Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Hannu Eskola

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 2, 3 : Wednesday 16 - 18, SH304 Thursday 12 - 14, SH304	3.-n. vuosikurssi Sähkötekniikan koulutusohjelma Teknis-luonnontieteellinen koulutusohjelma

Requirements

Final exam.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

After completing the course, you understand the physical principles of image formation in different medical imaging methods. You can use mathematical descriptions and understand tests of image quality. You know how the medical imaging devices are constructed.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	System approach to medical imaging. Image quality parameters. Image formation based on interactions of imaging energy and tissue in a planar and tomographic imaging.	Special imaging techniques.
2.	Methods and devices of x-ray imaging.
3.	Methods and devices of nuclear medicine.
4.	Methods and devices of ultrasound imaging.
5.	Methods and devices of magnetic resonance imaging.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Medical Imaging Signals and Systems	J.L. Prince and J.M. Links	0-13-065353-5				English
Lecture slides	Medical imaging methods	Several authors.			On the Internet		English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 5 %

Last modified	25.06.2008
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen