Biomedical Imaging

Special Topics in Signals & Systems (ECEn 682R, Section 3)

Fall 2009



Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:05 - 1:20pm
Location: 406 Clyde Building
Instructor: Neal K. Bangerter
Office: 469 Clyde Building
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1:30 - 3:00pm
Phone: 801-422-4869
Email: nealb@ee.byu.edu
Textbook: Medical Imaging Signals and Systems
Jerry L. Prince and Jonathan M. Links
Pearson Prentice Hall Bioengineering
Course Information: Syllabus
Midterm Review Sheet
Final Review Sheet
Final project proposal instructions
Final Project Presentation Schedule:

  Thursday 12/3
    Robert, Colin, Brett:  Tissue Identification Through K-Means Clustering
    Nate, Peter, Robby:  Flair MRI and the Economics of MRI
    Hyrum, Danny:  Cartesian Gridding for 3D Cones Trajectory
    Chris, Brady:  Compressed Sensing in MRI

  Tuesday 12/8
    Tom, Lauren:  Projection Radiography Model
    Meher, Segun:  Nuclear Medicine
    Brian, Simeon:  Vocal Tract Geometry via CT Data
    Dan:  Diffusion Tensor Imaging with MRI
    Bryson, Andrew, Steven:  High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

  Thursday 12/10
    Stephen, Michael:  Dixon Fat/Water Separation in MRI
    AJ, Kevin, Darren:  Balanced Steady-State Free Precession (bSSFP) Imaging
    Adam, Jacob:  CT Reconstruction Techniques
    Brian, Matt:  MR Spectroscopy
    Bashudev, Manoj, Abhishek:  fMRI and the BOLD Contrast

Homework: Homework #1 Homework #1 Solutions

Homework #2
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Matlab Tutorial from 380 (optional)
Homework #2 Solutions

Homework #3
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Lecture Notes:
Note: I am posting these as a courtesy in case they end up being useful to anyone. They are provided as is, and are not intended to be complete. These notes were prepared by me as a guide for my lectures, and don't contain the complete explanations that I gave in class in many cases. Use at your own risk.
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Lecture 15 (posted shortly - reworking)
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Doppler Handout from John Pauly (Stanford)
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Course Schedule:

Date Topic Homework Reading
8/31 - 9/4 Intro to Medical Imaging, Signals & Systems Review   p. 1 - 32
9/7 - 9/11 Signals & Systems Review, The Fourier Transform in 2D   p. 32 - 49
9/14 - 9/18 2D Fourier Transform continued, Sampling HW 1 due 9/15 p. 49 - 55
9/21 - 9/25 Image Quality HW 2 due 9/24 p. 63 - 95
9/28 - 10/2 Physics of Radiography HW 3 due 10/1 p. 106 - 131
10/5 - 10/9 Projection Radiography, Computed Tomography HW 4 due 10/8 p. 135 - 164
10/12 - 10/16 Computed Tomography (continued) HW 5 due 10/15 p. 181 - 218
10/19 - 10/23 Physics of Magnetic Resonance Midterm (10/20 - 10/23), p. 381 - 403
10/26 - 10/30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging No homework p. 409 - 430
11/2 - 11/6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (continued) HW 6 due 11/5 p. 430 - 455
11/9 - 11/13 Physics of Ultrasound Project proposals due 11/10
HW 7 due 11/13
p. 313 - 342
11/16 - 11/20 Ultrasound Project preparation p. 347 - 371
11/23 - 11/24 NO CLASS (optional field trip to the U. of Utah) Project preparation  
11/30 - 12/4 Review (Tuesday) and Final Presentations (Thursday) Project preparation  
12/7 - 12/10 Final Presentations    
12/14 - 12/18 FINAL EXAMS Final Exam (12/14 - 12/18)