FACULTY OF RADIOLOGISTS

TRAINING PROGRAMME IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

PART I TUTORIAL SCHEDULE

2011/2012

Lectures will commence at 2.00pm unless otherwise stated, in theRadiologyTutorial Room RCSI House or the Department of Anatomy Lecture Theatre, MainCollege, RCSI

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TUTOR

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SUBJECT

August 2011
Monday29th
2.00pm
3.45pm / Training Programme CoOrdinator
Anatomy Staff
Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly / Introduction
CHEST: Anatomy
Introduction to Physics Course / Overview
September 2011
Thursday 1st September
2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Ms. Una O’Connor
Mr. Dara Murphy / Introduction to EM Spectrum, Matter & Energy Levels; band structure in solids
Production & Properties of X-Rays
Interaction of Radiation with Matter (1): Main mechanisms at diagnostic energies
Monday 5thSeptember
2.00pm
3.00pm / Dr J. Masterson / CHEST: Basic principles of chest imaging / basic anatomy
Thursday 8th Sept
2.00pm
3.00pm
Monday 12th September
2.00pm
3.00pm
4pm / Mr. Dara Murphy
Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Dr J. Masterson / Interaction of Radiation with Matter (2): Beer’s Law, Exponential Attenuation, Absorption/HVL/TVL .Interaction of Radiation with Matter: Factors affecting Attenuation & Scatter
Fluorescence, Phosphoresence (also for detectors incl. CR). Film/Screen Radiography. Optical Density.
CHEST: Vascular Anatomy, CT Anatomy
Thursday 15th September
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:00pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Mr. Colin Walsh / Efficacy and Optimisation of Film Screen Combinations; Photochemical Aspects of Radiography; Characteristic Curve; Contrast and Latitude

Overview of X-Ray Systems

Monday 19th September
2:00pm
3.00pm / Dr L. Lawler
Physics TBC / CHEST: High Resolution CT, Thoracic Intervention
Physics TBC
Thurs22ndSeptember
2:00pm

3.00pm

/ Mr. Colin Walsh
Dr. Stafford-Johnston / Geometrical Factors and Unsharpness in Radiography
CHEST: Spiral and high resolution CT thorax. Technique and Anatomy
Monday 26thSeptember
2:00pm
3.00 pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly / Interaction of Radiation with Matter: Subject Contrast; Scatter Radiation
Thurs 29th September
2.00pm (TR1)
3.45pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. R. McDermott / ABDOMEN: Anatomy (foregut, midgut)
ABDOMEN: Anatomy 1 - GI/Liver/Pancreas/Barium/CT/MRI
October 2011
Monday 3rd October

St.James’s Hospital (X-Ray Dept)

2:15pm
3:15pm SJH / Ms. Una O’Connor
Mr. Colin Walsh/Mr. Dermot Gorman / X-Ray Tubes/special features/Focal Spot/Rating/ X-ray tubes for Special Applications (incl. Angiography, CT, Mammography etc); Special filters; X-ray generators, AEC
Demonstration of X-Ray Equipment
Thurs 6th October
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4.15pm / Dr.Lesley Malone
Dr.Lesley Malone / Image Intensifier – TV Systems 1
Image Intensifier – TV Systems 2 including full fluoroscopy systems
Monday 10th October
2:00pm / Dr. Lesley Malone / Introduction to ICRP
Thurs 13thOctober
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4.15pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Dr. F. Keeling
Dr. Lynn Gaynor / Optimisation of Contrast; Reduction of Scatter (Grids etc.)
ABDOMEN: Anatomy - Vascular and CT
Image Quality 1: Spatial Resolution, Contrast Resolution & Artefacts (Analogue)
Monday 17th October
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. R. McDermott / Digital Images : Part 1
Digital Images: Part 2
ABDOMEN: Anatomy 2 - GI/Liver/Pancreas/Barium/CT/MRI
Thursday & Friday
20th& 21stOctober
All Day (TR7) / Physics / Radiation Protection Seminar
Monday 24th October
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Dr. Lyn Gaynor
Dr. Lyn Gaynor
Dr. Lyn Gaynor / Introduction to Digital Technology
Digital Acquisition Systems 1: Computed Radiography

Digital Acquisition Systems 2: Direct digital systems

Thursday 27th October
2pm
3pm
4.15pm / Mr. Dara Murphy
Dr. Lesley Malone
Dr. Tony Geoghegan / Image Quality 2: Spatial Resolution, Contrast Resolution, Artefacts etc (Digital)
Digital Acquisition Systems 3:
Technology for DSA and Digital Fluorography
ABDOMEN: Ultrasound Anatomy/Technique
Monday 31stOctober /
November 2011
Thursday 3rd November
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Mr. Niall Phelan
Dr. F. Flanagan
Mr. Niall Phelan / Mammographic Physics & Equipment I
Mammographic techniques, breast ultrasound and intervention
Mammographic Physics & Equipment II
Monday 7th November
TR4, MainRCSIBuilding
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:15pm / Dr. Pat Kenny
Dr. R. Gibney
Physics TBC / Optimisation of Contrast: Selection of radiographic parameters
ABDOMEN: Liver and biliary anatomy
Physics TBC
Thursday 10th November
2pm
3pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. M. McNicholas / ABDOMEN: Anatomy (hindgut, kidneys, post abd wall)
ABDOMEN: Cross-sectional interventional techniques
Monday 14th November
2:00pm
3.30pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. Joan Heneghan / PELVIS: Anatomy (Female)
PELVIS: Anatomy/Technique (Female and MSK)
Thursday 17th November
2:00pm
3:00pm
4.00pm / Physics TBC
Ms. Aoife Gallagher
Dr. Jonathan Dodd /
Tomography (excl. CT) – Introduction to CT
CT Scanners: reconstruction of images from projections
CHEST: Cardiac Anatomy/Techniques 1
Monday 21stNovember
2.00pm
3:00pm / Physics TBC
Ms. Jennie Cooke / Theory of gas detectors, scintillation detectors, PMTs solid state detectors: use in radiology
Modes of radioactive Decay – Radiation Units
Thursday 24th November
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Dr. Louise Bowden
Ms. Aoife Gallagher / Helical and Multi Slice scanners
Display Technologies
Image Quality & Dose Issues in CT
Monday 28th November
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Ms. Jackie McCavana
Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Ms. Jennie Cooke / Generators, common radiopharmaceuticals Kits & techniques; radiopharmacy design
New applications in CT
Radiation detectors for nuclear medicine and general purposes
December 2011
Thursday 1stDecember
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Ms. Aoife Gallagher
Dr. Alan O’Hare
Ms. Jennie Cooke / Artefacts in CT
NEURO: Skull - imaging and anatomy
Gamma cameras and data processing systems; special systems for SPECT
Monday 5th December
2:00pm
3.00pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. Patricia Cunningham / PELVIS: Anatomy (Male)
MSK: Upper limb: Anatomy and Techniques
Thursday 8th December
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Dr. Pat Kenny
Training Programme Coordinator
Dr Ronan Browne / Mock Physics MCQ
MCQ
ABDOMEN: GI/GU Interventional Techniques
Monday 12th December
2:00pm
3.00pm / Dr. Ronan McDermott
TBC / GI Radiology
Thursday 15th December
Monday 19th December
January 2012
Monday 2ndJanuary /
Thursday 5th January
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.15pm / Ms. Jackie McCavana
Dr. D. McInerney
Ms. Jennie Cooke / Tutorial: radiation protection & technical and practical aspects of nuclear medicine
MSK: Anatomy/Technique
QA: Nuclear Medicine
Monday 9thJanuary
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Ms. Jennie Cooke / Radionuclide Therapy in a Diagnostic Imaging Department
Gamma cameras and data processing systems; special systems for SPECT
Thursday 12thJanuary
2:00pm
3.00pm
4:15pm / Ms. Linda Gray
Dr. J. Thornton
Ms. Una O’Connor / QA: in general radiography & fluoroscopy
NEURO: Anatomy of the brain and spine: Angiographic and cross-sectional
Equipment specification, purchase and commissioning
Monday 16thJanuary
2:00pm
3.00 pm / Dr. Pat Kenny
Prof. Helen Fenlon / 3D Images, plannar reformatting, 3D rendering, MIP, surface rendering, volume rendering
ABDOMEN: CT/MR Techniques
Thursday 19thJanuary
2:00pm
3.00pm
4:15pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Gerard Boyle / Basic Physics of MRI
MRI Pulse Sequences & Contrast 2
MRI equipment
Monday 23rd January
2pm
3pm
4.15pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Brian Hogan
Dr. Gerard Boyle / T1, T2 relaxation mechanisms
MSK: Upper limb: Anatomy and Techniques
Pulse sequences and contrast 1
Thursday 26th January
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. D Rea /
MRI Image Formation
PAEDIATRICS: Anatomy and Techniques
Monday 30th January2.00pm
3.00 pm
4.15pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. P. Brennan / MRI gradient echo
NEURO: Anatomy of the brain (CT/MR)
February 2012
Thursday 2ndFebruary
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr. Gerard Boyle / MRI – Flow / Angiography
MRI
MRI
Monday 6th February
2.00pm
3.45pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. Paul Brennan / NEURO: Anatomy – Brain & Spine
NEURO: Anatomy of the brain (CT/MR)
Thursday 9th& Friday 10thFebruary / Ultrasound Seminar / Ultrasound Seminar
Monday 13th February
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pm / Dr. Neil O’Hare
Dr. Neil O’Hare
Dr. Gerard Boyle / PACS 1
PACS 2
MRI
Thursday 16th February
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4:15pmAll Day / Dr. Lesley Malone
Dr. S. Skehan
Dr. Lesley Malone / MRI - Artifacts
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Chest and Cardiac
MRI Safety
Monday 20thFebruary
2:00pm
3.00pm
4:15pm / Dr. Michelle McNicholas / PELVIS: Anatomy (Male)
Thursday 23rdFebruary
2:00pm
3.00 pm
4.15pm / Dr. Julie Lucey
Dr. Julie Lucey
Dr.Julie Lucey / PET 1
PET 2
PET 3
Monday 27th February
2:00pm
3:00pm
4.15pm
/ Dr. Michael Casey
Ms. Jennie Cooke
Dr. J. Meaney / Revision Tutorial 4: Interaction of Radiation with matter.
Revision Tutorial 2: Nuclear Medicine (Physics & Pharmacy).
MRI: Applied MRI 1
March 2012
Thursday 1stMarch
2.00-3.00pm
3.00 – 4.15pm
4.15pm / Dr. Lynn Gaynor
Dr. Gerard Boyle
Ms. Una O’Connor / Revision Tutorial 3: Contrast/Films/Screens/ Characteristic Curve
MRI
Revision Tutorial 1: Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Technology
Monday 5th March
2:00pm
3pm
4.15pm / Dr. Geraldine O’Reilly
Anatomy Staff
Mr. Colin Walsh / Revision Tutorial 5: Radiation Protection (incl.units)
NEURO: Anatomy – Brain & Spine
Revision Tutorial 6: X-Ray Tubes &Equipment.
Wednesday 7th March
/ / RCSI
Thursday 8th March
/ / RCSI
Monday 12thMarch
2.00pm
3:00pm
4.15pm / Dr Martin O’Connell
Mr. Colin Walsh
Dr. Eilish Twomey / NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Positron Emission Tomography
Revision Tutorial 8: II/TV/ Fluoroscopic Systems
PAEDIATRICS: Anatomy & Techniques
Thursday 15th March
2.00pm
3.25pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. J. Griffin / HEAD & NECK: Anatomy
HEAD & NECK: Anatomy/Radiology
Part I
Monday 19th March /
Thursday 22ndMarch
2.00pm
3:00pm
4.15pm / Dr. S. Ryan
Mr. Dara Murphy
Mr. Dermot Gorman / PAEDIATRICS: Anatomy and Techniques
Revision Tutorial 12 Nuclear Medicine Equipment
Revision Tutorial 10: QA in Radiology/Fluoroscopy
Monday, 26th March
2:00pm
3.00pm
4.15pm / Dr. Pat Kenny
Dr. F. McGrath
Dr. Lesley Malone / Revision Tutorial 11 MRI
MSK: Lower limb: Anatomy and Techniques
Radionuclide Dosimetry
Thursday 29th March
2.00pm
3:00pm
4.15pm / Dr. Ann McNamara
Dr. Sean Cournane
Mr. Colin Walsh / OBSTETRICS: Ultrasound in Early Pregnancy
Revision Tutorial 13: Ultrasound (Physics)
Revision Tutorial 9: CT
April 2012
Monday 2nd April
2.00pm
3.45pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. J. Griffin / Anatomy – ENT
Anatomy – ENT Radiology Part II
Thursday 5th April /
Monday 9th April
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Thursday 12th April
2.00pm SJH
3.00pm SJH
4.00pm SJH / Dr. James Meaney
Dr. Gerard Boyle
Dr N McEniff / MRI: Applied MRI 2
MRI
INTERVENTION: Non-vascular Interventions

