COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course will cover the basic principles of biomedical imaging, including fundamentals of x-ray, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging. For each imaging modality, we will use case studies to highlight the underlying principles and particular strengths of the specific modality. Throughout the course, examples will draw from both clinical and pre-clinical (animal) examples, and how they may relate to students’ own research questions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is designed as a survey of medical imaging, both to introduce students to what medical imaging can do, as well as how they might be able to apply it within the context of their own research questions. It will introduce the primary state-of-the-art imaging modalities (x-ray, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, PET and ultrasound), including instrumentation and the unique imaging methodologies for each of the modalities. The course will focus on applications of each of the modalities in specific diseases.

REQUIRED MATERIALS: Fundamentals of Medical Imaging (2nd Edition) by Paul Suetens, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0521519151

PREREQUISITES: None.

STUDENT PREPARATION: None.

SUITABLE FOR 1ST YEAR STUDENTS: Yes

STUDENT ASSESSMENTS: 50% final project, 25% problem sets (4-5 per block), 10% attendance, 15% participation

CREDIT HOURS: 1.25