18ML652: Medical Imaging Systems Med Elec Syllabus for BE 6th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU (Open Elective-A)

Medical Imaging Systems detailed Syllabus for Medical Electronics (Med Elec), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all the other VTU Med Elec 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Medical Electronics 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.

For all the (Open Elective-A) subjects refer to Open Elective-A Scheme. The detail syllabus for medical imaging systems is as follows.

Module -1

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Module -2

Ultrasound Imaging: Fundamentals of acoustic propagation – Characteristic impedance, Intensity, Reflection and refraction, Attenuation, Doppler effect. Generation and detection of Ultrasound-Piezoelectric effect, Ultrasonic transducers, Axial and Lateral resolution, Focusing, Arrays. Ultrasonic Diagnostic Methods: Pulse echo systems- Amplitude mode (A-mode), Brightness mode (B-mode), Motion mode (M-mode), Doppler methods, Duplex imaging, Tissue characterization, Colour Doppler flow imaging, Image characteristics – Ultrasonic texture or speckle, Speckle reduction, Compensation of phase aberration, Biological effects of ultrasound.

Module -3

Radionuclide Imaging: Introduction, Fundamentals of Radioactivity – Nuclear particles, Nuclear activity and half-life, Units of measuring nuclear activity, Specific activity, Interaction of nuclear particles and matter, Attenuation of Gamma radiation, Radionuclides, Generation & Detection of Nuclear Emission -Radionuclide generators, nuclear radiation detectors, Collimators, Diagnostic methods using radiation detector probes – Thyroid function test, Renal function test, Blood volume measurement, Radionuclide imaging systems- Rectilinear scanner, Scintillation camera, SPECT, PET.

Module – 4

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Module 5 :

Thermal Imaging: Medical thermography, Physics of thermography, Infrared detectors, Thermographic equipment, Quantitative medical thermography, Pyroelectric vidicon camera, Thermal camera based on IR sensor with digital focal plane array. Advances in Medical Imaging: Image guided intervention- Introduction, Stereotactic neurosurgery, Stereotactic neurosurgery based on digital image volumes- image acquisition, planning and transfer, Intraoperative Imaging- Intraoperative diagnostic imaging, transfer by matching preoperative with intraoperative images, augmented reality.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the fundamentals of x-ray radiography and computed tomography, and analyze the system requirements.
2. Explain principles of ultrasound imaging and diagnostic methods and analyze the system requirements.
3. Discuss the fundamentals of radionuclide imaging, MRI, thermal imaging and analyze the system requirements.
4. Describe the concepts of image Guided Intervention and image guided surgery.
5. Design and develop prototype of simple medical imaging system.

Question Paper Pattern:

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Text Books:

1. Principles of Medical Imaging – by Kirk Shung, Michael B. Smith and BanjaminTsui, Academic Press, 1992.
2. Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation – by R.S.Khandpur, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.
3. Fundamentals of Medical Imaging – by Paul Suetens, Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Reference Books:

1. The Physics of Medical Imaging – by Steve Webb (Editor), Adam Hilger, Bristol and Philadelphia Publications, 1988.

For the detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE (Med Elec) 6th Sem, visit Medical Electronics 6th Sem Subjects.

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