I. PRINCIPLES OF ROENTGEN RADIATION
- X-ray characteristics;
- Effects of ionising radiation;
- Components of an X-ray machine;
- Radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography.
II. NOTIONS OF RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTRAST SUBSTANCES USED
- Radiation protection;
- The ALARA concept;
- Iodinated contrast substances;
- Contrast substances used in ultrasonography;
- Contrast substances used in magnetic resonance imaging.
III. RADIOIMAGING OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - PART I
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Correctness criteria of a heart-lung X-ray;
- Semiological changes of lung transparency;
- Acute infectious pneumopathies;
- Lung parasitosis;
- Lung fungal infections;
- Pulmonary emphysema;
- Pneumoconiosis;
- Atelectasis and lung collapse;
- Pulmonary infarction;
- Acute pulmonary edema.
IV. RADIOIMAGING OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - PART II
- Pulmonary tuberculosis;
- Benign lung tumours;
- Malignant lung tumours;
- Chest trauma;
- Pleural pathology;
- Mediastinal pathology.
V. RADIOIMAGING OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Radiological anatomy of the heart and large vessels;
- Changes in pulmonary circulation;
- Aortic pathology;
- Congenital heart malformations;
- Heart valve pathology;
- Heart tumours;
- Pericardial diseases.
VI. GASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL RADIOIMAGING - PART I
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Functional radiological changes of the digestive tract;
- Morphological radiological changes of the digestive tract;
- Pathology of the oesophagus;
- Pathology of the stomach;
- Pathology of the small and large intestine.
VII. GASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL RADIOIMAGING - PART II
- Liver pathology;
- Bile duct pathology;
- Pancreatic pathology;
- Spleen pathology.
VIII. UROGENITAL RADIOIMAGING
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Congenital malformations;
- Urinary tract infection;
- Ureterohydronephrosis;
- Benign renal tumours;
- Malignant renal tumours;
- Acute kidney infections;
- Kidney trauma;
- Bladder pathology;
- General concepts of radioimaging of the prostate;
- Adrenal gland pathology.
IX. MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOIMAGING
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Elementary radiological bone changes;
- Traumatic pathology;
- Inflammatory and infectious diseases of the locomotor system;
- Arthrosis;
- Aseptic osteonecrosis of the femoral head;
- Benign tumour pathology;
- Malignant tumour pathology.
X. NEURORADIOLOGY. RADIOIMAGING OF THE HEAD AND CERVICAL REGION
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Vascular brain pathology;
- Traumatic brain injury pathology;
- Inflammatory-infectious changes of the brain parenchyma;
- Multiple sclerosis;
- Brain tumours;
- Introduction to thyroid imaging;
- Introduction to nasopharyngeal and paranasal sinus imaging;
- Introduction to oropharyngeal and parotid gland imaging;
- Introduction to imaging of the hypopharynx and larynx.
XI. PAEDIATRIC RADIOIMAGING
- Imaging exploration techniques used in paediatrics;
- Pathology of the brain and spinal cord;
- Chest pathology;
- Pathology of the abdomen;
- Pathology of the locomotor system.
XII. BREAST IMAGING
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Benign breast lesions;
- Malignant breast lesions;
- Particular aspects of breast cancer;
- Breast pathology in men.
XIII. RADIOIMAGING IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
- Imaging exploration techniques;
- Congenital uterine malformations;
- Benign myometrial tumours;
- Malignant myometrial tumours;
- Benign endometrial tumours;
- Endometrial hyperplasia;
- Endometrial carcinoma;
- Cervical cancer;
- Radioimaging diagnosis of acute abdomen in pregnant women;
- Benign ovarian cysts;
- Malignant ovarian cysts;
- Benign ovarian tumours;
- Malignant ovarian tumours.
XIV. INTERVENTIONAL RADIOIMAGING
- Arterial and venous puncture using the Seldinger technique;
- Angiography of peripheral vessels;
- Aortography;
- Phlebography;
- Use of angiography for diagnostic purposes;
- Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty technique;
- Selective embolisation;
- Biopsy and thermoablation;
- Hepato-biliary interventions.