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Principles of Medical Imaging

Undergraduate / Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2002

Topics

  • Linear Imaging Systems, The Delta Function and the Impulse Function Superposition, Instrument Response Function, Point Spread Function, Space Invariance, Pin-Hole Camera
  • Fourier Transformations, Modulation Transfer Functions
  • Convolution, Deconvolution, Fourier Convolution
  • Sampling, Nyquist, Counting Statistics, Additive Noise
  • Radiation Types, Interactions
  • Radiation Detection, Dose
  • Planar X-ray Imaging, System Response, S/N
  • Projective Imaging, Back Projection, Shadow Imaging
  • BP and 2-D Resolution
  • X-Ray CT
  • SPECT, PET
  • Coherent Imaging & Ultrasound
  • Ultrasound Imaging
  • Ultrasound Contrast, Microscopy and Doppler
  • Basics of NMR
  • Pulses and Relaxation Times
  • Echoes & K-space
  • Echoes and Contrast
  • 2-D Gradient and Spin Echoes
  • Selective Pulses
  • 3-D Methods of MRI Volume Localized Spectroscopy
  • Flow / Diffusion MRI

Readings

  • Cho, Z-H., J. Jones, and M. Singh. Foundations of Medical Imaging .
    Listed reading
  • Webb, S. The Physics of Medical Imaging.
    Listed reading
  • Macovski, A. Medical Imaging.
    Listed reading
  • Callaghan, P. Principles of NMR Imaging.
    Listed reading
  • Blackledge, J. Quantitative Coherent Imaging.
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  • Bushberg, J., J. Siebert, E. Leidholdt, and J. Boone. The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging.
    Listed reading
  • Williamson, M. Essentials of Ultrasound.
    Listed reading
  • Carlton, R., and A. Adler. Principles of Radiographic Imaging.
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  • Barratt, H., and W. Swindell. Radiological Imaging.
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  • Selman, J. The Fundamentals of X-Ray and Radium Physics.
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  • Cho, Z-H., J. Jones, and M. Singh. Foundations of Medical Imaging.
    Listed reading
Sources