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TTK4160

Medical Imaging

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2010
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

Wave equation for acoustic fields. Solution in one and three dimensions. Approximations for long wavelengths (Poisson's equation) and short wave lengths (ray theory). Ultrasound transducers and beam forming. Scattering of ultrasound from soft tissue. Modelling of ultrasound imaging. The Doppler effect from moving scatterers. Measurement and imaging of blood velocities and contraction in the heart muscle. Wave equation for electromagnetic (EM) fields. Fields from active biological EM sources like neuro and muscle cells. Determination of sources from field measurements (Inverse problem). Optical measurements and imaging. X-Ray computer tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging of soft tissue.

Learning outcome

The course shall gives fundamental knowledge about physical phenomena, mathematical modelling, and algorithms used in medical imaging.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, calculation exercises, demonstrations. Postponed/repeated exams may be oral.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Course materials

Announced at the start of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
MEDT4160 7.5 sp
SIE3065 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Applied Geophysics - Seismics
  • Applied and Industrial Mathematics
  • Applied Optics
  • Biophysics and Medical Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Ocean-wave Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics/Communication Theory
  • Medical Technology
  • Numerical Mathematics
  • Optics
  • Technological subjects
  • Telecommunications

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Engineering Cybernetics

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010

Written examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2010-12-20 Time 09:00 Duration 4 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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