Medical Imaging Systems

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Bioengineering, Courses for non-ECE majors, Digital Signal Processing

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Prerequisites: None.

Catalog Description

A study of the principles and design of medical imaging systems such
as X-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and nuclear magnetic
resonance. Cross-listed with BMED 6786.

Textbook(s)

Medical Imaging Signasls and Systems

Course Outcomes

Not Applicable

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

Not Applicable

Topical Outline

1. [3 hrs] Introduction
a. Math preliminaries/refresher
b. Imaging fundamentals
c. Overview of imaging modalities, differences and similarities, general image characteristics
2. [4 hrs] X-ray Imaging
a. Physics of X-rays
b. X-ray production, detection, hardware/instrumentation
c. Projection radiography
d. Mammography
e. Fluoroscopy
f. Digital angiography, mammography and fluoroscopy
3. [4 hrs] Computed tomography (CT)
a. Spiral/helical and multi-slice CT
b. Detectors
c. Image reconstruction
4. [3 hrs] X-ray Imaging and Computed Tomography
a. Radiation doze
b. Contrast agents
c. Clinical applications
5. [4 hrs] Nuclear Medicine
a. Radioactivity and radiotracer half-life
b. Generators
c. Gamma camera
d. SPECT and SPECT/CT
e. PET and PET/CT
f. Applications
6. [12 hrs] Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
a. Spins in a strong magnetic field
b. Radiofrequency pulse, Faraday induction and free induction decay
c. Longitudinal and transverse magnetization relaxation
d. RF pulse excitation and MR signal
e. MR instrumentation
f. Basic imaging sequences
g. The k-space formalism and image reconstruction
h. MRI contrast agents
i. Applications
7. [12 hrs] Ultrasound Imaging
a. Wave propagation, acoustic impedance, absorption and attenuation
b. Single element ultrasound transducers and ultrasound field
c. Transducer array
d. Imaging modes
e. Doppler ultrasound
f. Ultrasound contrast agents
g. Applications
8. [3 hrs] Exams