Class Announcements

Exam 2 Review

Wednesday, Friday 9, 2009, from 9:15 to 10:10 in P204.

Radiology Tours

Tours of the radiology equipment in the Memorial Building will begin on January 6 and end on January 21. Times include 4:00-5:00 and 5:00-6:00 Monday through Thursday. Sign-up for tours at the front desk of the Memorial Building on the main floor. Failure to complete a tour will result in loss of credit.

X-ray Phantoms

X-ray phantom labs will begin Tuesday, January 20 and end Friday, January 30. Sign-up for phantom labs will occur in the classroom prior to Tuesday, January 20. Failure to complete the phantom lab assignment will result in an incomplete for the course.

Welcome to the radiologic technology course website of Robert Percuoco, DC. This site is dedicated to the Radiology III course in the Doctor of Chiropractic Program at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa.

The resources found in this site are intended to provide additional learning tools to help students succeed in mastering the concepts of plain radiographic imaging.

A link to the Radiology III course syllabus with associated course and unit level objectives is available for the Fall/Winter 2008/2009 academic term .

Click for sample test questions.

PowerPoint presentations for each unit are linked to this site and grouped by exam. The files require a viewing software like Adobe Acrobat Reader to see. Click to access a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader®.

PowerPoint presentations will be uploaded to this site after each unit is covered in class.

  EXAM I 
Unit A: Concepts of Radiation
Unit B: History
Unit B: Trends
Unit C: Units of Measurement/Structure of Matter
Unit C: Electricity
Unit C: Electromagnetic Radiation
Unit D: Equipment
Unit D: X-ray Tube
Unit D: Control Console/Transformer Assembly

Click to access the performance data for Exam 1 including up-to-date attendance records.

  EXAM II 
Unit E: X-ray Production
Unit F: Scatter Control
Unit G: Film and Film Holders
Unit G: Intensifying Screens

Click to access the performance data for Exam 2 including up-to-date attendance records.

  EXAM III 
Unit H: Radiographic Quality - Density
Unit H: Radiographic Quality - Contrast
Unit H: Radiographic Quality - Detail
Unit H: Radiographic Quality - Exposure Rules
Unit I: Radiographic Technique
Unit J: Compensating Filtration

Click to access the performance data for Exam 3 including up-to-date attendance records.

 EXAM IV (Final) 
Unit K: Darkroom
Unit K: Processing
Unit K: Processor Maintenance
Unit L: Radiation Protection
Unit L: Radiobiology

Click to access performance data for the final exam and course grade.