RADIOLOGY

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2020/2021
Year: 
5
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2024/2025
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
4
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
48
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (32 hours), Seminar (16 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

- Principles of radioprotection of the patient.
- Imaging method's physical principles.
- Imaging methods’ appropriateness in clinical practice.
- Radiotherapy, general principles.
- Physical, chemical and biological effects of radiation.

1) principles of radioprotection of the patient.
2) physical principles:
-RX
-US
-CT
-MRI
-Interventional radiology
-Traditional nuclear medicine and hybrid imaging
3) In detail:
- Diagnostic imaging of thoracic pathology in adults
- Diagnostic imaging of the heart and aorta
- Diagnostic imaging of the liver

- Diagnostic imaging of the biliary tract
- Diagnostic imaging of the spleen
- Diagnostic imaging of the pancreas
- Diagnostic imaging of the gastrointestinal tract
- Diagnostic imaging of the urinary tract
- Diagnostic imaging of the musculoskeletal system
5) Imaging methods’ appropriateness in clinical practice.
6) Radiotherapy:
- General principles
- General principles of oncological radiotherapy
- Purpose of treatment Curative-palliative radiotherapy
- Physical, chemical and biological effects of radiation

Lectures and collective exercises with discussion of clinical radiological cases.

Teachers are available to meet the Student for educational insights, by appointment.

eugenio.genovese@uninsubria.it

Parent course