Polytechnic School of Engineering of New York University


EL5823/BE6203 ---- Medical Imaging I

Jointly Offered as Medical Imaging Systems at NYU School of Medicine

Spring 2014


Course Webpage: http://eeweb.poly.edu/~yao/EL5823


 

 

Course Description: This course introduces the physics, instrumentation, and signal processing methods used in X-ray (projection radiography), X-ray computed tomography, nuclear medicine (SPECT/PET), optical imaging, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. Co-listed as EL5823 and BE6203. 3 credits.

 

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Undergraduate level courses in multivariable calculus (MA 2112, MA 2122), physics (PH 2033), probability (MA 3012), signals and systems (EE 3054). Students who do not have prior courses in signals and systems must take EL6113/BE6403 SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND TRANSFORMS as a prerequisite; EL5123/BE6223 IMAGE PROCESSING is also recommended but not required.

Instructors:

·       Prof. Yao Wang (NYU-Poly), MTC2 9.107, (718)-260-3469, yw523 at nyu.edu, http://eeweb.poly.edu/~yao

·      Prof. Daniel Turnbull (NYU School of Medicine),  212-263-7262, daniel.turnbull at nyumc.org,  http://www.med.nyu.edu/biosketch/turnbd01/

·      Prof. Riccardo Lattanzi (NYU School of Medicine),  212-263-4860, riccardo.lattanzi at nyumc.org , http://www.med.nyu.edu/biosketch/lattar01

·      Prof. Yu-Shin Ding (NYU School of Medicine),  212-263-6605, Yu-Shin.Ding at nyumc.org http://chemistry.fas.nyu.edu/object/yu-shinding.html

Course Schedule: Mon. 10:20AM-12:50 PM

 

Lecture Location: 

Poly: Roger Hall  RH203, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201

SOM:  Center for Biomedical Imaging, 660 First Avenue (corner with 38th Street), New York, NY 10016

 

Office Hour: Yao Wang: Monday 1-3PM Wed. 10-12 AM or appointment by email.  For other instructors:  appointment through email.

Text Book: J. L. Prince and J. M. Links, Medical imaging: signals and systems, Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN 0-13-065353-5. Link to book site; Errata (v1.03)

Homework policy: Homeworks will be assigned weekly and due the following week. Late submissions are not accepted.  Exams will be primarily based on homework problems. Some assignments may include MATLAB or C programming of image reconstruction algorithms.

Grading Policy:  Exam 1: 40 %, Exam 2: 40%, Homework Assignments: 20% (programming 10%, others 10%)

Tentative Course Schedule

 

·       Week 1 (1/27) (Poly): Yao Wang, Overview of various medical imaging modalities (Chap 1); Review of signals and systems basic concepts (chap 2);  Image quality metrics (Chap 3);  Lecture Note (updated 2/5/2013)

·       Week 2 (2/3) Poly):  Yao Wang, Physics of radiography (Chap 4);  Lecture note (updated 3/4/2013).

·       Week 3 (2/10) Poly): Yao Wang, Projection radiography (conventional X-ray) (Chap 5); Lecture note (updated 2/7/2012)

·       2/17: No class, Presidents’ Day. School closed.

·       Week 4 (2/24) (Poly): Yao Wang, X-ray computed tomography (CT): Instrumentation; Image reconstruction (Radon transform, back projection, filtered back-projection); Image quality (Chap 6)  Part I Lecture note;

·       Week 5 (3/3) (Poly): continue the previous topic, Part II Lecture note. 

·       Week 6 (3/10) (Poly), Yao Wang, Nuclear medicine:  physics (chap7), SPECT and PET (Chap 9);   Lecture note (updated 10/13/11)

·       Week of 3/17: Spring break, no class

·       Week 7 (3/24): Midterm Exam, to be held at NYU Poly

·       Week 8 (3/31) (SOM): Riccardo Lattanzi, Physics of magnetic resonance (chap 12): Magnetization, Precession and Larmor frequency, RF excitation, Relaxation. Lecture note. Files containing video shown in class. (caution: 35MB)  Lecture note by Yao Wang (uploaded 3/25/2013)

·       Week 9 (4/7) (SOM): Riccardo Lattanzi, Magnetic Resonance Imaging:  Instrumentation, Data acquisition, Image reconstruction, Image quality. Lecture note. video of RF excitation animation. Lecture notes by Yao Wang: part 1, part 2 (uploaded 3/25/2013)

·       Week 10 (4/14) (SOM): Riccardo Lattanzi, Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Diffusion MRI, Functional MRI. Lecture note. (updated 2/28/2013). A review article on Diffusion weighted imaging for MRI (recommended reading, uploaded 2/28/13). Lecture note on fMRI by Yao Wang (uploaded 3/25/2013)

·       Week 11 (4/21) (SOM): Yu-Shin Ding, Joint PET/CT and PET/MRI

·       Week 12 (4/28) (SOM): Daniel Turnbull, Physics of ultrasound (Chap 10): Wave equation, Acoustic waves, Wave propagation, Beam pattern formation and focusing. Lecture note. (updated 5/2/13)

·       Week 13 (5/5) (SOM): Daniel Turnbull, Ultrasound imaging (chap 11): Instrumentation (transducers, probes, etc.), Pulse-echo equation, Ultrasound imaging principles. Lecture note. (updated 5/10/13)

·       Week 14 (5/12)  Final Exam (3-5:50), to be held at NYU Poly

·       Week 15 (5/19 or 5/23) (SOM): Tour of the NYU Center for Biomedical Imaging:  Tour of the RF Lab and explanation of RF coils components, Tour of the MRI facilities (including a 7T whole body scanner), Practical session at the MRI console

 

Sample exams

 

·       Sample midterm exam (F06), Sample midterm exam (F08), solution to F08 midterm, Sample final exam, Final exam F08, Solution to F08 final exam, Final Exam F09, solution to F09 final exam. F11 Midterm exam, solution,  S12 midterm exam, solution, S12 final exam problem and solution


Last updated: 1/20/2014, Yao Wang