Is this included in my organisation's licence?

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.

Can I take it on my own?

Yes, for $299 one-time. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

Which level should I choose?

Easy, Medium or Hard. A short baseline check on day one places you, or you can choose. Easy starts with worked examples and the simulation coach; Hard is independent, interleaved and timed. The same competencies are assessed at every level.

What do I get at the end?

The BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine, naming the track and the level you completed, and a portfolio of the real work documents you made along the way.

How much time does it take?

8 weeks, about 5.5 hours a week, in items of a few minutes to about half an hour.

Which languages is it in?

Essentia answers and explains in English, Arabic and Chinese. The course lessons and the Device Lab are in English, and every track page is also in Arabic.

Specialist track · Seeing inside

Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine

X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, SPECT and PET: physics, image quality, dose and safety.

For: Imaging departments, clinical engineering teams, imaging equipment companies and universities' imaging modules

Start free: week 1 of a track Book a demo for your team

Your mentor, a character in the trackDr Kwame MensahMR Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser

The arc · 8 weeks · Seeing inside

Length: 8 weeks
Time: About 5.5 hours a week
Levels: Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
On your own: $299, 12 months

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Explain each modality's physics from source to image
Accept X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, SPECT, PET and DEXA equipment on measured evidence
Read artefacts and image faults as clues to subsystems
Work within radiation and MR safety, and investigate incidents through every failed layer
Run QA with baselines and tolerances across the modalities

The story

Medical City Hospital's imaging department is re-equipping: General Room 4 rebuilt for digital radiography, CT 2 for trauma, the MRI suite handed over, a new ultrasound fleet, a refurbished SPECT-CT and the first PET-CT suite. The learner is its imaging engineer.

Dr Kwame MensahMR Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser · your mentor (a character in the track)

“Every X-ray image is a map of attenuation, made by a beam the engineer shapes: kV, filtration, collimation, the detector. Dose is invisible on a good-looking digital image, so it is measured, never assumed.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

**A step with your mentor in the Device Lab**The step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: MRI with Dr Kwame Mensah, this track's mentor

**A simulation**Real hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.

**Your skills map**This track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress

**The certificate**A Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Thandiwe Dlamini, a fictional learner

The arc

8 weeks, one running case.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

The arc, week by week

Week 1X-rays: from the anode to the detector
Week 2CT: attenuation into numbers
Week 3MRI: the magnet that is never off
Week 4Ultrasound: a probe still makes a picture
Week 5The gamma camera: the patient is the source
Week 6PET: the clock and 511 keV
Week 7One scanner left before eight (boss week)
Week 8DEXA, quality assurance and the capstone

Week 1X-rays: from the anode to the detector5.3 h
General Room 4, refurbished for digital radiography.
- DoCommissioning · Digital radiography room20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 68 · X-ray: the fixed radiographic room10 min
- LearnMedical Imaging ch4 · Fundamentals of X-ray Production15 min
- ThinkStandard · IEC 60601-2-54: radiography and radioscopy10 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: DR room acceptance decision
Week 2CT: attenuation into numbers6.5 h
CT 2, the trauma scanner.
- DoCommissioning · CT room acceptance20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 4 · CT Scanner: dead detector channel10 min
- WorkCT artefact atlas page15 min
- LearnMedical Imaging ch11 · CT System Designs15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: CT acceptance decision and artefact atlas page
Week 3MRI: the magnet that is never off7.5 h
The MRI suite handover.
- DoCommissioning · MRI handover20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 2 · MRI: an unknown item at the doorway10 min
- LearnMRI Physics ch1 · Safety Considerations with MRI Magnets15 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- + 11 more steps
You make: MRI handover record
Week 4Ultrasound: a probe still makes a picture5.7 h
The ultrasound fleet replacement.
- DoCommissioning · Ultrasound fleet replacement20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 36 · Ultrasound: linear array, vascular and superficial10 min
- LearnMedical Imaging Physics ch5 · Ultrasound Transducers15 min
- ThinkStandard · IEC 60601-2-37: ultrasonic diagnostic and monitoring equipment10 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: Ultrasound fleet acceptance with quarantined probes
Week 5The gamma camera: the patient is the source6.4 h
Room 2's refurbished SPECT-CT.
- DoCommissioning · Refurbished SPECT-CT camera20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 5 · SPECT: a damaged collimator10 min
- WorkRefurbished SPECT-CT acceptance record15 min
- LearnMedical Imaging ch3 · Principles of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: Refurbished SPECT-CT acceptance record
Week 6PET: the clock and 511 keV5.1 h
The PET-CT suite and hot lab.
- DoCommissioning · PET-CT suite and hot lab20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 3 · PET/CT: quantitation and the dose calibrator10 min
- LearnMedical Imaging ch3 · Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Its Applications15 min
- ThinkBMEssence · The PET Scanner Engineering Breakdown15 min
- + 8 more steps
You make: PET-CT suite acceptance decision
Week 7One scanner left before eight (boss week)2 h
The imaging department's worst morning.
- DoMaster Challenge · A polisher in the magnet20 min
- WorkIncident record: the polisher and the dose look-back15 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- Your organisationYour organisation's stroke imaging contingency plan10 min
- + 5 more steps
You make: Incident record: the polisher and the dose look-back
Week 8DEXA, quality assurance and the capstone5.4 h
Bone densitometry and the department's QA programme.
- DoProcurement · Bone densitometry (DXA)20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 46 · DEXA: the spine phantom10 min
- WorkCapstone presentation20 min
- LearnMedical Imaging Physics ch12 · Quality Assurance in Medical Imaging15 min
- + 8 more steps
You make: Capstone

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
Mastery, not attendanceEach competency has a mastery threshold. Below it, the track routes you to the named remediation items and a re-check; a week cannot be ticked complete by opening items alone.
The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Medical Imaging & Nuclear Medicine

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

All 8 weeks' required items done at the learner's level
At least 6 of 7 competencies mastered
Final check at or above the level's pass mark
Every core imaging configuration's Guided learning journey completed (Labs 2, 3, 4, 5, 36, 46, 68)
Capstone at 3 or above on every criterion, signed off by the manager or professor (institutions) or AI-assisted rubric review (individuals)

An imaging acceptance file

Accept one modality (a real one, or one from the track) end to end: delivery, documents, room and shielding, image quality, dose display, safety tests, open items and the go-live decision, with every value measured and sourced.

Evidence it gives: Acceptance evidence for regulators and the radiation protection adviser.

An imaging safety programme review

Review radiation and MR safety for one department: zones and access, local rules, dose monitoring, incident controls, and a look-back procedure after service changes.

Evidence it gives: Radiation and MR safety evidence.

A QA programme across modalities

Write the QA programme for a department's modalities: tests, baselines, tolerances, intervals, owners and the action on failure, with DEXA cross-calibration and ultrasound probe testing included.

Evidence it gives: Imaging QA evidence.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50%, or chosen · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first; Foundation simulations with the coach; the extra and hard-only cases hidden.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74%, or chosen · simulations at Practitioner

Practitioner difficulty; the troubleshooting cases shown.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above, or chosen · simulations at Expert

Expert difficulty, every case, timed boss week.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

One-time

This track

$299for 12 months

The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
The certificate when you finish
The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

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Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.
Yes, for $299 one-time. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

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