RAD 020A - Advanced Clinical Laboratory - Units 8

Prerequisites: RAD-010B, Intermediate Clinical Laboratory, with a grade of "C" or better.

Corequisites: RAD-020, Advanced Radiographic Positioning and Terminology, and RAD-021, Advanced Radiographic Anatomy, and RAD-022, Fundamentals of X-Ray and Radium Physics.

Limitations on Enrollment: Admission to the Radiological Technology Program.

This course is designed to emphasize positioning techniques and technical factor calculation. An introduction to positioning of the skull, facial bones, mastoids, and the thorax is included. The student participates in specialized radiographic procedures including myelography, sialography, hysterography, arthrography, arteriography, and other specialized procedures requiring sterile and aseptic techniques. (CSU)