For more information, please contact:
Kristin Sparks, MPH
GME Program Coordinator
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Department of Radiology
800 Rose Street, Pavilion H, Suite HX-315
Lexington, KY 40536
Phone: (859) 323- 0693
Email: kristin.sparks@uky.edu
Sally Jones, C-TAGME
Medical Education Specialist
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Department of Radiology
Email: sallyajones@uky.edu
- Education
- Residency
- Fellowships
- Medical Physics
- Curriculum for Hands-On Physics Education of Residents in Diagnostic Radiology
- Module 1: X-Ray Tube
- Module 2: X-Ray Projection Imaging
- Laboratory Operation 6: Effect of kVp and mAs on image quality and radiation exposure
- Laboratory Operation 7: Effect of field size and grid on image quality and radiation exposure
- Laboratory Operation 8: Effect of focal-spot size and object-to-image detector distance on image blur and magnification
- Laboratory Operation 9: Automatic Exposure Control (AEC) and its appropriate use
- Laboratory Operation 10: Anode heel effect
- Laboratory Operation 11: Mammography and tomosynthesis
- Module 3: Flouroscopy
- Laboratory Operation 12: Fluoroscopy dose metrics (e.g. air kerma, Dose-Area-Product) and measurement
- Laboratory Operation 13: Effect of intensifying screens or flat panel detectors on image quality
- Laboratory Operation 14: Effect of acquisition modes on image quality and radiation exposure
- Laboratory Operation 15: Strategies to reduce patient and personnel dose
- Module 4: Computed Tomography
- Laboratory Operation 16: CT dose index and measurement
- Laboratory Operation 17: Effect of various acquisition parameters (e.g., pitch) on image quality and radiation dose
- Laboratory Operation 18: Patient positioning and its effect on image quality and radiation dose
- Laboratory Operation 19: Tube current modulation
- Laboratory Operation 20: Auto kV adjustment and its appropriate use
- Module 5: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Laboratory Operation 21: Survey of MRI instrumentation
- Laboratory Operation 22: MRI basic operation (Free Induction Decay, T1, T2, T2*)
- Laboratory Operation 23: Imaging ACR phantom & measurement of image quality
- Laboratory Operation 24: MR imaging of the brain, effect of pulse sequence and parameters on image quality and appearance
- Laboratory Operation 25: MRI artifacts and their mitigation
- Module 6: Ultrasound
- Module 7: Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
- Laboratory Operation 29: Survey meters: calibration and application
- Laboratory Operation 30: Dose calibrator
- Laboratory Operation 31: Testing parameters for a scintillation camera
- Laboratory Operation 32: Evaluation of a SPECT system using a phantom
- Laboratory Operation 33: Evaluation of a PET system using a phantom
- Curriculum for Hands-On Physics Education of Residents in Diagnostic Radiology
- Medical Students