Intermediate Medical Imaging

Time & Place:

Instructor:
Jun Ni, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medical Imaging Informatics, Department of Radiology, Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Tel: (319) 335-9490
E-mail: jun-ni@uiowa.edu

Office Hours and Place:

Textbook:
Jerry L. Prince and Jonathan M. Links , "Medical Imaging Sginal and System ," First Edition, Pearon Pretice Hall Bioengineering, 2006.

 

 

 

Class Lecture Notes:
Additional notes or handouts may be available in classroom.

Course Description: this course addresses the issues in medical imaging and radiology. Through this course learning, students will learn the basic concepts, principles, terminology, and technology in medical imaging, which includes basic medical imaging principles, signal processing, image quality description and analysis, radiographic imaging, phsyics of radiology and modalities, projection radiograhy systems, chest X-ray and fluoroscopy systems, projection imaging techniques, X-ray computed tomography, physics of modalitites of nuclear medcine imaging, planner scintigraphy, and emmmsion computed tomograph, ultrosound imaging and sound represetation, etc.. The course is designed for medical clinic and research fellows, residents, graduate students in biomedical engineering, pre-medical students, and any professionals in health and hospital sciences.

Pre-requisites: TBD

Course Contents:

Part I: Basic Imaging Principles

1. Introduction.

  1. History of Medical Imaging
  2. Physical Signals
  3. Imaging Modalities
  4. Projection Radiography
  5. Computed Tomography
  6. Nuclear Medicine
  7. Ultrasound Imaging
  8. Magnetic Resonance

2. Signals and Systems

  1. Introduction
  2. Signals
  3. Systems
  4. The Fourier Transform
  5. Properties of the Fourier Transform
  6. Transfer Function
  7. Circular Symmetry and the Hankel Transform
  8. Sampling

3. Image Quality

  1. Introduction
  2. Contrast
  3. Resolution
  4. Noise
  5. Signal-to-Noise Ratio
  6. Nonrandom Effects
  7. Accuracy

Part II: Radiographic Imaging

4. Physics of Radiography

  1. Introduction
  2. Ionization
  3. Forms of Ionizing Radiation
  4. Nature and Properties of Ionizing Radiation
  5. Attenuation of Electromagnetic Radiation
  6. Radiation Dosimetry. Exposure

5. Projection Radiography

  1. Introduction
  2. Instrumentation
  3. Image Formation
  4. Noise and Scattering

6. Computed Tomography

  1. Introduction
  2. CT Instrumentation
  3. Image Formation
  4. Image Quality in CT 

Part III: Nuclear Medicine Imaging.

7. The Physics of Nuclear Medicine

  1. Introduction
  2. Radioactive Decay
  3. Modes of Decay
  4. Statistics of Decay
  5. Radiotracers

8. Planar Scintigraphy

  1. Introduction
  2. Instrumentation
  3. Image Formation
  4. Image Quality

9. Emission Computed Tomography.

  1. Instrumentation
  2. Image Formation
  3. Image Quality in SPECT and PET

IV:  Ultrasound Imaging

10. The Physics of Ultrasound

  1. Introduction
  2. The Wave Equation
  3. Wave Propagation
  4. Doppler Effect
  5. Beam Pattern Formation and Focusing

11. Ultrasound Imaging Systems

  1. Introduction
  2. Instrumentation
  3. Pulse-Echo Imaging
  4. Transducer Motion
  5. Ultrasound Imaging Modes
  6. Steering and Focusing

Part V: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

12. Physics of Magnetic Resonance

  1. Introduction
  2. Microscopic Magnetization
  3. Macroscopic Magnetization
  4. Precession and Larmor Frequency
  5. Transverse and Longitudinal Magnetization
  6. RF Excitation. Relaxation
  7. The Bloch Equations
  8. Spin Echoes. Contrast Mechanisms

13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  1. Instrumentation
  2. System Components
  3. MRI Data Acquisition
  4. Image Reconstruction
  5. Image Quality

 
 

 

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