074:150 Medical Imaging and Radiology Informatics

Time & Place:

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

Office Hours and Place:

Textbook:
H.K. Huang, "PACS and Imaging Informatics," First Edition, Wiley-Liss, 2004.

 

 

 

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

Course Description: this course addresses the issues in the informatics used in medical imaging and radiology. Through this course learning, students will learn the basic concepts, principles, terminology, and technology in medical imaging informatics, which includes PACS system's operation, design, and implementation, digitalization and acquisition of medical images, clinic use in radiological sciences, current research and development of technologies in radiological modalities, the state-of-the-art of medical image processing, and image compression, storage, achieving, retrieving, image data formation and conversion, image data communications and network, image process workflow, image data visualization and display, system integrations in health, hospital, radiological information systems, relationship between medical imaging informatics, and cutting edge technology in computer and information science, web application/services based telemedicine and teleradiology, image date consistency and fault-tolerance in PACS, system and data security, clinic implementation and experience, data mining and decision making systems, education and training systems, enterprise systems in medical and health sciences. The course is designed for medical clinic and research fellows, residents, students in informatics, pre-medical students, and professionals in health and hospital sciences.

Pre-requisites: TBD

Course Contents:

Part I Medical Imaging Principles

  1. Introduction
    1. What is Medical Imaging Informatics or Radiology Informatics?
    2. What is PACS?
  2. Digital Medical Image Fundamentals
    1. Basic Terminology in Medical Iimaging
    2. Quality of Images and Measurement of Imaging System
  3. Digital Radiography
    1. Conventional Projection Radiolography
    2. Digital Flurography and Laser Film Scanner
    3. Imaging Plate Technology
    4. Full-field Direct Digital Mammography (DDM)
    5. Digital Radiography
  4. Basic of Medical Imaging Modalities (CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Optical Imaging)
    1. Image Reconstruction from Projections
    2. Trasnmission X-ray Computed Tomography
    3. Emission Computed Tomography
    4. Advances in XCT and PET
    5. Nuclear Medicine
    6. Ultrasound Imaging
    7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    8. Light Imaging
  5. Image Compression
    1. Terminology
    2. Background
    3. Error-free Compression
    4. Two-dimensional Irreversible Image Compression
    5. Measurement of the Difference between the Original and Reconstructed Images
    6. Three-dimensional Image Compression
    7. Collr Image Compression
    8. DICOM Standard and Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) Guidelines

Part II PACS Fundamentals

  1. PACS components and Workflow
  2. Industrial Standards (HE7), DICOM and Workflow Protocols (IHE)
  3. Image Acquisitions
  4. Communication and Networks
  5. PACS Controller and Image Achieve Server
  6. Visualization and Graphic Display System
  7. System Integration of HIS, RIS, PACS, and ePR

Part III PACS Operation

  1. PACS Data Management and Web-based Image Distribution
  2. Telemedicine and Teleradiology
  3. Fault Tolerance and Data Consistency
  4. Security
  5. Clinical Implementation, Acceptance, Data Migration, and Evaluation
  6. Clinic Experience, Pitfalls, and Bottlenecks

Part IV PACS-based Imaging Informatics

  1. Introduction
  2. Decision Making System
  3. Data Mining
  4. ePR-Based PACS Application Server
  5. Learning, Training, and Education
  6. Enterprise PACS systems
  7. Future Developments

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