19306901 Lecture

SoSe 17: Medical Imaging

Jürgen Braun

Additional information / Pre-requisites

Target audience

Students in the master’s program

Conditions of participation

Bachelor degree

Homepage

http://medinfo.charite.de

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Lecture contents

  1. Preliminary meeting: organization – attendance issues – exercises – examination regulations.
  2. Introduction – imaging modalities – image properties – computers in medical imaging systems.
  3. Image quality: image contrast – spatial resolution – signal noise – digitalisation of analog signals / storage in numerical form – sampling rate / aliasing.
  4. Interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter – particles – electromagnetic radiation – absorption of energy – dosage – radiobiology.
  5. X-ray imaging: X-ray tube assembly – radiation generation – projection method – magnification – scattering – detectors – dual energy method – applications.
  6. Computed tomography: technical development – radiation source – detectors – image reconstruction – Hounsfield values – image quality – image artefacts – applications.
  7. Methods of nuclear medicine: functional imaging – radioactive decay modes – coincidence – generation of radionuclides in cyclotrons – tracers – detectors – image reconstruction – quality assurance – applications.
  8. Magnetic resonance imaging I: magnetism – nuclear spin – excitation – signal acquisition – relaxation mechanisms – signal reconstruction in 1D – applications of 1D techniques.
  9. Magnetic resonance imaging II: magnetic field gradients – spatial resolution – spin echo – gradient echo – image reconstruction – pulse sequences.
  10. Magnetic resonance imaging III: image contrast – advanced imaging techniques – image artefacts – applications – patient exclusion criteria.
  11. Demonstration MRI-Scanner (venue location: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin).
  12. Ultrasound imaging: properties of longitudinal waves – generation / detection of ultrasound waves – acoustic impedance – reflection – scattering – data acquisition modes – Doppler methods – image artefacts – applications.
  13. Demonstration ultrasound imaging (portable scanner).
  14. Consolidation of the course contents: presentation of recent medical imaging related research projects of the Institutes of Medical Informatics and Radiology.
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Suggested reading

  • The Physics of Medical Imaging (Medical Science Seriesvon S. Webb, Steve Webb (Herausgeber) Institute of Physics Publishing (1988)
  • The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging von Jerrold T. Bushberg (Herausgeber)Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2002)Bildgebende Verfahren in der MedizinOlaf DösselSpringer Verlag (2000)
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14 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Wed, 2017-04-19 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-04-26 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

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T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-05-03 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

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T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-05-10 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-05-17 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-05-24 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-05-31 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-06-07 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-06-14 14:00 - 16:00

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Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-06-21 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-06-28 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-07-05 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-07-12 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

Wed, 2017-07-19 14:00 - 16:00

Lecturers:
Jürgen Braun

Location:
T9/053 Seminarraum (Takustr. 9)

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