Medical imaging

The workshop was attended by Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Dr. Muhammad Al-Jamal, Head of the Medical Imaging Department, Dr. Samer Muhanna, and a number of master's students, in addition to students interested in the fields of nuclear medicine.

Dr. Issa emphasized the importance of nuclear medicine in diagnosing many intractable diseases that some techniques cannot diagnose.

Dr. Mhanna delivered a lecture entitled “Medical Imaging Technology Where it Headed Future Vision”. He discussed the latest developments in the field of medical imaging. He indicated that the university has a role in developing its programs to keep pace with all that is new.

Tala Noaman Barakat, student in the Department of Medical Imaging, also participated in a poster entitled “AWARENESS ON RADIATION PROTECTION DEVICES AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS”. Her work won a financial prize at the conference.

The Thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) is a device to measure the X-Ray doses that individuals either Medical Imaging Technicians or students in their practical training can be exposed to. TLD work depends on measuring the ionizing radiation by measuring the intensity of the visible light that comes from Calcium Fluoride and Lithium Fluoride crystals when being heated.