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| GBIO0008-2 | Medical imaging
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| Duration : | 33h Th, 12h Pr, 8h Labo., 1d FW |
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| Lecturer : | Christophe Phillips |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Medical imaging refers to the techniques and processes used to create images of the human body (or parts thereof) for clinical purposes or medical science (including the study of normal anatomy and function). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The aim of this course is he presentation of the main medical imaging techniques: X-ray, CT scan, PET, SPECT, US and MRI.
Those techniques will be presented from different perspectives
- physical: where do the detected signal come from ?
- systems: what apparatus can be used to measure those signals ?
- signal processing: how to build an image from the recorded signal(s) ? |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Signal processing
Notions of modern physics |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Problem solving, individually or in groups.
Practical sessions at the Cyclotron Research Centre: acquisition, reconstruction and processing of PET and MR images.
Visits of specific departments at the university hospital: nuclear medecine and radiotherapy at least.
Attendance at the festival "ImagéSanté" (http://www.imagesante.org/) if it is organised during the academic year. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Theory is at the Montefiore Institure, B28.
Exercises and pratical sessions will be organised at Montefiore or CRC.
The course is taught in English. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference book:
Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
(496 pages) by Jerry L. Prince, Jonathan Links.
Prentice Hall (April 15, 2005).
ISBN-10 0130653535 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral or written exam, to be agreed with the students. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| The slides are made available, via the MyULg site, prior to the courses. |
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Contacts :
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| Christophe Phillips(c.phillips@ulg.ac.be) |
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