COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY ANIMAL RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LHB 6037 LABORATORY ANIMAL RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Laboratory Animal Science

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OSMAN YILMAZ

Offered to

Laboratory Animal Science

Course Objective

By this course it is aimed to gain the students radiological imaging and nuclear medicine techniques and the ability to comment on these images.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   LO 1. To be able to gain basic information about radiological imaging and nuclear medicine
2   LO 2. To be able to understand basic principles of radiological imaging and nuclear medicine
3   LO 3. To be able to create animal model in radiological imaging and nuclear medicine biomedical studies
4   LO 4. To be able to understand the importance of imaging method selection in disease diagnosis in laboratory animal models.
5   LO 5. To be able to analyze the data gained from animal models with radiological imaging and nuclear medicine techniques
6   LO 6. To be able to make selection of methods and application of radiological imaging and nuclear medicine techniques both in diagnosis of diseases as well as basic animal research studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General principles of radiological imaging and nuclear medicine Tomography (SPECT),
2 Imaging principles of Positron Emission Tomography (PET),Application
3 ,Nuclear medicine equipments, gamma camera, principles of Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT),
4 Radiopharmaceuticals that are used in imaging organ functions, organ scintigraphy (bone, thyroid, kidney, heart, brain, gastrointestinal system, lymphatic system, tumor), gings made by marked leukocytes and erythrocytes
5 Radiopharmaceuticals that are used in imaging organ functions, organ scintigraphy (bone, thyroid, kidney, heart, brain, gastrointestinal system, lymphatic system, tumor), imagings made by marked leukocytes and erythrocytes
6 Animal experiments with radio-markers
7 Proper biological model selection for designing and developing radio-markers

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Barone R: Atlas D anatomıe DuLapın (Atlas of Rabbıt Anatomy), 1973
2. Siegfried J : Grundlagen fürdie Zucht und Haltung der wichtigsten Versuchstiere, Gustov Fıscher Verlag Stutgart 1961.
3. Hedrich Hans (Editor), The Laboratory Mouse (Handbook of Experimental Animals) [Hardcover] 2004.
4. Patrick F.Sharp. Marie C.La Regina, : The Laboratory Rat, CRC Press London 1998
5. James G . Fox, Bennett. J. Cohen, Franklin M. Loew:Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academıc Press, Inc. 1984.
6. Canadian Council on Animal Care, Gulde to the Care Aand Use of Experimental Animals ; Volume 1.1105-151 Slater street, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5HP3.,1984

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentations
2. Topic research, interactive discussion and commenting
3. Homework preparation
4. Evaluation of information

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

It is evaluated if theoretical presentations were understood and if objectives were reached by midterm and final exams
2. It is evaluated if they can apply what they learned by homework presentations and discussion sessions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr, 0 232 412 4651

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1444444
LO.244444
LO.3444444
LO.4444444
LO.544444
LO.64444

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