ELEC 6291
Radiation Detectors for Medical Imaging
Fall 2021-2022 (outline in curriculum proposal)
Topics
- Radiation detection
- X-ray imaging sensors
- Image-quality metrics
- Nuclear-medicine detectors
Readings
- G. F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement, 4th edition, Wiley, 2010, ISBN 9780470131480.
- J. T. Bushberg, J. A. Seibert, E. M. Leidholdt Jr., and J. M. Boone, The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 3rd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012, ISBN 9780781780575.
- J. Beutel et al., Handbook of Medical Imaging, volume 1, SPIE Press, 2000, ISBN 9780819436216.
- Lecture notes are listed as required materials.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Curriculum sample or proposal ↗Fall 2021-2022 (outline in curriculum proposal)
- Outline in a 2021 Senate curriculum dossier; not confirmation of a delivered section. Heading states Fall 2021-2022. Knoll and lecture notes are required; the other books are references.