Competency information
Details
Analyse data from non-imaging tests to give quantitative physiological information.
Considerations
- The range, purpose, principles, capabilities and limitations of technology to be evaluated.
- Relevant performance parameters and their significance to clinical requirements.
- The range of existing evaluation methodologies and their application to new technology.
- Methods of measurement of image quality, acquisition, processing and display.
- Methods of measurement of dose and the implications of the results.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Assist in routine patient investigations using uptake counters, gamma spectrometers, manual and automatic beta and gamma sample counters correctly and safely, and, where possible, other equipment such as whole body counters, demonstrating patient-centred, safe practice and the effect of equipment settings and counting geometry on measured count-rates. |