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2013-2014 Official General Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Official General Catalog [Archived Catalog]

RAD 204 - Advanced Positioning


Instruction and practice in positioning techniques involving the skull, facial bones, and advanced radiographic procedures.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisite:  RAD 133 Clinical Education III

Credits: 1
Hours
1 Class Hour, 1 Laboratory Hour
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1.  Identify and describe the patient positioning, CR direction, tube angulation, centering point, anatomical structures demonstrated, and evaluation criteria for the required radiographic positions/projections involving the skull, sinuses, orbits, and facial bones.
2.  Identify the position/projection demonstrated on radiographic images of the skull, sinuses, orbits, and facial bones.
3.  Perform or simulate the required radiographic positions/projections on phantoms or live patients respectively.
4.  Perform 90% on practical evaluations with each of the following areas of the head; sinuses, orbits, and facial bones.
5.  Identify and explain the following Advanced Radiographic procedures; Pediatric Radiography, Bone Densitometry, Radiography of the Respriatory System, Radiography of the Genito-Urinary System, and Radiography of the Reproductive System.