Course Catalog 2012-2013
Postgraduate

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Course Catalog 2012-2013

BME-2636 Medical Image Analysis, 5 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

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 2012-01 Wednesday 12 - 14, HB111

Requirements

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

Learning outcomes

Student can recognize different image processing methods applicable for each type of clinical image. Student can explain most common image analysis methods, which are used for clinical diagnosis. Student 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 grade of the course is determined based on the assessment of all part of the course. The weighting factor of each part is given at the beginning of the course. Grades 1-2: Learning outcomes have been achieved. Satisfactory command in core content of the course. Grades 3-4: Some learning outcomes have been exceeded qualitatively or quantitatively. Good command in core content and complementary knowledge of the course. Good or very good marks from all parts of the course. Grade 5: Most of the learning outcomes have been exceeded. Deep command in the whole content of the course. Almost maximum performance in all parts of the course.

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
BME-3206 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  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
BME-2636 2012-01   Lectures
Other contact teaching
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified29.02.2012