Introduction to Medical Imaging
ECE 641
Spring 2008
A. Amini
W, F 12:30-1:45
Overview
This course is intended for first or second year graduate students. The course will provide
an overview of modern medical imaging. The modalities covered will include MRI,
Ultrasound, X-ray CT, and Nuclear Medicine. I will assume students have basic
knowledge of physics, a rudimentary understanding of linear algebra, calculus,
optimization, and have prior background in signal and image processing. Grading will be
25% homeworks, 25% project/presentation, 25% midterm, and 25% final.
Instructor: Amir A. Amini, 409 Lutz Hall,
amir.amini@louisville.edu
Office Hours: by appointment only.
Text (Medical Imaging portion of the course):
1. A. Webb, Introduction to Biomedical Imaging (available for purchase at Bookstore,
on-reserve at Ekstrom Library)
2. A. Macovski, Medical Imaging Systems (available for purchase at Bookstore, onreserve at Ekstrom Library)
3. On-line Book: Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Biomedical Imaging
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309053870
4. J. Prince and J. Links, Medical Imaging Signals and Systems, on-reserve at Ekstrom
Course Learning Outcomes
1. To explain the mechanism for X-ray production and their use in diagnostic
imaging
2. To explain the Radon Transform
3. To describe Fourier Slice Theorem and filtered-backprojection reconstruction
4. To describe the different generations of X-ray CT
5. To describe the underlying principles of nuclear medicine and gamma ray
imaging
6. To explain fundamentals of Emission Tomography (PET/SPECT)
7. To explain the physical basis and principals for Ultrasonic Imaging
8. To explain the physical basis, principals, and basic pulse sequences underlying
magnetic resonance imaging