Medical Imaging
Physical/engineering principles of ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography and x-ray projection imaging. Applications in diagnostics, therapeutics and interventions. Methods of feature detection, segmentation, registration and visualization of 2D and 3D images.
3 credits
Course Outline
A need exists to provide students with an understanding of the creation and analysis of medical images. Medical imaging is used in research areas ranging from surgical robotics to computer graphics. Students using medical images in their research need to know the fundamental limitations on their interpretation and use in computer analysis techniques. Students also need an awareness of how image analysis techniques are tailored to medical images.
No previous training in medicine or biology is needed.