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Bioe 1330 - Biomedical Imaging, Spring 2010


Lecture - Tu/Thu 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, Room 227 Benedum
Recitation - We 12:00 - 12:50 PM. Room 158 Benedum
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Pitt Academic Calendar (Spring 2010)

This Year's Schedule (2010)

Date Topic Reading (Slides) Homework due Quizzes, Reviews, Exams guide
Th 1/7 Lecture 1 - Imaging modalities. Chapters 1 and 2 - Intro: Signals and Systems   Review Chapter 1
Tu 1/12 Lecture 2 - Impulse response, systems, Fourier      
We 1/13 Recitation 1 - review of Sig & Sys, see selected notes from old course.      
Th 1/14 Lecture 3- More Fourier, Hankel, sampling   Review Chapter 2
Tu 1/19 Lecture 4 - Image quality. Chapter 3 - Image Quality Homework 1  
We 1/20 No Recitation   Answers 1  
Th 1/21 Lecture 5 - Contrast, resolution, noise     Review Chapter 3
Tu 1/26 Lecture 6 - Non-random effects, accuracy, Physics of radiography I Chapter 4 - Radiographic Imaging
We 1/27 Larry Kagemann runs through some math problems.     Review Chapter 4
Th 1/28 Lecture 7 - Physics of radiography II   Homework 2  
Tu 2/2 Lecture 8 - Projection Radiography I Chapter 5 - Projection Radiography Answers 2  
We 2/3 Brandan Mikulis runs through problems from Chap. 3.     Review Chapter 5
Th 2/4 Lecture 9 - Projection Radiography II, CT I Chapter 6 - Computed Tomography Homework 3  
Tu 2/9 Snow Day
  Answers 3  
We 2/10 Snow Day     Review Chapter 6
Th 2/11 EXAM 1 - Chapters 1-3, Exam 1 Answers Skim sections 6.3.4 - 6.3.6, and section 6.4.2    
Tu 2/16 Lecture 10 - CT II
Homework 4  
We 2/17 Guest Lecture:
Dr. Carl Fuhrman, X-Ray and CT
  Answers 4  
Th 2/18 Lecture 11 - Nuclear Medicine I, Quiz 2 Answers Chapter 7 - Physics of Nuclear Medicine    
Tu 2/23

Lecture 12 - Nuclear Medicine II

Chapter 8 - Planar Scintigraphy    
We 2/24 TBA      
Th 2/25 Lecture 13 - Nuclear Medicine IV Chapter 9 - Emission Computed Tomogrpahy    
Tu 3/2 Lecture 14 - Nuclear Medicine V, Ultrasound I Chapter 10 - Physics of Ultrasound Review Chapters 7-9
We 3/3 Guest Lecture:
Anna Chacko, Nuclear Medicine
     
Th 3/4

Lecture 15 - Ultrasound II
Submit Term Paper Title

  Homework 5  
SPRING RECESS 3/8-3/12        
Tu 3/16

Lecture 16 - Ultrasound III

  Answers 5  
We 3/17 Guest Lecture:
Charles Laymon, Positron Emission Tomography
     
Th 3/18

EXAM 2 - Chapters 4-6, Exam 2 Answers

     
Tu 3/23 Lecture 17 - Ultrasound IV Chapter 11 - Ultrasound Imaging Systems Homework 6  
We 3/24 Lecture 18 - Ultrasound V      
Th 3/25 Guest Lecture:
Dr. Christopher Deible, Ultrasound
  Answers 6  
Tu 3/30 Lecture 19 - Ultrasound VI, MR I Chapter 12 - Physics of Magnetic Resonance   Review Chapters 10-11
We 3/31 Larry Kagemann - Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)      
Th 4/1 Lecture 20 - MR II Chapter 13 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging    
Tu 4/6

Lecture 21 - MR III

Skim section 13.4    
We 4/7 Lecture 22 - MR IV   Homework 7
Answers 7
 
Th 4/8 EXAM 3 - Chapters 7-11, Exam 3 Answers
     
Tu 4/13 Lecture 23 - MR V     Review Chapters 12-13
We 4/14 Guest Lecture:
Dr. Barton Branstetter, MRI
     
Th 4/15 Student Reports

 

   
Tu 4/20 Student Reports      
We 4/21 Student Reports      
Th 4/22 Student Reports - Turn in Term Paper   Homework 8
Answers 8
 
Exam Period 4/26-5/1 FINAL EXAM - cumulative (mostly MR) Answers
Wed. April 28, 8:00-9:50 AM
227 Benedum
Exam Schedule