Università Roma Tre

Medical devices and systems: common operating principles and specs

Diagnostic medical devices - Medical imaging
X-Ray Imaging: operating principles and theory (x-ray production, x-ray detection); equipment, specs, technical considerations; patient dose; quality parameters; angiography
CT Imaging: operating principles and theory; image reconstruction; instrumentation, specs, technical considerations; quality parameters; contrast agents; current technology trends
US Imaging: operating principles and theory, instrumentation, procedures, specs, technical considerations; Doppler US
MR Imaging: MR theory and operating principles; image reconstruction; instruments, specs, technical considerations; pulse sequences; functional MRI (fMRI); current technology trends

Therapeutics medical devices - Minimally invasive surgery
Systems for angioplasty (balloon, stent): operating principles; procedures; equipment, specs, technical considerations

Therapeutics medical devices - Open surgery procedures and Functional substitution
Heart valve replacement: artificial heart valves, biological heart valves; operating principles; procedures; instrumentation; specifications.

- Slides, handouts, exercises, available online on Roma Tre Moodle platform.
- Readings from:
Webb's physics of medical imaging
Introduction to biomedical imaging