Required Textbook
Bushberg, Jerrold T., J. Anthony Seibert, Edwin M. Leidholdt, Jr., and John M. Boone. The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. ISBN: 0683301187.
Additional Readings
Cho, Z. H., Joie P. Jones, and Manbir Singh. Foundations of Medical Imaging. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1993. ISBN: 0471545732.
Phelps, Michael E. PET: Molecular Imaging and Its Biological Applications. New York, NY: Springer, 2004. ISBN: 0387403590.
Readings by Session
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Overview of Imaging
Imaging Radiation |
Bushberg. Chapters 1-2. |
| 2 |
Interactions of Radiation with Matter |
Bushberg. Chapter 3. |
| 3 |
X-ray Generation and Planar Imaging |
Bushberg. Chapter 5-6. |
| 4 |
X-ray CT Overview |
Bushberg. Chapter 13. |
| 5 |
Fourier Transforms and Convolution |
Cho, et al. Chapter 2.1. |
| 6 |
Central Slice Theorem and Projection/Reconstruction |
Cho, et al. Chapter 3. |
| 7 |
Class Demo: X-ray CT |
|
| 8 |
Application: Quantitative Anatomy from CT |
Class handout |
| 9 |
Tracers for Nuclear Imaging |
Bushberg. Chapters 18-19. |
| 10 |
Nuclear Imaging Detectors and Cameras |
Bushberg. Chapters 20-21. |
| 11 |
Principles of PET and SPECT |
Bushberg. Chapters 22. |
| 12 |
Application: Binding Measurements with PET |
Phelps. Chapter 2. |
| 13 |
Application: Functional Imaging using FDG Uptake |
Phelps. Chapter 7. |
| 14 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Physics I |
Bushberg. Chapter 14. |
| 15 |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Physics II |
Bushberg. Chapter 14. |
| 16 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging I |
Bushberg. Chapter 15. |
| 17 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging II |
Bushberg. Chapter 15. |
| 18 |
MRI Contrast Agents |
Lauffer review |
| 19 |
Application: BOLD Effect in Functional MRI |
Class handout |
| 20 |
Application: Neural Fiber Tracking with MRI |
Class handout |
| 21 |
Class Demo: MRI |
|
| 22 |
Diffuse Optical Tomography I |
Class handout |
| 23 |
Diffuse Optical Tomography II |
Class handout |
| 24 |
Optical Molecular Imaging |
Class handout |
| 25 |
Final Presentations |
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