Monday 16th April

2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. E. Kavanagh
Dr D. Brophy / MSK: Anatomy – Upper Limb
MSK: Intervention
INTERVENTION: Vascular anatomy - neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis
Thursday 19th April
2.00pm
3.30pm / Dr. Anthony Ryan
Dr. Brendan Hogan / INTERVENTION: Arterial Anatomy/Techniques.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Bone/Endocrine/Hepatobiliary/Other

Monday 23rdApril

2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Anatomy Staff
Dr. Patricia Cunningham
Dr. Lesley Malone / MSK: Anatomy – Lower Limb
MSK: Lower limb: Anatomy and Techniques
Revision Tutorial 7: Digital Imaging

Thursday 26th April

2.00pm
3.00pm / Dr. J. Thornton
Dr. Jonathan Dodd / NEURO: Cross sectional anatomy: brain and spine – Revision
CHEST: Cardiac Anatomy/Techniques 2

Monday 30th April

2.00pm
3.00pm
4.00pm / Dr. R McDermott
Dr. F. Keeling
Dr. F. Keeling / NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Equipment and Techniques
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Functional imaging
PELVIS: Ultrasound anatomy and small parts

May 2012

Thursday 3rd May

2.00pm
3.30pm / Dr S Ryan / PAEDIATRICS: MCQ

Monday 7thMay

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Thursday 10thMay
2.00pm / Dr. Ronan Browne / TBA – Revision

Monday 14th May

TO BE CONFIRMED / / RCSICollege

Tuesday/Wednesday

15th & 16th May
TO BE CONFIRMED / / RCSICollege
25th May 2012 / Emergency Medicine Course / Cork
29thMay
All Day / IR Skills Course / RCSI, Surgical Skills Lab, 1st Floor, RCSI House

Yellow Highlighted itemsTO BE CONFIRMED

Text in PinkTo be changed to another date

Ms Esther Walsh OBSTETRICS: Imaging

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