PHYS 5204 [0.5 credit] (PHY 5112)
Physics of Medical Imaging
Physical foundation of and recent developments in transmission X-ray imaging, computerized tomography, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound, for the specialist imaging physicist. Image quality, contrast, resolution, SNR, MTF, DQE. Introduction to image processing, system performance assessment.Prerequisites: PHYS 5203 and PHYS 4203, or permission of the Department.
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