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Elementary mathematics of imaging methods for radiology assistants
JELÍNKOVÁ, Barbora
The topic of the bachelor's thesis responded to the finding that there is currently no suitable educational text containing mathematical foundations for the education of radiological assistants and other related fields. The bachelor thesis contains selected areas of mathematics that are necessary to know to understand the physical foundations of imaging methods. The formulation of these areas is appropriate to the needs of future graduates of these fields of study. The goals of the bachelor thesis were the following: G1 Creation of an educational text and examples containing elementary mathematics that are essential to fully understand physical principles of imaging methods. G2 Compilation of a test that will be used to verify the knowledge of mathematics of radiological assistance field students and its graduates, followed by a statistical expression of knowledge level. Based on the goals, the following hypotheses were made: H1 By application of a curricular process a structure of elementary mathematics of imaging methods for radiological assistants can be described. H2a By comparing mathematical structures with components of a radiological assistant´s profile, individual structural levels of elementary mathematics for radiological assistants can be described. H2b According to needs and abilities of radiological assistants, examples of functions, differentiation, integration, and vectors can be chosen. H3 Knowledge of respondents in radiology mathematics will be distributed close to a normal distribution. With regard to the curricular process, a teaching text was compiled together with example illustrations. This step led to the fulfillment of goal G1. Then, a single-choice test of 20 questions was compiled to determine the level of mathematics knowledge across the field of radiological assistance. This step led to the achievement of goal G2. This test was subsequently extended using an online form among radiological assistants and students in this field. Given the above objectives, hypotheses H1, H2a and H2b could be confirmed. The test results were statistically expressed in the practical part of the bachelor thesis. It was confirmed that the empirical distribution of test responses is close to the normal distribution. Hypothesis H3 was also confirmed by this step. The benefits of the bachelor's thesis can be seen in the practical level (construction of an educational text verified by a test survey) and in the theoretical level (verification of the application of the theory of the curricular process).
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