Edinburgh Imaging Academy

Unsupervised Self Directed Study (USSD).
This course will review key non-neural anatomy, focusing primarily on cardiothoracic, musculoskeletal and abdominal anatomical knowledge, and relating that knowledge to function and how the effects of disease in an anatomical location might impact function. An overview of preclinically relevant anatomy will highlight key parallels and differences between human and animal anatomy.

This course is non-credited and un-supervised. The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course will concentrate on practical imaging of the chest, including what techniques are best for evaluating various parts of the chest anatomy, and which are best for investigation of major diseases of the chest. The lungs and heart will be the main focus. Research into cardiac function as well as studies into the vasculature, will also be covered, reflecting activity at the Edinburgh Imaging Centre QMRI, University of Edinburgh.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course will introduce you to the clinical use imaging techniques, describing how best to select a technique to investigate a specific clinical problem, advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, and will review the basic strategies and pitfalls of the various techniques in selected clinical contexts.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 8 CPD / CME points.

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The CPD Admin charge should only be used for those who wish to purchase unsupervised, online learning CPD courses in Imaging and are UoE members. For non UoE members wishing to purchase
unsupervised CPD please refer to the individual courses here: http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=358
For all those wishing to pay for their University of Edinburgh MSc, Diploma, Certificate or PPD courses, then they must do so through the normal Fees Department - details available at
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Administration charge are per 10 credit course

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course teaches systematic review of images in the clinical context, to assess for both normal and abnormal findings, using radiography, CT, US, MRI, SPECT & PET. We also include guidance on how such findings bear relevance to imaging in the clinical context.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This course will cover basics of light and fluorescence microscopy, as well as advanced techniques, confocal microscopy, CCD camera technology, and re-enforce taught materials with practical activities. Note that some components of light microscopy will be covered in other courses where these components have broader imaging relevance.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 10 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course will review the considerations which have to be made for scanning humans and animals in both clinical and research environments, issues around clinical and research legislation, including data protection, regulation of imaging environments, and safety concerns (technique specific, as well as subject and operator focused issues).

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course teaches practical preclinical imaging, covering legislation & ethics, practical considerations, plus modalities such as CT, MR, PET and ultrasound. We also explore the zebrafish & experimental imaging.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course will teach statistical considerations when performing preclinical and clinical studies, including ensuring appropriate sample sizes, assessing the accuracy of diagnostic tests, ROC curves, assessing differences between observers, how to read a paper, and systematic reviews.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course teaches key elements of good study design, including for human clinical trials, preclinical studies, microscopic evaluations and basic imaging sciences.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD). This course will bring students with a wide variety of backgrounds to a basic common understanding of imaging history, imaging techniques - both in research and clinically, what an image is and how images are processed and manipulated.

This course is non-credited and un-supervised.The course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This practical, medical image analysis & processing course explores advanced MATLAB use & application. The course will help students assimilate & consolidate prior knowledge relating to image processing & analysis. Students will become familiar with 3D & 4D image operations, sophisticated image alignment & registration techniques, threshold-based image segmentation & classification, feature descriptors, machine learning applied to image segmentation & classification, 4D medical image analysis & processing, plus basic analyses of time series of volumetric image data.

This is a non-credited, unsupervised course. The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.

Please note that MATLAB licences are not provided with this course.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course will concentrate on teaching fluid / flow biomechanics including lectures on biofluid dynamics, mechanics of solids, normal circulation plus ageing & diseased arteries. Blood & blood flow, mechanotransduction, plus simulation & modelling examples allow more in-depth exploration of fluid / flow biomechanics.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This core course aims to make sure that you have a good understanding of basic neuroanatomy as seen on common imaging techniques. This includes major lobes and fissures, blood vessels, major connecting pathways in the brain and an appreciation of how these might look with different imaging techniques.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course teaches functional imaging relating to the brain, covering functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), electro- & magneto-encephalography (EEG & MEG). We cover experimental design, pre-processing, data analysis, statistical inferences, ASL, VBM / VBA & some neurophysiology.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 5 CPD / CME points.

