Special Topics in Computed Tomography Technology/Technician

Catalog description

Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge, and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student. This course was designed to be repeated multiple times to improve student proficiency. Section Anatomy in Computed Tomography - This course includes in-depth coverage of human anatomic relationships as depicted on Computed Tomography (CT) images. The course will focus on techniques used to recognize normal and abnormal human anatomy in various sectional planes as depicted on computer tomography images. Students will learn how to identify various image artifacts and analyze the effect these artifacts have on the appearance of anatomy on CT images.