The course aims to give students an in-depth knowledge of the functioning of angiographs, their use in the diagnostic and interventional field and the different imaging techniques that can be used in the angiographic field. Appropriate use of fluoroscopy and handwriting, acquisitions and 3D reconstructions. Implementation of the Fusion technique and acquisitions with Cone Beam technology.
Course Prerequisites
Fundamentals of general anatomy, good knowledge of traditional x-ray methods. It also requires a fair amount of knowledge basis of CT and MRI methods
Teaching Methods
The teaching uses frontal lessons. Power Point presentations are used to deliver the frontal lessons. It is also put to students will have a summary handout with all the contents covered in the course
Assessment Methods
The learning assessment will take place in form written and will include a multiple choice test. The duration of the test is 2 hours. The evaluation of the test is carried out out of thirty.
Texts
Pantry
Contents
Historical notes, introduction to vascular access, angiographs and angiography rooms. Regulations, forms and radiation protection. Basic acquisition techniques and advanced techniques (Fusion and IVUS). Introduction to elective and emergency interventional procedures, clinical cases.
