Bioeng 230A:  Physics of Medical Imaging (Rev 12-July-2007)
Room/Time: UCSF China Basin Room 331; MW 9:30 to 11:00
Instructors: Robert Gould, (415) 476-1962; robert.gould@radiology.ucsf.edu
Thomas Lang, (415) 353-4552; thomas.lang@radiology.ucsf.edu
Sven Prevrhal, (415) 353-9404, sven.prevrhal@radiology.ucsf.edu
Office Hours for all instructors arranged by appointment
Coordinator: Bruce Hasegawa, (415) 353-9472, bruce.hasegawa@radiology.ucsf.edu
Grading:   20% Homework
40% Midterm Exam
40% Final Exam (Noncumulative)
Lect Day Date Topics Instructor(s) Conferences
1 Mon 27-Aug Radiation, Charged particle interactions Gould
2 Wed 29-Aug X-ray production, X-ray tubes Gould
Mon 3-Sep Labor Day Holiday
3 Wed 5-Sep X-ray interactions, Photoelectric and Compton interactions Gould
4 Mon 10-Sep Attenuation Coefficients, Image formation, scatter control Gould AMI/SMI
5 Wed 12-Sep Tour of Radiology Department Gould AMI/SMI
6 Mon 17-Sep Radiation meausrements, dose considerations Gould
7 Wed 19-Sep Analog detectors, Film-screen systems, Image Intensifiers, DSA Gould
8 Mon 24-Sep Digital Detectors, CR and DR Gould
9 Wed 26-Sep Digital Detectors, CR and DR Gould
10 Mon 1-Oct Mammography Gould
11 Wed 3-Oct Catch-up Gould
12 Mon 8-Oct Midterm Examination Gould
13 Wed 10-Oct Computed Tomography:  CT Hardware Lang
14 Mon 15-Oct Computed Tomography:  Sources of Error Lang
15 Wed 17-Oct Computed Tomography:  Reconstruction Algorithms Prevrhal
16 Mon 22-Oct Computed Tomography:  Sprial and Cone-Beam CT Prevrhal
17 Wed 24-Oct MicroCT Prevrhal
18 Mon 29-Oct Dual-Energy Absorptiometry Lang IEEE NSS/MIC
19 Wed 31-Oct Quantitative CT Lang IEEE NSS/MIC
20 Mon 5-Nov Computed Tomography Applications Prevrhal ASTRO
Wed 7-Nov Review (Optional) Prevrhal/Lang ASTRO
Mon 12-Nov Final Examinations (Nov 12)
Thanksgiving
RSNA Nov 25-30
Bioengineering 230B:  Physics of Medical Imaging (Preliminary)
Room/Time: UCSF China Basin Classroom Rm 331
Instructors: Bruce Hasegawa, Ph.D., (415) 353-9472; bruceh@itsa.ucsf.edu
Henry VanBrocklin, Ph.D. (510) 486-4083, hfvanbrocklin@lbl.gov
Office Hours for all instructors arranged by appointment
Coordinator: Bruce Hasegawa, (415) 502-4494, bruceh@itsa.ucsf.edu
Grading 50% Midterm Exam
50% Final Exam (Noncumulative)
1 Wed 14-Nov Introduction to Nuclear Medicine Hasegawa
2 Mon 19-Nov Nuclear Decay, Radioactive Decay Hasegawa
3 Wed 21-Nov Radioisotope Production, Review of Nuclear Statistics Hasegawa
4 Mon 26-Nov Random Processes, Counting Statistics Hasegawa
*** FINALS AND WINTER BREAK ***