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The CPD Admin charge should only be used for those who wish to purchase unsupervised, online learning CPD courses in Imaging and are UoE members. For non UoE members wishing to purchase
unsupervised CPD please refer to the individual courses here: http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=358
For all those wishing to pay for their University of Edinburgh MSc, Diploma, Certificate or PPD courses, then they must do so through the normal Fees Department - details available at
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Administration charge are per 10 credit course

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This course is for people with a specific interest in Image Analysis, including those from a more computing background. Students will be able to focus in great detail on computing basics, sampling and quantisation as well as visual effects and their influence on perception; mathematical transformations and modelling as well as validation of techniques will also be taught so that on exit, students will independently be able to assess datasets from imaging experiments for quality, for best analysis approach including selecting the most appropriate analysis tools and algorithms, for sensibility and logic of output, and for usefulness and appropriateness to the original research goals.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. The course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - this course teaches about translating imaging from lab to human trials & clinical practice. We cover imaging used as a biomarker or surrogate outcome measure, & we address issues problems arising from differences in anatomy, MR scanner field strengths, & disease models.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. The course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This course will cover common disorders and how imaging techniques might be used in research, as well as clinically, to improve our understanding of those disorders as well as their treatments. Neuroimaging students explore neuro-diseases; Imaging students also cover other body systems.


This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 10 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study UUSD - This course aims to introduce you to the major forms of image analysis commonly used in neuroimaging research. This ranges from the "bread and butter" techniques like qualitative and quantitative assessment of whole brain and subregional brain volumes, simple and complex ways of measuring lesion size, region of interest measurements to assess tissue parameters as might be derived from diffusion-weighted or perfusion images, and simple tractography techniques.

This course is non-credited and un-supervised. The course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study UUSD - This course takes you further into more complex aspects of image analysis including spectroscopy analysis, techniques for registering images from different scan sequences acquired contemporaneously or acquired at different times, statistical parametric mapping, other functional MRI techniques, voxel-based analyses and other aspects of image fusion.

This course is non-credited and un-supervised.The course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - PET-MR is an emerging imaging technology with research & clinical applications. It is a very specialized subject requiring specific knowledge, especially around regulations & safety, which have practical implications. This course brings together key theoretical & practical information about radiopharmacy, positron emission tomography (PET) & magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. It describes the combined PET-MR technique, & covers issues around patient management. Some clinical & research applications illustrate how PET-MR is implemented.

This course is un-credited and un-supervised. the course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.

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Un-supervised Directed Study (USSD).
The anatomy package combines our Neuroanatomy and body anatomy USSD courses.
You will receive access to both these courses.


These courses are un-credited and un-supervised. The course Neuroanatomy is worth 6 CPD / CME points and the course Body Anatomy is 3 CPD / CME points .

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This package combines the USSD courses:

Image Analysis - The course is worth 4 CPD / CME points.
Practical Image Analysis 1 - The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.
Please note that MATLAB licences are not provided with these courses.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This package combines the USSD courses:

Image Analysis - The course is worth 4 CPD / CME points
Practical Image Analysis 1 - The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.
Practical Image Analysis 2 - The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.
Common Image Processing 1 - The course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.
Common Image Processing 2- The course is worth 6 CPD / CME points.

Please note that MATLAB licences are not provided with these courses.

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Un-supervised Self Directed Study (USSD) - This course is an introduction to MATLAB & related software; 2D & 3D image operations; medical image file formats; enhancement; alignment; & registration. You process & analyse medical images with increasing levels of difficulty as the course progresses.

This is a non-credited, unsupervised course. The course is worth 3 CPD / CME points.

Please note that MATLAB licences are not provided with this course.

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This Infra-Orbital Foreign Body (IOFB) Reviewing Course is for qualified Radiographers who wish to gain the knowledge and skill to request and interpret IOFB Radiographs prior to an MRI scan. The course has 3 intakes a year: March, July and November, you will be placed on the next available course.