Georgia Institute Of Technology

ECE 6786

Medical Imaging Systems: Physics, Engineering, and Applications Instructor(s): Francisco Robles Stanislav Emelianov Brooks Lindsey UAW 3110 MoSE 4.100M UAW 2107 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Office Hours: TBD Meeting Times and Locations: Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm, MoSE 1201A HYBRID See separate course schedule Catalog Description Introduce major biomedical and clinical imaging modalities including X-ray radiography, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine (SPECT and PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound. Prerequisites: BMED 3110 Other Prerequisites: Desire to learn, common sense, being able to enjoy challenges, ability to work alone and in a team, curiosity, aptitude to modify and control sleep habits, and, finally, some knowledge of digital signal processing and programming in MATLAB. Course Objectives: Overall objective: Introduce underlying physical, mathematical, and engineering principles, approaches and applications of X-ray, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound imaging. Specific learning objectives: - Apply fundamental mathematical and engineering principles (sampling, Fourier transform, linear systems) in the development of imaging systems and image acquisition. - Develop understanding of the interactions between electromagnetic, acoustic, or other forms of energy and biological tissues and apply these principles to imaging system design. - Apply understanding of imaging system physics and instrumentation to design systems or subsystems for specific applications for X-ray, computed tomography, PET/SPECT, MRI, and ultrasound. - Utilize understanding of imaging physics and imaging systems engineering principles in order to reconstruct acquired data into images. - Quantitatively compare imaging performance and tradeoffs within and across imaging modalities using criteria including contrast, spatial resolution, contrast-to-noise ratio, and signal-to-noise ratio. Course Description: This course is an introduction to imaging systems. The main objective of this course is to expose you to the world of medical and biomedical imaging with emphasis on principles, approaches and applications of each modern imaging m