Course Catalog 2010-2011
Postgraduate

Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University

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Course Catalog 2010-2011

BME-2636 Medical Image Analysis, 5 cr

Person responsible

Hannu Eskola

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 


 


 
 3 h/week
 50 h/per


 
BME-2636 2010-01 Thursday 16 - 18, SH304
Tuesday 16 - 18, SH304

Requirements

Accepted assignments and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

After completing the course students can recognize different image processing methods applicable for each type of clinical image. Students can explain most common image analysis methods, which are used for clinical diagnosis. Students can perform basic medical image analysis with Matlab.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Fundamentals of medical images and of medical image processing.      
2. Image segmentation methods.     
3. Image analysis methods: Tissue characterization, 4D image analysis.     
4. Visualization methods.     
5. Image registration methods.     

Evaluation criteria for the course

The final mark is based on final exam grade (60%) and assignments grade (40%).

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications   Dougherty, G.            English  
Lecture slides   Lecture notes.              English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
LTT-3106 Medical Imaging Methods Advisable    
SGN-3016 Digital Image Processing I Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
BME-2636 Medical Image Analysis, 5 cr LTT-4206 Processing of Medical Images, 5 cr  

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
BME-2636 2010-01   Lectures
Other contact teaching
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified28.02.2010