MedicalImageAcquisition

ENSC477/895
Dr.MarinkoSarunicandDr.TeresaCheung
Fall2015

WhatisMedicalImaging
Wikipedia:
Medicalimagingreferstothetechniquesandprocessesused
tocreateimagesofthehumanbody(orpartsthereof)for
clinicalpurposes(medicalproceduresseekingtoreveal,
diagnoseorexaminedisease)ormedicalscience(includingthe
studyofnormalanatomyandfunction).

EngineeringandMedicalImaging

Understandingthephysicalprocess
Generatingtheprobe
Detectingthesignal
Signalprocessing
Imagedisplay

DesignConsiderations
Safetytopatient!!
Informationextractedfromdata

Firstpublished
MedicalImage:The
handofRoentgens
wifeacquiredin
Dec1895.

X-ray

Ultrasound

3Dimages
http://youtu.be/9UCaxkvWe8

MRI

BME477:BiomedicalImageAcquisition

CourseSynopsis
Thiscourseprovidesanunderstandingofthescientificprinciples,physicsandengineering
technologythatprovidethebasisforthevarioustechniques(radiography,sonography,computed
tomography,magneticresonanceimaging),bywhichmedicalimagesareacquired.

PreRequisites
ENSC380

Instructors
Dr.MarinkoV.Sarunic
ASB8809
msarunic@sfu.ca
Dr.TeresaCheung
ASB9872
tpc5@sfu.ca

RequiredTextbook
MedicalImagingSignalsandSystems,2nd Edition
Prince,J.L.,andLinks,J.M.
PearsonPrenticeHall,NewJersey,2015

AdditionalMaterial
TheEssentialPhysicsofMedicalImaging
Bushberg J.T.etal,
LippincottWilliamsandWilkins,Philadelphia,2002

GradingScheme

HW
Laboratory
Midterm
Final

20%
20%
20%
40%

ImportantDates/Places

Mon:2:304:20SECB1012
Wed:2:30 3:20SECB1010
Tutorial:Wed3:30 4:20SECB1010
LabFriday10:30 12:20ASB10878
Whenannounced.

Exams
Midterm
WedOct12,2015
(2hours,duringclassandtutorial)

FinalExam
FriDec9,2015at12:00pm(noon) 3:00pm

Syllabus
Week Date

Topic/Chapter
PartI:BasicImagingPrinciples
Chapter2:SignalsandSystems.
Chapter3:ImageQuality
PartII:RadiographicImaging
Chapter4:PhysicsofRadiography.
Chapter5:ProjectionRadiography.
Chapter6:ComputedTomography.
PartV:MEG
Onlinenotes.
MidTerm
PartV:MEGCont'd
Onlinenotes.
PartIV: UltrasoundImaging
Chapter10:ThePhysicsofUltrasound.
Chapter11:UltrasoundImagingSystems.
PartVI:MagneticResonanceImaging.
Chapter12:PhysicsofMagneticResonance.
Chapter13:MagneticResonanceImaging.
PartIII:NuclearMedicineImaging(Cont'd)

9/9/2015

2
3
4

9/14/2015
9/21/2015
9/28/2015

5
6

10/5/2015
10/12/2015

10/19/2015

8
9

10/26/2015
11/2/2015

10
11

11/9/2015
11/16/2015

12

11/23/2015

1/2Chapter13:MagneticResonanceImaging.1/2NMI

13
14

11/30/2015
12/7/2015
12/9/2015

Chapter7and8:NuclearMedicineandPlanarScintigraphy.
Chapter9:EmissionComputedTomography.
FinalExamat12Noon

ImagingModalities
Imaging
Method

Resolution

Penetration
Depth

Source of
contrast

2 3 mm

Entire body

Attenuation

2 3 mm

Entire body

[ H+ ]

Ultrasound

500 m

10 20 cm

Acoustic
scattering

Visual
Examination

100 m

Surface

Natural
Colouring

1 10 m

2 3 mm

Optical
scattering &
absorption

1 m

5 10 m
sections

Histological
stains

Computed
Tomography
(X-rays)
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging

Optical
Imaging
Histology