units

MRU0044

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 23 December 2024

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Monash University

0 points, SCA Band 3, 0.000 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Coordinator(s)

Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis

Offered

Clayton

  • Research quarter 1 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 1 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 2 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 3 2016 (External Candidature)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (Day)
  • Research quarter 4 2016 (External Candidature)

Synopsis

Radiography and medical imaging is the study of technologies which use ionising and non-ionising (e.g. ultrasound) radiation to diagnose, treat and follow the course of disease and its response to treatment. This detailed field may include interpreting and evaluating medical images, ultrasound and x-ray equipment, nuclear medicine, and preparing radioactive materials. This high-cost unit is 100% research with a view to producing a thesis.

Assessment

Thesis assessed by two external examiners.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis