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The perspective of the course "Physics of Medical Diagnostics" for students of medicine

School of Medicine (MS) has had a tradition of teaching Physics since its foundation in 1917. The Department of Physics of MS was founded in 1948 and the first Head was Professor Božo Metzger. Nowadays, 300 medical students per generation take the course "Physics and Biophysics" (60 course hours, 6 ECTS) in the first year and the course "Physics of Medical Diagnostics" (a total of 20 hours - 6 hours of lectures, 10 of seminars and 4 hours of lab exercises, 1 ECTS) in the fourth year. Such a program has been implemented by the MS since the academic year of 2006/07. It should be noted that in other medical schools in Croatia (Rijeka, Split and Osijek) students are not obliged to enter a course similar to ours. In this work we present perspective of the course “Physics of Medical Diagnostics” based on results of the exam questions and the students polls through the years. Topics of the course: 1. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and MRI 2. X-rays and CT 3. Methods of nuclear medicine 4. Ultrasound 5. Dosimetry Learning outcomes of the course: 1. Discuss and explain the basic physical principles of radiologic methods such as: ultrasound, X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging and methods of nuclear medicine. 2. Present the properties of tissue, which are taken into account in the processing of image formation by different methods. 3. Show the connection between measured parameters and quality of image: resolution, contrast and signal to noise ratio. 4. Discuss the important role of radiation protection and explain the biological effect of radiation and dose equivalent.

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