Biomedical Imaging (BMED434)
Fundamentals of X-ray. Interactions between X-rays and matter. Generation and detection of X-rays. X-ray diagnostic methods. Conventional X-ray radiography. Computed tomography. X-ray image characteristics. Fundamentals of acoustic propagation. Generation and detection of ultrasound. Ultrasonic diagnostic methods. Ultrasonic transmission methods and transmission tomography. Fundamentals of nuclear medicine. Generation and detection of nuclear emission. Radionuclide generators. Radionuclide imaging systems. Fundamentals of nuclear magnetic resonance. Generation and detection of NMR signal. The magnet, magnetic field gradients, the NMR coil / probe. Data acquisition. Imaging methods. Slice selection, frequency encoding, phase encoding, spin-echo imaging. Biological effects of magnetic fields.