Principles of Servicing Diagnostic X-Ray Systems (Phase 1) – eLearning
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Overview
Principles of Servicing Diagnostic X-Ray Systems is a skills development program that teaches the new service professional the cognitive skills necessary to understand the X-ray system and its applications in the medical community. The program is divided into six major learning units:
- Introduction to radiography
- Radiation safety
- The production of X-rays
- Formation of the X-ray image
- Image receptor technologies
- PACS troubleshooting basics
The course contains lecture, demonstration, and hands-on training, which teach participants proper operation, radiation safety, image quality assessment, and global understanding of the Xray system.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to perform first level service on the radiographic system.
Prerequisites
To attend this course, the service professional must have a two year associate degree in electronics or equivalent service experience.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Have a thorough understanding of X-rays and X-ray production
- Follow safety procedures for patients, physicians and individuals
- Describe the criteria for high quality radiographs
- Understand overtable radiographic, fluoroscopic, and special procedures system operation
- Describe the parameters of all current image receptor technologies
- Have a basic understanding of PACS and DICOM
Tuition: $4995
Course Length: 2 Weeks
CEU's Awarded: 70 CEU’s approved by ACI
Dates:
- Dec 9-20, 2024
- Feb 24-28, 2025
- Oct 20-24, 2025
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Course Outline
- Introduction to radiography
- Welcome to E-RSTI!
- Meet your instructor
- Technology Overview
- What is Moodle/The LMS?
- Getting Logged In
- Moodle Screen Layout
- Moodle Course/Navigation
- Moodle Assessments
- Assessment Question Types
- Grades and Grading
- Welcome to E-RSTI!
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- Zoom Controls
- Virtual Tour
- X-rays: An overview
- A brief history
- What they are
- How they are produced
- What they do
- The radiographic system, an overview
- The radiograph, an overview
- Image receptor types
- Measurements of beam quality and quantity
- Half Value Layer
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- Factors that measure radiographic quality
- Density
- Contrast
- Sharpness
- Magnification
- Distortion
- Operation of the overtable system
- Operation of the undertable system
- Patient positioning
- Factors that measure radiographic quality
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- Introduction to radiography (cont’d)
- Factors that affect radiographic quality
- Basic single purpose radiographic system
- Computed Radiography
- Direct Radiography
- Film Screen Radiography
- Radiographic studies
- Common non-contrast media
- Common contrast media
- Special radiographic studies
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- Radiation safety, principles, and practices
- Radiation and its biological effects
- Atom
- X-ray beam
- Compton effect
- Photoelectric effect
- Radiation safety, working with radiation
- Rules governing working with radiation
- Time, distance, and shielding
- Radiation protective devices
- The production of X-rays
- How X-rays are produced
- Where X-rays are produced
- How X-rays are controlled
- Bremsstrahlung radiation theory
- Characteristic radiation Theory
- How X-rays are produced
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- The X-ray tube
- X-ray tube construction
- Functions of basic elements
- Electrical and mechanical requirements
- Tube protection
- Understanding Tube Charts
- Problems and cures
- Installation and evaluation
- The X-ray tube
- Introduction to radiography
- Welcome to E-RSTI!
- Meet your instructor
- Technology Overview
- Moodle/The LMS?
- Getting Logged In
- Welcome to E-RSTI!
- Building Tour
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- Review of eLearning Week 1
- The radiographic system, an overview
- The radiograph, an overview
- Image receptor types
- Factors that measure radiographic quality
- Density
- Contrast
- Sharpness
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- Operation of the overtable system
- Operation of the undertable system
- H.V. cables and terminations
Lab Activities
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- Main component identification
- X-ray tube warmup
- Radiographic overtable & CR operation
- Diagnostic workstation operation
- Reference mAs
- Effects on image quality
- H.V. transformers (1ϕ, 3ϕ, high frequency)
- R/F changeover
- Full wave/half wave rectification
- Generation of three phase
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- Wye and delta
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- The X-ray generator
- High frequency functional diagram
- kV circuitry
- Time/logic circuits
- mA control
- Formation of the X-ray image
- Control of the X-ray image
- Control & production of secondary and scatter radiation
- Photoelectric effect
- Compton effect
- Grids
- Measuring X-ray beam quantity & quality
- Half-value layer
- X-ray beam control
- Collimators
- Resolving capabilities
- Care and handling
- X-ray to light field alignment
- Lab Activities
- X-ray tube
- Collimator removal
- Anode rotation verification
- Filament check
- Stator type
- Greasing federal terminations
- Focal spot size and resolution
- Central ray alignment
- X-ray tube
- Lab Activities
- Non-invasive test equipment
- HVL
- PACS troubleshooting basics
- Data Representation
- Network Topology
- Network troubleshooting
- DICOM basics
- AE titles
- DICOM configuration
- DICOM ECHO
- Network Interfaces
- Network Hardware
- Network Protocols
- Protocol Data Units
- Data Storage
- The eye and what it sees
- Visual acuity
- Intensity discrimination
- First Visit Action Items
- Lab Activities
- Light field to X-ray field alignment
- Central ray alignment
- DR operation
- AEC
- DICOM output configuration
- DICOM troubleshooting
- Fluoroscopic imaging
- System review
- Final exam
- Course evaluation