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.
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.