Academic Catalog

MI524 FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL IMAGING: ACQUISITION, RECONSTRUCTION

Course Code: 9060524
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Medical Informatics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ÜNAL ERKAN MUMCUOÐLU
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course covers fundamental medical imaging modalities like X-ray, CT, MRI, SPECT, PET. Physics and mathematical models of data acquisition, image reconstruction concepts are taught. Medical image analysis techniques like image registration, segmentation, ROI, shape and texture analysis, visualization, 3D modeling, feature extraction, 3D virtual reality applications, computer-aided diagnosis are studied.