COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL IMAGING METHODS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NÜK 0507 MEDICAL IMAGING METHODS I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET BAYBURT

Offered to

Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies

Course Objective

The students coming from different disciplines are aimed to learn imaging methods and imaging equipments operating principles. During the course the students are aimed to examine the techniques of forming images in digital medium

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand structure of nuclear imaging technıques
2   Being able to determine characteristics and quality of an image.
3   Being able to estimate ranges and energy losses inside matter of a different radiation types
4   Being able to solve energy problems with X_ rays
5   Being able to understand image parameters in radiography imaging.
6   Being able to understand working principle of fluoroscopic imaging thecniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Image and quality characteristics
2 Energy and radiation, electromagnetıc spectrum
3 Energy and radiation units
4 Radioactivity; natural and artificial radioactivity
5 Mid-term Exam 1
6 X-rays; X-rays production, energy, X-ray tubes
7 The basic principle of radiographic imaging
8 Resolution and blurness
9 Detailed imaging
10 Mid-term Exam 2
11 Flouroscopic imaging methods
12 Image formation, characteristics
13 Noise formation, characteristics
14 The presentation of the semester project

Recomended or Required Reading

Nuclear Medical Instruments , B. R. Bairi, McGraw-Hill, 1994 Physical Principles of Medical Imaging, P. Sprawls, 1995
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assignments and exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.25 +MTE 1 +MTE 2/2 * 0.25 +FIN * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Assessment Criteria

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet BAYBURT

Office Hours

TO BE ANNOUNCED.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 4 3 12
Tutorials 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 10 70
Preparation for midterm exam 5 8 40
Preparation for final exam 6 4 24
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
Preparing presentations 3 4 12
Design Project 1 3 3
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.154
LO.244
LO.3
LO.454
LO.55
LO.65

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