E 253 A=Bioeng 230A: Physics of Medical Imaging

Room/Time:

C417, Clinical Sciences Building

Tuesday, Thursday 9:30 - 11:00
UCSF

Instructors:

Robert Gould, UCSF L325; (415) 476-1962; robert.gould@radiology.ucsf.edu

Jeff Duryea, UCSF C309?; (415) 476-9984 jeff.duryea@radiology.ucsf.edu

Bruce Hasegawa, Physics Res Lab; (415) 502-4494; bruceh@itsa.ucsf.edu

Christopher Njeh, UCSF Rm xxxxx, (415) 476-4864, christopher.njeh@oarg.ucsf.edu

Office Hours for all instructors arranged by appointment

Grading:

20%

Homework

40%

Midterm Exam

40%

Final Exam (Noncumulative)

Lect

Day

Date

Topics

Instructor(s)

Conferences

1

Tues

18-Sep

Radiation, Atomic Physics, Radiation Interactions

Gould

2

Thurs

20-Sep

Attenuation Coefficients, Production of Radiation

Gould

3

Tues

25-Sep

X-Ray Tubes and Generators

Gould

4

Thurs

27-Sep

Plain Film Radiography

Gould

5

Tues

2-Oct

Tour of Radiology Department

Gould

6

Thurs

4-Oct

Introduction to Radiation Detectors

Gould

7

Tues

9-Oct

Fluoroscopy, Digital Angiography

Gould

8

Thurs

11-Oct

Computed Radiography, Digital Radiography

Gould

9

Tues

16-Oct

Computed Tomography: Hardware

Gould

ASBMR

10

Thurs

18-Oct

Midterm Examination

Gould

ASBMR

11

Tues

23-Oct

Computed Tomography: Reconstruction Algorithms

Lang

12

Thurs

25-Oct

Computed Tomography: Cone-Beam Reconstruction

Lang

13

Tues

30-Oct

Computed Tomography: Spiral CT

Lang

14

Thurs

1-Nov

Computed Tomography: MicroCT

Lang

15

Tues

6-Nov

Dual-Energy Radiography 1

Lang

IEEE NSS/MIC

16

Thurs

8-Nov

Dual-energy Radiography 2

Lang

IEEE NSS/MIC

17

Tues

13-Nov

Ultrasound Imaging

Njeh

18

Thurs

15-Nov

Ultrasound Imaging

Njeh

19

Tues

20-Nov

Ultrasound Imaging

Njeh

Thurs

22-Nov

Thanksgiving

20

Tues

27-Nov

TBD

RSNA

Final Examinations (Nov 28 to Dec 5)

Lang/Njeh

Bioeng. 230B: Physics of Medical Imaging

Room/Time:

Instructors:

Thomas Lang, UCSF C309; (415) 502-44698; thomas.lang@oarg.ucsf.edu

Bruce Hasegawa, Physics Res Lab; (415) 502-4494; bruceh@itsa.ucsf.edu

Christopher Njeh, UCSF Rm xxxxx, (415) 476-4864, christopher.njeh@oarg.ucsf.edu

Coordinator: Bruce Hasegawa, UCSF Physics Res Lab, bruceh@itsa.ucsf.edu

Office Hours for all instructors arranged by appointment

Grading

20%

Homework

40%

Midterm Exam

40%

Final Exam (Noncumulative)

1

Thurs

3-Jan

Concept of Contrast, Physical Determinants

Duryea

2

Tues

8-Jan

Concept of Spatial Resolution, FWHM

Duryea

3

Thurs

10-Jan

Linear Systems Analysis

Duryea

4

Tues

15-Jan

Modulation Transfer Function 1

Duryea

5

Thurs

17-Jan

Modulation Transfer Function 2

Duryea

6

Tues

22-Jan

Random Processes

Duryea

SPIE

7

Thurs

24-Jan

Concept of Noise, DQE, Wiener Spectra

Duryea

SPIE

8

Tues

29-Jan

DSA: Basic Concepts, Noise Optimization

Duryea

9

Thurs

31-Jan

Midterm Examination

Duryea