MDPH 613:
QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS OF
MEDICAL
IMAGES
DR. LAMA AFFARA
FALL 2023-2024
WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY?
What is medical
image analysis?
CMPS327: IMAGE PROCESSING
Why medical
image analysis?
What is this
course about?
How we’ll proceed
with the course?
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WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY?
What is medical
image analysis?
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Why medical
image analysis?
What is this
course about?
How we’ll proceed
with the course?
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IMAGES
 Cameras to machines are like eyes to humans!
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IMAGES
 Capturing life moments!
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IMAGES
 Capturing life moments!
 Medical images e.g. x-rays, scans
 Scientific Images e.g. Mars Expedition
 Art e.g. graphic design
 Movie production
 And many more…
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MEDICAL IMAGES
 (Bio)medical images are different from other pictures
 They depict distributions of various physical features measured
from the human body (or animal body).
 Analysis of biomedical images is guided by very specific
expectations
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MEDICAL IMAGES
 Automatic detection of tumors, characterizing their types,
 Measurement of normal/abnormal structures,
 Visualization of anatomy, surgery guidance, therapy planning
 Exploring relationship between clinical, genomic, and imaging
based markers
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IMAGE SEGMENTATION
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IMAGE VISUALIZATION
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WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY?
What is medical
image analysis?
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Why medical
image analysis?
What is this
course about?
How we’ll proceed
with the course?
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WHY MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS?
 Tons of applications
and related fields
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MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS
 Imaging sciences is experiencing a tremendous growth
 The NYT recently ranked biomedical jobs as the number one
fastest growing career field in the US and listed bio-medical
imaging as the primary reason for the growth.
 Biomedical imaging and its analysis are fundamental to (1)
understanding, (2) visualizing, and (3) quantifying information.
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COMPUTER VISION - SUPER RESOLUTION
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MEDICAL IMAGING
 The most direct way to see inside the human (or animal) body is cut it open
 We can see inside the human body in ways that are less invasive or
(completely non-invasive)
 We can even see metabolic/functional/molecular activities which are not
visible to naked eye
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WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY?
What is medical
image analysis?
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Why medical
image analysis?
What is this
course about?
How we’ll proceed
with the course?
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TOPICS TO BE COVERED
1
Basics of
Radiological
Image
Modalities
2
3
Introduction to
Medical Image
Computing and
Toolkits
Image Filtering,
Enhancement,
Noise Reduction
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Medical Image
Registration
5
Medical Image
Segmentation
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Medical Image
Visualization
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Machine
Learning in
Medical Imaging
Shape
Modeling/Analy
sis of Medical
Images
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YOU’LL BE ABLE TO…
 Get introduced to the basics of medical image analysis
 apply knowledge of mathematics in image processing
 use current techniques for medical image processing algorithms
 write MATLAB programs to process these images
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WHAT WE’LL DO TODAY?
What is medical
image analysis?
CMPS327: IMAGE PROCESSING
Why medical
image analysis?
What is this
course about?
How we’ll proceed
with the course?
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COURSE INFO
Grade Division
Prerequisites
Basic programming experience (any
language is fine)
Linear Algebra/Matrix Algebra
Differential Equations
Basic Statistics
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Attendance and Participation
5%
Tasks (assignments, exercises)
20%
Midterm Exam
20%
Final Project
15%
Final Exam
40%
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CLASS GUIDELINES
ATTEND ON
TIME
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KEEP ANY
DISTRACTIONS
AWAY
SHARE YOUR
IDEAS AND
DISCUSS
ASK QUESTIONS
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LAB GUIDELINES
WILL BE GIVEN
WEEKLY
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SOLVING LAB
EXERCISES
HELPS YOU ACE
EXAMS
DON’T COPY
DISCUSS
SOLUTIONS
WITH ME OR
WITH THE TA
SUBMIT ON
TIME
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PROJECT GUIDELINES
INDIVIDUAL
WORK
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CONSTITUTE
15% OF THE
COURSE
GRADE
MEDICAL
IMAGE
ANALYSIS
APPLICATION
FINAL
PRESENTATION
+ REPORT
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ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
How many?
One Midterm Exam
No make-up exams
are allowed
Prepare well
Final Exam
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HOW TO GET HELP?
Chat on slack workspace
I sent an invitation link
Join bau-MDPH613.slack.com workspace
Send an email to l.affara@bau.edu.lb
Visit me for an Office Hour on Mondays 3-4 pm
Keep track of Moodle
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DIGITAL IMAGES
AND MEDICAL
IMAGING
MODALITIES