11988 (v.2) Imaging Principles 335
| 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. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| 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%. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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