DSP 509 - Medical Imaging  
 

Indicative contents

The typical proportion of class content time is shown in brackets

  • INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL IMAGING (5%)
  • X-RAY PHYSICS AND RADIOGRAPHY (15%)
    Production of X-rays, screen film radiography, Screen film system, Reconstruction of Medical Images From Projection Data, Image Processing for film less X-Ray systems.
  • Computed Tomography (20%)
    Principles of CT imaging, Reconstruction Algorithms, Scan Motions, x-ray sources, Collimation, X-ray detectors, viewing system, Radiation Dose, artefacts
  • Ultrasound (20%)
    Characteristics of sound, interaction of ultrasound with matter, transducers, beam properties, image data acquisition, two dimensional image data display and storage, image quality and artefacts, Doppler ultrasound,
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (20%)
    Basics of MRI, data acquisition, image characteristics, M R angiography, artefacts,
  •  Nuclear Technology (20%)
    Radioactivity and Nuclear Transformation, Radiation detection and measurement, Scintillation camera, computers in nuclear imaging, emission tomography, artefacts
     

 

Recommended reading

  • Books
    1. Jerrold T Bushberg et al., The Essentials Physics of Medical Imaging, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
    2. William R Hendee et al., Medical Imaging Physics, Wiley Wiley, 2002.
    3. Erich Krestel (Ed), Imaging Systems for Medical Diagnostics, Siemens. 1990.
    4. H.E. Johns and J.R. Cunningham, Chas. C Thomas pub, The Physics of Radiology, 4th edition, 1983.
    5. Harrison H. Barret and W Swindell, Radiological Imaging, Vols 1&2, Academic Press, 1996.
       

  • Journals

    1. Journal of magnetic resonance-series A
    2. Journal of magnetic resonance-series B
    3. Journal of x-ray science and technology
    4. Journal of Ultrasonic imaging
     

  • Magazines
    1. IEEE transactions on medical imaging
  • Internet Sites
  1. http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca
  2. http://clio.rad.sunysb.edu
  3. http://www.indyrad.iupui.edu
  4. http://www.kuleuven.ac.be
  5. http://www.med.monash.edu.au/
  • Laboratory
    Hardware Required: PCs
    Software Required:MATLAB
    Software Manuals: MATLAB User Manual