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Bioe 1330 / 2330 - Biomedical Imaging, Spring 2012

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Lecture - Tu/Thu 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, Room 226 Benedum
Recitation - We 12:00 - 12:50 PM. Room 226 Benedum
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Exams on Tuesdays


Pitt Academic Calendar (Spring 2012)

This Year's Schedule (2012)

Date Topic Reading (Slides) Homework due Quizzes, Reviews, Old Homework, Exams guide
Th 1/5 Lecture 1 - Imaging modalities. Chapters 1 and 2 - Intro: Signals and Systems  
Tu 1/10 Lecture 2 - Impulse response, systems, Fourier      
We 1/11 Recitation 1 - review of Sig & Sys, see selected notes from old course.      
Th 1/12 Lecture 3 - More Fourier, Hankel, sampling    
Tu 1/17 Lecture 4 - Image quality. Chapter 3 - Image Quality    
We 1/18 TBA      
Th 1/19 Lecture 5 - Contrast, resolution, noise   Review Chapters 1-3
Tu 1/24 Lecture 6 - Non-random effects, accuracy, Physics of radiography I Chapter 4 - Radiographic Imaging Homework 1
Answers
Homework 1 old
Answers old
We 1/25 Review - Meenal Patel    
Th 1/26 Lecture 7 - Physics of radiography II      
Tu 1/31 Lecture 8 - Projection Radiography I Chapter 5 - Projection Radiography Homework 2
Answers
Homework 2 old
Answers old
We 2/1 Review - Meenal Patel      
Th 2/2 Lecture 9 - Projection Radiography II, CT I Chapter 6 - Computed Tomography
Skim sections 6.3.4 - 6.3.6, and section 6.4.2
   
Tu 2/7 EXAM 1 - Chapters 1-3
     
We 2/8 Review - Meenal Patel    
Th 2/9 Lecture 10 - CT II     Review Chapters 4-6
Tu 2/14 Lecture 11 - Nuclear Medicine I Chapter 7 - Physics of Nuclear Medicine
   
We 2/15 Guest Lecture:
Carl Fuhrman, M.D., X-Ray and CT
   
Th 2/16 Lecture 12 - Nuclear Medicine II Chapter 8 - Planar Scintigraphy    
Tu 2/21

Lecture 13 - Nuclear Medicine III

Chapter 9 - Emission Computed Tomogrpahy    
We 2/22 TBA      
Th 2/23 Lecture 14 - Ultrasound I Chapter 10 - Physics of Ultrasound   Homework 3 old
Answers old
Tu 2/28 EXAM 2 - Chapters 4-6
Answers
     
We 2/29 Guest Lecture:
Judi Joyce, M.D., Nuclear Medicine
    Review Chapters 7-9
Th 3/1

Lecture 15 - Ultrasound II
Choose an Innovator by 3/4 here

   
SPRING RECESS 3/5-3/9        
Tu 3/13

Lecture 16 - Ultrasound III

   
We 3/14 Guest Lecture:
Charles Laymon, Ph.D., Positron Emission Tomography
     
Th 3/15

Lecture 17 - Ultrasound IV

Chapter 11 - Ultrasound Imaging Systems  
Tu 3/20 Lecture 18 - MR I Chapter 12 - Physics of Magnetic Resonance   Homework 4 old
Answers old
We 3/21 Guest Lecture:
Christopher Deible, M.D., Ph.D. Ultrasound
    Review Chapters 10-11
Th 3/22 Lecture 19 - MR II   Homework 5 old
Answers old
Tu 3/27 EXAM 3 - Chapters 7-11
answers
 
We 3/28 Lecture 20 - MR III Chapter 13 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Skim section 13.4
 
Th 3/29 Guest Lecture:
Barton Branstetter, M.D., MRI
   
Tu 4/3

Lecture 21 - MR IV

    Homework 6 old
Answers old
We 4/4 Guest Lecture:
Howard Aizenstein, M.D., Ph.D., MRI of the Brain
     
Th 4/5 EXAM 4 - Chapters 12-13
answers
     
Tu 4/10 Student Presentations     Review Chapters 12-13
We 4/11 Student Presentations      
Th 4/12 Student Presentations

 

   
Tu 4/17 Student Presentations      
We 4/18 Student Presentations      
Th 4/19 Lecture 25 - Aaron Batista, Human Visual System
     
Exam Period 4/23-4/28 FINAL EXAM - cumulative
Date to be determined
BENDM G29
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