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Imaging Technician

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Course ID
IMG
Cycles
3 years
Credits
180
Semesters
6

Bachelor in Imaging Technician study program is part of the Faculty of Medical Technical Sciences. The mission of this program is the proper preparation of Imaging Technicians with the highest professional standards in performing quality and accurate service as well as the ability to adapt to the innovative health systems. Graduates will be trained to practice the profession in a wide range of imaging diagnostics ranging from traditional methods to the most advanced technological and scientific ones. 

Through this program, students will be trained to serve society with ethics and professional care. Being a field influenced by scientific and technological achievements, imaging is a dynamic field of medicine which is constantly developing, more and more digitized.

The purpose of this program is to transfer theoretical and practical knowledge to students, which will be used in the routine application of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging methods. 

The study curriculum offered is contemporary, diverse, and intertwined with knowledge of the anatomy and pathophysiology of the body, physics, imaging techniques currently in routine use in contemporary medicine, knowledge of the use of computers and practical work with this device. Western Balkan University (WBU) offers the students of this program the opportunity to be trained and to become skilled experts, to be employed inside and outside the country and to work with all imaging techniques in daily practice.

Graduates of this program can work as:
  • Radiologist
  • Diagnostic sonographer
  • Mammographer
  • Radiologic technologist
  • Cardiovascular technologist and others

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Study Program Curriculum

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

Semester 1

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 101 Human Anatomy I Mandatory English/Albanian A 45 15 15 0 75 4 6
2 IMT 103 Human Physiology Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 15 15 0 65 3 5
3 IMT 105 Medical Biochemistry Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 15 0 55 2.5 4
4 IMT 107 Radiobiology Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 0 45 2 3
5 IMT 109 Biophysics Mandatory English/Albanian C 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
6 IMT 111 Academic writing Mandatory English/Albanian A 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
7 IMT 113 Work Health and Safety Mandatory English/Albanian C 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
8 IMT 115 Foreign Language (English, German, Italian) Mandatory English, German, Italian D 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3

Semester 2

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 100 Electrical and Electronic Meeters Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 0 15 0 55 2.5 4
2 IMT 102 Medical Psychology Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 0 0 0 45 2 3
3 IMT 104 Nuclear and Radiation Physics Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 15 0 55 2.5 4
4 IMT 106 Human Anatomy II Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 0 15 0 55 2.5 4
5 IMT 108 Conventional and Digital Radiology Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 15 15 65 3 5
6 IMT 110 Diagnostic Techniques in Imaging I Mandatory English/Albanian C 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
7 IMT 112 Foreign Language (English, German, Italian) Mandatory English, German, Italian D 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
8 IMT 120 Clinical Practice I Mandatory English/Albanian D 0 15 0 30 30 1.5 3

Semester 1

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 201 Pathophysiology Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 15 0 0 55 2.5 4
2 IMT 203 Diagnostic Techniques in Imaging 2 Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 15 0 65 3 5
3 IMT 205 Radiological Devices and Image Formation Mandatory English/Albanian C 30 0 15 0 55 2.5 4
4 IMT 207 Internal Disease Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 65 3 5
5 IMT 209 Imaging Diagnosis Pediatritian Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 0 55 2.5 4
6 IMT 211 Imaging Diagnosis in Geriatrics Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 0 55 2.5 4
7 IMT 213 Radiological Anatomy Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4

Semester 2

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 200 Radioation Protection Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
2 IMT 202 Principles of Ultrasound Mandatory English/Albanian B 45 15 0 0 65 3.5 5
3 IMT 204 Protocols and Techniques in Computed Tomography (CT) Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 65 3 5
4 IMT 206 Radiopharmacology Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 65 3 5
5 IMT 208 Protocols and Techniques in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 65 3 5
6 IMT210/IMT212/IMT214 Orthopedics /Traumatology /Health economy Elective English/Albanian C 30 0 0 0 45 2 3
7 IMT220 Clinical Practice II Mandatory English/Albanian D 0 15 0 30 30 1.5 3

Semester 1

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 301 Emergency Radiology Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
2 IMT 303 Interventional Radiology Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
3 IMT 305 Health Ethics and Law Mandatory English/Albanian A 30 0 0 0 45 2 3
4 IMT 307 Diagnostic Imaging Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
5 IMT 309 Critical Evaluation of the Radiological Image Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
6 IMT 311 Nuclear Medicine Mandatory English/Albanian C 30 0 0 15 55 2.5 4
7 IMT 313 Public health Mandatory English/Albanian A 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
8 IMT 315 Biostatistics Mandatory English/Albanian D 30 15 0 0 55 2.5 4

Semester 2

No. Subject Code Subject Course Type Language Course Group Lecture Seminar Laboratory Practice Individual Work Credit ECTS
1 IMT 300 Hybrid Imaging Techniques Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 90 3 6
2 IMT 302 Internal Radiotherapy Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 90 3 6
3 IMT 304 External Radiotherapy Mandatory English/Albanian B 30 15 0 15 65 3 5
4 IMT 306/IMT 308 Dietology / Pedagogy Elective English/Albanian C 15 15 0 0 45 1.5 3
5 IMT 320 Clinical Practice III Mandatory English/Albanian D 0 15 0 45 40 2 4
6 IMT 350 Degree Thesis / Final Exam Mandatory English/Albanian E 0 30 0 0 120 1 6