Fundamental principles of electrocardiography Cardiac electrical field generation during activation Cardiac wave fronts Cardiac electrical field generation during ventricular recovery Electrocardiographic lead systems Standard limb leads

Precordial leads and the Wisdom central terminal Augmented limb leads The hex axial reference frame and electrical axis Recording adult and pediatric ECGs

he normal electrocardiogram Atrial activation The normal P wave Atrial repolarization Atrioventricular node conduction and the PR segment Ventricular activation and the QRS complex Ventricular recovery and ST-T wave U wave Normal variants Rate and rhythm

Syllabus Introduction to medical physics Blood pressure recording Pressure transducers Defibrillators ,Cathode ray tubes and physiological monitors Impedance plethysmography Pulse oximetry

Medical ultrasound and Doppler Ionic currents and Electrocardiography Electrocardiographic processing and display system Radiation physics Techniques of monitoring radiation exposure Measures to reduce radiation exposure Computer use in medical care and data entry