Course Catalog 2006-2007

LTT-4206 PROCESSING OF MEDICAL IMAGES, 5 cr
Processing of Medical Images

Courses persons responsible
Tomi Heinonen

Lecturers
Tomi Heinonen
Prasun Dastidar

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - 3 h/week 2 h/week -
Exercise - - - - 1 h/week -
Exercise work - - - - 20 h/per -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To describe the special requirements of medical image information and to provide knowledge of most important image processing methods.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The type of image information in transmission X-ray imaging, gamma, ultrasound, CT and MR imaging.        
2. The most important image processing methods in each imaging mode, such as enhancement methods and processing of dynamic image sets.        
3. Combination of images and signals, parametric images, quantification of images, 3D displays.        
4. Image transmission, archiving and compression.       

Requirements for completing the course
Accepted exercise work (20%) and final exam (80%).

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Final exam 80%, exercise work 20%.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Summary of lectures Processing of Medical Images T. Heinonen     On the Internet Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    LTT-3106 LTT-3106 Medical Imaging Methods 6 Recommendable
    LTT-4106 LTT-4106 Processing of Physiological Signals 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 90
    Exercises 18
    Assignments 20
    Other contact teaching 4

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 135

    Additional information related to course
    LTT-4206 replaces the course LTT-4200.

    Correspondence of content
    LTT-4200 Processing of Medical Images

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    Last modified 10.05.2006
    Modified byJuha Nousiainen