2023 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Information and Communications Engineering Graduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Medical Imaging Systems
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Kentaro Nakamura / Marie Tabaru / Takashi Obi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.H421
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Medical system is essential for our health and lives. Especially, medical imaging system which can create non-invasively images of inside our bodies is remarkable. In this course, you will learn about ultrasound, X-ray, X-ray CT, MRI, PET, and OCT. Fundamental skills about medical imaging system, elemental technical, clinical applications will be obtained.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Acquire knowledge related to the fundamentals of the medical imaging systems.
2) Acquire knowledge related to the practical use and application of the medical imaging system and ability to identify challenges.
Keywords
MRI, Radiography, X-ray CT, Gamma Camera, SPECT, PET
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Every class has a lecture. After attending the class, students are expected to review the contents of the class. Attendance is taken in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction and basics of X-ray modality | Understand the principle of the parts of the X-ray imaging system and to explain the X-ray imaging method. |
| Class 2 | Basics of medical ultrasonic instrument | Understand the medical ultrasound imaging system and explain elemental technologies used there. |
| Class 3 | Computed Tomography | Understanding the device configuration of X-ray CT and be able to explain its basic principle of X-ray CT. |
| Class 4 | Nuclear Imaging | Understand and explain the the basic principles of Gammma camera, SPECT and PET. |
| Class 5 | Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer | Understanding basic knowledge on piezoelectric effect and ultrasound physics. |
| Class 6 | Ultrasonic array transducer and high intensity ultrasound | Understanding characteristics of beam profile in ultrasonic transducer as well as high intensity ultrasonic field. |
| Class 7 | Optical coherence tomography and other optical methods | Understanding basic principles of optical coherence tomography and other optical methods. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in class can be found on T2SCHOLA.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed on their understanding of the medical imaging modarities and those clinical usage.
Students’ course scores are based on class reports (50%) and final report (50%).
Related courses
- ICT.H504 ： Medical Image Processing
Prerequisites
This course is scheduled to be discontinued this year (2023) and is not open to undergraduate students.
In addition, students enrolled in this course cannot declare Medical Image Engineering (a course integrating medical imaging system and medical image processing), which will be offered starting in 2024.
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance
Other
This lecture will be an intensive course, scheduled for early February.