Medical system is essential for our health and lives. Especially, medical imaging system which can create non-invasively images of inside our bodies is remarkable. In this course, you will learn about ultrasound, X-ray, X-ray CT, MRI, PET, and OCT. Fundamental skills about medical imaging system, elemental technical, clinical applications will be obtained.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Acquire knowledge related to the fundamentals of the medical imaging systems.
2) Acquire knowledge related to the practical use and application of the medical imaging system and ability to identify challenges.
MRI, Radiography, X-ray CT, Gamma Camera, SPECT, PET
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Every class has a lecture. After attending the class, students are expected to review the contents of the class. Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Introduction and basics of X-ray modality | Understand the principle of the parts of the X-ray imaging system and to explain the X-ray imaging method. |
Class 2 | Basics of medical ultrasonic instrument | Understand the medical ultrasound imaging system and explain elemental technologies used there. |
Class 3 | Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer 1: Basic theory | Understanding basic knowledge on piezoelectric effect and ultrasound physics. |
Class 4 | Computed Tomography | Understanding the device configuration of X-ray CT and be able to explain its basic principle of X-ray CT. |
Class 5 | Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer 2: Transducer configuration | Understanding fundamentals of structure and operation of ultrasonic transducer. |
Class 6 | Ultrasonic array transducer and high intensity ultrasound | Understanding characteristics of beam profile in ultrasonic transducer as well as high intensity ultrasonic field. |
Class 7 | Optical coherence tomography and other optical methods | Understanding basic principles of optical coherence tomography and other optical methods. |
Class 8 | Nuclear Imaging | Understand and explain the the basic principles of Gammma camera, SPECT and PET. |
None required.
All materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.
Students will be assessed on their understanding of the medical imaging modarities and those clinical usage.
Students’ course scores are based on class reports (50%) and final report (50%).
No prerequisites.
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