# RAD156 Radiation Production, Characteristics and Imagin Equipment

College of Health Science Medical Radiography Department

**Course Description:** This course will cover the basics of radiography related physics and imaging equipment.Students will learn physics concepts, principles of radiation production, equipment operation, and atomic interactions.

**Credit Hours:** 3.00

**Prerequisites:** All of: [RAD147](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/RAD147 "View RAD147")

**Corequisites:** [RAD162](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/RAD162 "View RAD162")

## Programs offering this course

- [Medical Radiography (AAS)](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/radiography-associate-degree)

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