F7AMBLZS - Imaging Systems in Medicine

The course deals with advanced imaging techniques, which are used mainly for diagnostic purposes in clinical practice. Emphasis will be placed on the technical principle of the devices, on the possibilities and limitations of individual modalities. The issue of image reconstruction in tomographic imaging systems will also be addressed.

Credit requirements:

Compulsory participation in exercises, max. 1 absence excused. The student must submit the processed assigned tasks within the given deadlines.

Exam evaluation:

The exam is realized by a written test and oral exam in the form of a discussion of the test results.

It is not possible to take the exam without obtaining the credit and registering the credit in KOS. The evaluation is carried out according to the ECTS scale based on the results of the semester and exam test.

1. Overview and classification of imaging modalities in clinical practice. Data formats for imaging modalities

2. Fundamental methods of image processing

3. Theory of linear 2D systems, 2D Fourier transform

4. Ultrasound imaging systems (ultrasound)

5. Doppler ultrasound imaging systems

6 Computed tomography - CT

7. CT angiography

8. Imaging methods in nuclear medicine

9. Reconstruction methods of tomographic image

10. Magnetic resonance (MR) - technical principle

11. Pulse sequences and protocols for MR

12. Sensing of physiological quantities during MR examination

13. Functional examination by magnetic resonance

14. 3D data processing from tomographic modalities

1 Image brightness and contrast, look-up-table (LUT), histogram and its equalization

2. DICOM format based image processing

3. Ultrasound data processing - image creation

4. Analysis of ultrasound record - determination of heart rate

5. Experiments with demonstration CT system

6. Simulation in Matlab - data acquisition during CT

7. Radon space - principle of back projection

8. Filtered back projection

9. Iterative reconstruction

10. Principle of magnetic resonance

11. Influence of pulse sequence parameters on MR imaging

12. K-space (filling and data processing)

13. Image quality evaluation - signal-to-noise ratio

14. Examples of methods for 3D data processing from the mentioned modalities

Mandatory:

1. PRINCE, Jerry L. a Jonathan M. LINKS. Medical imaging signals and systems. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, c2015. ISBN 978-0-13-214518-3.

2.BUSHBERG, Jerrold T. The essential physics of medical imaging. Third edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012.

3.Webb's physics of medical imaging. 2nd ed. Editor M. A. FLOWER. Boca Raton: CRC, c2012. Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering. ISBN 978-0-7503-0573-0. (1st ed. is also available in library)

4.Questions and Answers in MRI [online]. AD Elster, ELSTER LLC, c2019. Last change 2019 [cit. 2019-02-29]. URL: http://mriquestions.com/index.html

Recommended::

5.POWSNER, Rachel A., Matthew R. PALMER a Edward R. POWSNER. Essentials of nuclear medicine physics and instrumentation. 3rd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, c2013. ISBN 978-0-470-90550-0. (previous eds. are also available in library)

Other study materials::

- Gerla, V., Hozman, J., Pop, M.: MIPS 2.0 - Microscopy Image Processing Software. Czech Republic [online] https://www.instaluj.cz/mips 2000-2019. Last change/update: 26.5.2005. Cit: 27.2.2019 (free educational SW)

-Hozman, J., Roubík, K. Tomografical Medical Imaging Systems – CT (english ver.). Educational SW. Praha: AVTC ČVUT, 2002. Available at: https://download.cvut.cz/vyukova-videa-pro-fbmi/ with CTU login.

• Prospectus - magisterský (!)
• Biomedical and Clinical Engineering (compulsory course)