Center for Functional MRI In the Department of Radiology

Bioengineering 280A: Principles of Biomedical Imaging
Fall Quarter 2006

Instructor: Thomas Liu
Center for FMRI (Map)
(858) 822-0542; ttliu@ucsd.edu
Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:50 AM
Cognitive Science Building 004
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2PM to 3 PM and Wednesdays, 2 PM to 3 PM; Center for fMRI Conference room
Teaching Assistant: Joy Liau, jliau@ucsd.edu
TA Office hours: Mondays 1 to 2 pm; Wednesdays 10 to 11 am; Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall 291
Texts: 1) Required text: Medical Imaging Signals and Systems by J.L. Prince and J.M. Links, Prentice-Hall 2005
2) Required Text: Principles of MRI by D.G. Nishimura (we will custom order copies from the author)
3) Assorted Handouts
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of intructor.
Course Mirror Sites: fmriserver.ucsd.edu
fmri.ucsd.edu

Handouts:

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  1. Information Sheet
  2. Syllabus
  3. Homework 1
  4. Homework 2
  5. Homework 3 with MATLAB file
  6. Homework 4
  7. Homework 5
  8. Homework 6 with Safety Video
  9. Homework 7
  10. Project

Lecture Slides:

  1. Last year's slides
  2. Introductory Lecture (9/21/06)
  3. X-Rays/CT Lecture 1 (9/21/06)
  4. X-Rays/CT Lecture 2 (9/26/06)
  5. X-Rays/CT Lecture 3 (9/28/06)
  6. X-Rays/CT Lecture 4 (10/03/06)
  7. CT/Fourier Lecture 1 (10/05/06 & 10/10/06)
  8. CT/Fourier Lecture 2 (10/10/06 & 10/12/06)
  9. CT/Fourier Lecture 3 (10/12/06 & 10/17/06)
  10. CT/Fourier Lecture 4 (10/17/06 & 10/19/06)
  11. Ultrasound Lecture 1 (10/19/06)
  12. Ultrasound Lecture 2 (10/23/06 & 11/2/06)
  13. Ultrasound Lecture 3 (11/2/06)
  14. MRI Lecture 1 (11/7/06 & 11/9/06)(corrected on 11/8/06)
  15. MRI Lecture 2 (11/14/06)
  16. MRI Lecture 3 (11/16/06)
  17. MRI Lecture 3a (11/16/06)
  18. MRI Lecture 4 (11/20/06)
  19. MRI Lecture 5 (11/28/06)
  20. MRI Lecture 6 (11/30/06)

Related Links:

  1. Convolution Website
  2. Duke Virtual Imaging Lab
  3. On-line Medical Imaging Resources by P. Sprawls
  4. Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging by Kak and Slaney
  5. The Basics of NMR by Joseph Hornak (an animated on-line book).
  6. MRI Educational Links
  7. MRI Tutorials and Q&A
  8. MRI Artifacts

Related Classes on the Web:

  1. SOM276A-C fMRI Courses in the UCSD School of Medicine
  2. COGSCI 276 NeuroImaging (taught by M. Sereno at UCSD)
  3. BME530 Medical Imaging Systems (taught by W. Block at Univ. Wisconsin Madison)
  4. BME516 Medical Imaging Systems (taught by D. Noll at Univ. Michigan )
  5. EE369C Medical Image Reconstruction (taught by J. Pauly at Stanford)
  6. EE591 MRI (taught by K. Nayak at USC)
  7. BE248 MRI (taught by M. Tyszka at Caltech)
  8. 22.058 Principles of Medical Imaging (taught by D. Cory at MIT )