307709 (v.2) Imaging Principles 633

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

307704 (v.1) Medical Imaging Instrumentation 614 or any previous version
AND
307708 (v.2) Medical Physics 632 or any previous version

Syllabus:

The Human Observer: characteristics, limitations, and basic psychophysics of vision part of the imaging chain. Review of imaging systems: digitisation. Digital imaging systems: computer manipulation of digital images. Basic image processing techniques, contrast stretch, edge enhancement, noise reduction, smoothing, various spatial domain transforms, and introduction to Fourier transforms. Computer analysis of images: simple feature detection and histographic. Statistical analysis parametric imaging. Digital image quality. Computer storage of digital images: hardware, software, file formats, and compression techniques. Picture archiving and communication systems: Transfer of data, basic systems, interface protocols, output devices, techniques. Hospital and radiological information systems: basic systems. Developments in diagnostic medical digital imaging systems: Digital department, integrated digital communication systems, expert systems, artificial intelligence.

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Field of Education:

010301 Physics

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External