COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BRAIN IMAGING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBI 6024 BRAIN IMAGING ELECTIVE 1 4 0 9

Offered By

Basic Neuroscience

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EMEL ADA

Offered to

Basic Neuroscience

Course Objective

Learning brain imaging methods, brain radiological anatomy and radiological findings in neurological diseases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning brain radiological anatomy
2   Getting advanced knowledge of structural brain imaging methods
3   Getting advanced knowledge of functional brain imaging methods
4   Application of brain imaging methods
5   learning current radiological findings in neurological diseases
6   learning nuclear medicinal methods in brain imaging

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Radiological imaging methods Radiological anatomy Radiological anatomy of brain MRI angiography MRI application
2 Diffusion-perfusion MRI MRI spectroscopy Functional MRI Radiological findings in diseases MRI application
3 Principles of nuclear medicinal imaging Conventional brain imaging SPECT brain imaging PET brain imaging Nuclear medicine application

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kornienko VN, Pronin IN. Diagnostic Neuroradiology. 2009 Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Supplementary Book(s): Nerä E, Caramella D, Bartolozzi C, (eds) Image processing in radiolgy current applications .2008 Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Cohen RA, Sweet LH. (eds). Brain imaging in behavioral medicine and clinical neuroscience. Springer New York Dordreght Heidelberg London

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentation, application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical information will be assessed by multiple choice exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

25905

Office Hours

friday 16-17

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Tutorials 60 1 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 12 96
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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