Medical Imaging Systems: Physics, Engineering, and Applications
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives
Course Coordinator: Stanislav Emelianov
Prerequisites: ECE 2026 [min C]
Catalog Description
Introduce major biomedical and clinical imaging modalities including X-ray radiography, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (SPECT and PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound.Textbook(s)
Course Outcomes
Apply fundamental mathematical and engineering principles (sampling, Fourier transform, linear systems) in the development of imaging systems and image acquisition.
Describe the interactions between electromagnetic, acoustic, or other forms of energy and biological tissues and apply these principles to imaging system design.
Apply underlying principles of imaging system physics and instrumentation to design systems or subsystems for specific applications for X-ray, CT, PET/SPECT, MRI, and US imaging.
Utilize understanding of imaging physics and imaging systems engineering principles in order to reconstruct acquired raw data into images.
Quantitatively compare imaging performance and tradeoffs within and across imaging modalities using criteria including contrast, spatial resolution, contrast-to-noise ratio, and signal-to-noise ratio.
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Topic List
- X-ray imaging and computed tomography
- Nuclear medicine imaging (PET, SPECT)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Ultrasound (US) imaging