71039 - Clinical, Instrumental and Pathological Correlations

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student will know the fundamentals of imaging techniques for the evaluation of neuromuscolar diseases.

The student will be able to interpret the information obtained from these techniques in a clinical multidisciplinary setting.

Course contents

  • Introduction
  • Quantitative MR neuroimaging
  • Muscle conventional imaging
  • Muscle advanced imaging
  • Main imaging findings in degenerative, inflammatory, and metabolic myopathies
  • The MR investigation
  • Clinical, imaging and pathological correlates

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching material provided on the IOL platform (lesson slides, videos, scientific papers)  

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods

Clinical case discussion

Teaching tools

All the slides and other teaching tools used for lectures are made available in electronic format to the students

Office hours

See the website of Caterina Tonon

SDGs

Good health and well-being Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.