BMEG 45103 — Biomedical Optics and Imaging
This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of various biomedical imaging modalities. Topics will include: Basics of light-tissue interaction - absorption, fluorescence, elastic and inelastic scattering; Computational and analytical models of light propagation to quantify tissue optical properties; Optical imaging techniques spectroscopy, tomography, and laser speckle with potential clinical applications; and Clinical imaging modalities and recent advances X-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasound imaging, and Photoacoustic imaging. At the end of this course, students should have a good understanding of optical imaging, spectroscopy, and non-optical imaging modalities, specific anatomical sites that they are best suited for, and the trade-offs between imaging depth and resolution. Students may not receive credit for both BMEG 45103 and BMEG 55103 . Prerequisite: The prerequisites for BMEG students are BMEG 29004 and senior standing; prerequisites for DASC students: BMEG 26104 , PHYS 20304 and DASC 21103 and senior standing. (Typically offered: Irregular)
Prerequisites: BMEG 29004, BMEG 26104, PHYS 20304, DASC 21103