| 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 *** | |||||