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Course Catalog 2010-2011
LTT-3106 Medical Imaging Methods, 6 cr |
Person responsible
Hannu Eskola
Lessons
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Requirements
Accepted laboratory works and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course students can describe the physical principles of image formation in different medical imaging methods. Students can apply mathematical descriptions and tests of image quality. They can also describe 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 Physics | Hendee WR, Ritenour ER | Chapters 5,9, 12-25 | English | |||
| Lecture slides | Medical imaging methods | Several authors. | On the Internet | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| LTT-3307 Radiation Physics | Mandatory |
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Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Lectures Excercises Other contact teaching |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |