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BENG3016 – Medical Imaging Systems

2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering
Atul Minhas
atul.minhas@mq.edu.au
Contact via +61 (2) 9850 9096
9 Wally's Walk (9WW), Level 3, Room No 318, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Monday (16:20 - 17:30 hrs)
Professor
Yves De Deene
yves.dedeene@mq.edu.au
Contact via (+61) 02 9850 9152
9 Wally's Walk (9WW) / E6A, Level 3, Room 319, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW
Appointment by email
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
BENG2015 or ELEC215
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
The aim of this unit is to provide a basic understanding of various medical imaging systems such as X-ray, CT, Ultrasound, PET, SPECT and MRI. The unit consists of five modules. Each module covers the basic working principles, underlying physics, system hardware and image reconstruction principles, for each specific imaging modality. In the first module, an overview of X-ray and CT imaging systems will be provided. This will be followed by a second module on nuclear medicine which consists of PET and SPECT systems. Module three will include ultrasound system explaining about systems based on Pulse Echo and Doppler Effect. Module four will explain about MRI where basic MR physics, imaging principles, and image reconstruction algorithms will be explained followed by introduction of system designs at various magnetic fields. In module five, various other imaging systems such as bio-luminescence and MSOT will be introduced. The theory of medical imaging systems will be tested in practice through tutorials and practical sessions which involve the modelling and simulation exercises on multi-physics design aspects of medical imaging systems. These exercises will be done using a commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics 5.3 and MATLAB. Besides, there will be some hands on experimentation exercises for MRI sub-parts, and optical CT.

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Describe the differences between various medical imaging systems including X-ray, CT, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and MRI in following aspects: underlying physics, working principle, hardware system, software system (including image reconstruction principle).
  • ULO2: Apply image reconstruction algorithms of various medical imaging modalities including X-ray, CT, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and MRI in following aspects: mathematical model of raw data from system, mathematical model of reconstructed data, and programming of image reconstruction algorithm in MATLAB.
  • ULO3: Allocate applications and safety aspects of various medical imaging systems including X-ray, CT, PET, SPECT, Ultrasound, and MRI and why their design needs rigorous approvals from government agencies.
  • ULO4: Demonstrate skills in "modeling and simulation" using a commercial software COMSOL Multiphysics 5.4 and understand its capabilities: (a) to perform analysis of sub-parts of medical imaging systems, and (b) to understand the underlying physics of the imaging system and their interaction with human body.

Assessment Tasks

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General Assessment Information

Grading and passing requirement for unit:

In order to pass this unit, student has to pass the final exam which is a hurdle (pass marks = 50%). Besides this, a student must obtain a total of 50 mark or more for the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/ CR/ D/ HD). Note that the final exam weight = 45% of the total marks. So, rest of the 55% marks are for other assessment tasks (see Assessment Tasks above for details).

For further details about grading, please refer below in the policies and procedures section.

Delivery and Resources

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Delivery - classroom lecture

Resources in iLearn:

               - lectures, journal papers, handouts for assignments, user manuals for COMSOL, practice guidelines for COMSOL

Text books:

               - Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, Authors - Jerrold T. Bushberg PhD, J. Anthony Seibert PhD, Edwin M. Leidholdt PhD, John M. Boone PhD

               - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical Principles and Sequence Design, Second Edition. Authors - Robert W. Brown Ph.D., Yu‐Chung N.                                                                                                                  Cheng Ph.D., E. Mark Haacke Ph.D., Michael R. Thompson Ph.D., Ramesh Venkatesan D.Sc.

Unit Schedule

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Policies and Procedures

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Changes from Previous Offering

- Assignments (problems, questions and answers) to be done during lab sessions. Student participation in practicals will be assessed based on the completion of the assignments.

- Handouts on Comsol learning are provided and must be practiced during practicals.

Changes since First Published

Date Description
07/02/2020 Details of another lecturer Yves De Deene added, everything else remains same as previous version.