Classes and Teaching
On-line CME courses:
Pediatric Bone Densitometry Web-Based Course
The collaborative research of the UCSF Departments of Radiology and Pediatric Rheumatology has resulted in a web-based course providing radiologists and pediatricians with the methods for acquiring and interpreting results of pediatric bone densitometry. This will educate clinicians on assessing children with fragility fractures and the long-term bone health of children with chronic illness. (This course is under development.)
Whole Body Composition by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
This is a course on acquiring and analyzing DXA whole body scans for body density and body composition. The course takes approximately 4 hours to go through and you will receive a course syllabus with copy of all the slides in PDF format. To receive your CME credit and certificate of completion, you will need to pass the quiz with at least a 80%.
Classes that BBDG either hosts or is associated with...
Nuclear Engineering 107: Introduction to Medical Engineering
www.nuc.berkeley.edu/courses/classes/ne107.html
This course is a on-demand course at UC Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering Department. The topics covered include:
Introduction to medical imaging physics and systems, including x-ray computed tomography (CT), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), positron emission tomography (PET), and SPECT;
Basic principles of tomography and an introduction to unfolding methods;
Resolution effects of counting statistics, inherent system resolution and human factors.
Please contact Dr. Shepherd for more information on this course.
BioE229: Independent Study
http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/
This course is a UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering course for independent study guided by Dr. Shepherd and his associates. Dr. Shepherd welcomes graduate and undergraduate students interested in studying selected topics in statistical modeling of quantitative risk factors for breast cancer, advanced x-ray imaging of the breast, bone densitometry, bioimpedence tomography.
Statistics for Radiology Research: Lecture Series
http://www.radiology.ucsf.edu/research/biostatistics.shtml
This lecture series discusses statistical tools used in radiology research by reviewing the basic concepts in statistics including the following topics: descriptive statistics, comparisons between groups using parametric and non-parametric statistics, linear regression analysis and Bayesian methods. The series is presented semiannually by Dr. Lu and his colleagues. Please refer to the following link for more information.