINUED
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51. WHERE MISUSE OF EQPTS IS DANGEROUS
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52. FACTORS AFFECTING STAFF DOSE
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53. LEAD APRONS ARE
INDISPENSIBLE
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54. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF
FOLDING THE LEAD APRONS?
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55. FILM BADGES FOR PERSONAL
MONITOR
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56. THERMOLUMINISCENT
DOSIMETERS
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57. ELECTRONIC DOSIMETERS
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58. OPTICALLY STIMULATED DOSIMETERS
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59. Next Lecture
Module 3:
Diagnostic Radiology
1. General radiography(Conventional
Radiography)
See You next Class
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60. https://rpop.iaea.org/SAFRON/
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https://nucleus.iaea.org/isemir/
http://nucleus.iaea.org/HHW/MedicalPhysics/index.html
Beri wi ba’a ghor
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