Medical Imaging System BME 330 Lecture 0: Opening Professor Nahed Solouma
Objectives By the end of this semester, the student should be understand and know: The general image characteristics The physics, mathematics, instrumentation and clinical applications of Optical imaging system X-ray planar radiography and computed tomography Ultrasound imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Nuclear imaging
References Principal Introduction to Medical Imaging Secondary Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications Nadine Brrie Smith and Anderow Webb Secondary Foundation of Medical Imaging Zang-Hee Cho, Joie P. Jones, Manbir Singh Medical Imaging Physics William R. Hendee, E. Russel Rintenour
Assignments and performance Assessment Method Week Assessment % total Date 7 First Exam 15 12 Second Exam All Assignments and performance 20 Graded Lab work 10 Final Exam 40 Overall Total 100
Course Outline Introduction: Optical imaging system: Definition of imaging Image characteristics Historical overview of medical imaging Importance of medical imaging Classification of medical imaging Optical imaging system: Basics and the pinhole camera Endoscopy Ophthalmoscope and the fundus camera Introduction to OCT Recent trends in optical imaging.
Course Outline, cont. X-ray planar imaging Computed Tomography Physics of X-ray, x-ray tube and x-ray spectrum Interaction of x-ray with biological tissues X-ray linear and mass attenuation coefficients Instrumentation for planar radiography X-ray detectors Quantitative characteristics of planar X-ray images X-ray contrast agents Clinical applications of planar X-ray imaging Computed Tomography Instrumentation for CT Image reconstruction in CT Clinical applications of CT
Course Outline, cont. Ultransound imaging Physics of ultrasound Interaction of ultrasound with biological tissues Transducers (single element and arrays) Clinical diagnostic scanning modes: A-mode, M- mode, B-mode and compound scanning. Ultrasound image characteristics. Clinical applications Doppler imaging
Course Outline, cont. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) Instrumentation of MRI Image acquisition The k-space formalism and image reconstruction Functional MRI MRI contrast agents Image characteristics Lipid suppression techniques Clinical applications
Course Outline, cont. Nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT) Radioactivity and radiotracer half-life Properties of radiotracers for nuclear medicine The gamma camera Image characteristics Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Positron emission tomography (PET) Clinical applications of nuclear imaging