Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to third year of program
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Syllabus: | Fourier Series and coefficients. Noise. Modulation transfer function, system contributions to MTF, the Wiener spectrum. Quality control in radiography - strategy, collimator, focal spot size, focal spot effects, beam quality, Wisconsin cassette, exposure time, NERO, automatic exposure cutoff. Tomography. Image Intensifiers. Visual perception. Physical optics. Image Viewing. Computed tomography. Nuclear Medicine. Ultrasound. MRI. Digital Imaging stream. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have gained knowledge of principles used in medical imaging and how to apply the ideas of information theory in optics in medical imaging. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Bushberg, G. I., Seibert, J. A., Leidholdt, E. M. and Boone, J. M., 1994, 'The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging', Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Tests 20%. Laboratories 20%. Final Examination 60%. |
Field of Education: | 10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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