450-2069/02 – Imaging Technology in Medicine (ZTL)
Gurantor department | Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Jan Kubíček, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jan Kubíček, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will be able to define different types of imaging systems in medicine and the differences between mini. They will be able to describe and explain the principles of these imaging methods in medicine.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The goal of course is an explanation of the basics of imaging methods used in medical diagnostics without the need for deep knowledge of mathematics and physics. Students will be acquainted with the basics of X-rays, methods of computer tomography, magnetic resonance, ultrasound, PET and SPECT. The subject is focused on basic principles and approaches.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Protocols from laboratory exercises. Semestral project. Compulsory attendance at lessons of at least 80% of the lessons taught.
Writtent test on calculation exercises. Written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Prerequisite subject is subject Medical Instrumentation 2
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures
Introduction, lecture curriculum, conditions of credit and examination, recommended literature, overview of medical imaging modalities according to physical principles, classification of imaging methods.
Parameters and transmission properties of imaging systems
Television imaging and imaging systems, microscopic imaging systems, 3D scanners.
Thermographic systems in medicine. Infrared thermography, basic physical principle, detectors, basic components of thermographic camera, application of thermal imaging systems in medical diagnostics.
Ultrasound imaging systems I. Basic principles of ultrasound, application principle for medical diagnostics of structure and movement.
Ultrasonic Imaging Systems II. imaging modes, contrast agents, safety risks of ultrasound methods.
X-ray radiation. History and present of X-ray methods, X-ray radiation, interaction with matter, X-ray sources, X-ray design, X-ray detection, contrasting methods, ALARA principle.
Computational tomography I. History, relevant physical quantities and their units, reconstruction principles, principle ALARA, legislation.
Computed tomography II. Components of CT Devices, Generation of CT Devices
Magnetic resonance I. Physical principle of nuclear magnetic resonance phenomena and its application for imaging; basic, gradient and radiofrequency fields; relaxation times T1 and T2.
Magnetic Resonance II. MR scanner structural elements, basic sequences, contrast agents, safety risks MR methods.
Nuclear medicine imaging systems - principles, relevant quantities and their units, PET and SPECT scanner design, radiopharmaceuticals, hybrid systems, radioactive material handling, patient and staff risks, legislation.
Qualitative analysis of image outputs of imaging methods - assessment criteria, possibilities of image quality, acquisition conditions.
Patient Picture Documentation - Architecture, Security and Transport in NIS, RIS; archiving system PACS, e-PACS; data exchange and data sharing standards: HL7, DICOM, NCPDP.
Labs
Infrared camera measurements.
Radiation detectors and X-ray detectors.
Basic physical principles of ultrasound - numerical exercises.
Practical exercises at the Mindray M7 ultrasonographer (conventional imaging, display modes)
Demonstration of Radon Transformation.
Working with DICOM Viewer, viewing and analyzing DICOM images
Written exam and prsentation of projects.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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