Graduate Courses BIOE 2382

BIOE 2382 - Medical Imaging Systems II

Instructors: Boada

Credits: 3

Term: Spring (not given 2008)

Description: Intended for students with a background in linear systems and transforms (especially Fourier analysis), this course delves into the unique physical mechanisms of major medical imaging modalities: X-ray, MRI, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine. Propagation of the underlying physics through the imaging process will be used to examine current research issues of selected modalities.

Prerequisites: BIOE/EE 1380 (Medical Imaging Systems I) or equivalent, an introductory course in statistics and/or probability theory.

Required Texts: Handouts

References (on reserve in the Engineering Library):

Medical imaging systems by Albert Macovski.
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ c1983.
Engineering Library: R857.O6 M33 1983

The Fourier transform and its applications by Ronald N. Bracewell, 2nd ed.
McGraw-Hill, New York, c1986.
Engineering Library: QA403.5 .B7 1986

Principles of computerized tomographic imaging by Avinash C. Kak and Malcolm Slaney.
IEEE Press, New York : c1988.
Engineering Library: RC78.7 T6K35 1988

Physics in nuclear medicine by James A. Sorenson and Michael E. Phelps.
Grune & Stratton, New York : c1980.
Falk Library: R895 S713 1980

Principles of magnetic resonance imaging by Zhi-Pei Liang and Paul C. Lauterbur.
SPIE Optical Engineering Press, Bellingham, Wash., IEEE Press, New York : c2000.
Engineering Library: RC78.7.N83 L36 2000

Course Objectives:

Topics Covered:

1. Review of medical imaging system theory (1 week)
2. Interactions of radiation and matter (2 weeks)
3. Projection imaging systems (X-ray, Nuc Med) (2 weeks)
4. Tomographic imaging systems (X-ray, SPECT, PET) (2 weeks)
5. Physics of MRI and the Bloch equations (5 weeks)
6. Physics of Ultrasound (1 week)
7. Image quality and ROC studies (1 week)

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Lecture: 2 x 1.5 hour lectures, time and date TBA
Lab: Thursdays 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, Room B69 Benedum Hall (Brian Moyer, 624-6272)