BE 4962 - Fundamentals of Medical Imaging

1 lecture hours 0 lab hours 1 credits

Course Description
This course serves as an introduction to medical imaging systems commonly used in clinical settings.  The course covers the hardware, design, and operation of common medical imaging systems such as X-Ray and Computed Tomography as well as the fundamentals of image processing in spatial and frequency domains. Common medical imaging systems and image processing methods such as histogram analysis, image filtering, registration, and segmentation are discussed. Throughout the course, imaging concepts will be illustrated using visualization of various physiological systems commonly examined with the modality being studied. These examples will include discussion of appropriate image acquisition procedures and relevant types of imaging artifacts. (prereq: BE 4961 (or BI 1010, BI 1020, BI 1030, and BI 2040) or (BI 2306 and BI 2316))

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the basic physics of common medical imaging systems
Describe the hardware and operation of common medical imaging systems
Describe the principles of image acquisition of common medical imaging systems
Describe clinical applications of common medical imaging systems
Describe the fundamental image processing methodologies
Describe the industry-standard image processing terminology used in medical imaging
Describe the basic principles of image registration
Describe the basic principles of image segmentation
Describe the basic principles of pattern recognition
Recognize and identify anatomical and physiological structures in medical images
Recognize common image artifacts in medical images
Distinguish between image artifacts and physiological findings
Recognize and identify common physiological abnormalities in medical images

Prerequisites by Topic

Basic understanding of human anatomy and physiology

Course Topics

X-Ray  Radiography
Computed Tomography 
Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Ultrasound 
Image analysis in spatial domain 
Image analysis in frequency domain 
Image registration  
Image segmentation 
DICOM image format  
Image visualization 
Anatomical and physiological presentations in X-Ray, CT, MRI, PET and Ultrasound images for common physiological systems.
Distinguishing artifacts from anatomy in images from different modalities
Concept and examples of anatomical variability

Coordinator
Dr. Olga Imas

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