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BIOIMG101x
INTRODUCTIONTOBIOMEDICALIMAGING
CourseSyllabus
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TableofContents
Contents
1.0WhatisthisBiomedicalImagingcourseabout? 3
2.0Whoistheaudienceforthiscourse? 3
3.0Whataretheexpectedlearningoutcomes? 3
4.0Whatisthelearningpathwayforthecourse? 4
5.0Howisthecoursecontentorganised? 5
6.0Approximatelyhowlongwillittaketocompletethecourse? 7
7.0HowdoInavigatethroughthecourse? 7
1.0 WhatisthisBiomedicalImagingcourseabout?
Imagingtechnologiesformasignificantcomponentofthehealthbudgetsofalldeveloped
economies,andmostpeopleneedadvancedimagingatsomestageduringtheirlife.Allofus
areawareofthemisinformationsometimesportrayedinTVdramas,whicheitherexaggerates
thebenefitsoroveremphasisestherisks.Thiscoursewillprovideanintroductiontothephysics
andengineeringofmodernimagingmodalities.Itwillintroducesomeofthekeyapplicationsin
neurologicaldisease,degenerativedisease,reproductionandoncology.Thecoursewillinclude
modulesthatwillbeofinteresttothegeneralpublic,whilstalsoprovidingsomeadvanced
moduleswhichwillcontributetoprofessionaldevelopmentinhealth,engineeringandtheIT
industry.
2.0Whoistheaudienceforthiscourse?
Thiscourseisdesignedwithtwoaudiencesinmind.
1. Thebasiccourse:Itisanticipatedthatthisaudiencewillhavecompletedsecondary
schooling(andparticularlysciencesubjects)assomebiology,physicsandchemistry
conceptsareinvolved.
2. Theadvancedcourse:Firsttertiaryyearofappliedmathematicsorcomputerscience
specialisinginmodellingisrecommended.Healthprofessionalswishingtoupdatetheir
knowledgeconcerningmedicalimagingpostprocessingmaywishtotakethiscourseas
partoftheircontinuingprofessionaldevelopmentprogram.
3.0Whataretheexpectedlearningoutcomes?
Oncompletionofthebasiccourse,youshould:
Recognisethatthereisaneedfordifferentimagingmodalities
Understandthebasicprinciplesofeachmodality
Understandtheterminologyofbiomedicalimaging
Understandthepatientexperienceandwhythingshappenduringtheimaging
procedure
Selectthemostsuitablemodalityforagivenclinicalcase
Providebasicadviceonimagingmodalitiestoyourpeers
Additionally,theadvancedcoursewillensurethatyouhavea:
Basicunderstandinghowanimageisreconstructed/visualised.OR
Youunderstandtheprinciplesofimagepostprocessing
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4.0Whatisthelearningpathwayforthecourse?
Thefollowingdiagramshowshowthecourseisdesigned.Itisrecommendedthatifyouare
doingthebasiccoursethenyouworkthroughtheintroduction,thebasicmodules(coloured
blue)andthencompletethecasestudiesinthefinalmodule.
Ifyouintendtodotheadvancedcourse,youarewelcometocompletethebasiccourseand
thencompletetheadvancedsections.Alternatively,youcancompletejusttheassessment
piecesfromthebasiccoursetotestyourunderstandingofthetopics,andthencompletethe
relatedadvancedmodules.
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5.0Howisthecoursecontentorganised?
ThiscourseincorporatesaCaseStudywhichisintroducedatthestartofeachsection(an
outlineofthesectionsandsubsectionsisshowninthetablebelow).Thiscasestudyfollowsa
hypotheticalpatientrequiredtoundergovariousimagingmodalitiesforamedicalcondition.
Followingthecasestudy,eachsectionhasinformationrelevanttothatmodalitydividedinto
subsectiontopicssuchasbasicscientificprinciples,hardwareandtechnologyandclinical
applications.Theseearlysubsectionsformthebasiccourse.Eachsubsectionhasoneor
severalshortquiz/zes.Thesequizzesdonotcontributetoyourfinalgrade,butletyouknowif
youhaveunderstoodthekeypoints.Thefinalsubsectionforeachsectionofthebasiccourseis
amarkedquizonthattopic.
Theadvancedsubsectionisthenpresentedjustaftertheassessmentitem,foreachsection.
Finally,adiscussionforumhasbeenintegratedattheendofeachsection.
Thistableprovidesasummaryofthecoursesectionsandsubsections.
Assessment2(18%)
Advanced:
AdvancedcourseCT
Discussion
4and5 Episode3:Ultrasound
(U/S)
Casestudy
Basicscientificprinciples
Technology
Clinicalapplications
Assessment3(18%)
Advanced:
AdvancedcourseU/S
Discussion
6and7 Episode4:Magnetic
ResonanceImaging
(MRI)
Casestudy
BasicprinciplesNuclearSpin
BasicprinciplestheMRSignal
BasicprinciplesRelaxation
BasicprinciplesSpatialencoding
BasicprinciplesContrast
MRTechnology
Clinicalapplications
Assessment4(18%)
Advanced:
AdvancedcourseMRI
Discussion
8and9 Episode5:PETand
SPECT
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Casestudy
Basicprinciples
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Assessment5(18%)
Advanced:
AdvancedcourseCT
Discussion
10. AssessmentScenarios
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Finalassessment(10%)
Note!Tocompletethebasiccourseyoumustalsocompletethefinalsection(Week10
AssessmentScenarios)whichinvolvesreviewing2casestudies/scenariosandanswering
questionsrelatedtoimagingmodalitiesofrelevance.
6.0Approximatelyhowlongwillittaketocompletethecourse?
Asyoucanseefromthetable,someofthetopicsrunacrossmorethan1week.Forthebasic
course,oneweekofworkinvolvesapproximately23hoursofwork.Therefore,forthe
ultrasoundtopic,forexample,youwillneedtoallow46hourstocomplete.
Ifyouaredoingtheadvancedcourse,estimatesforhowlongthiswilltakewilldependon
whetherornotyoualsocompletethebasiccoursecontent.
7.0HowdoInavigatethroughthecourse?
WhenyoufirstgotothecourseyouwilllandinCourseInfoarea,whereyouwillsee
announcements,courseupdatesetc.Thisareaalsocontainslinkstothesyllabus(this
document)andgeneralinformationaboutdoingedXcourses.Thereareseveralothertabs
acrossthetopofthepage:
Progress:Thistabshowsyourprogressandgradesforallcompletedsectionsofthecourse.
Courseware:Thisareaholdsthecoursecontentvideos,lectures,assessmentsetc.Youshould
generallyworkthroughthecourseintheorderinwhichitispresented.Thesectionsarelisted
inthelefthandnavigationbarandwhenyouclickononeofthesethenthesubsectionswillbe
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Tip!Itcanbeeasytomisssomeofthecontentifyourpreviousexperienceoflearning
platformsusesnavigationfromthesidebar.IntheedXenvironmentyouneedtonavigateusing
boththeleftsidebarandthebaratthetopofthepage.
ThereisavideotutorialdemonstratinghowtousetheedXplatforminthesectioncalled
IntroductiontoBiomedicalImaging.Ifyouneedadditionalhelp,theedXDemocoursegoesinto
moredepthonhowtousetheplatform.
8.0Whataretheassessmentandcompletionrequirementsforthis
course?
Basiccourse:
Pleasenotethatonlythebasiccourseisevaluated,asfollows
5quizzes(oneforeachepisode)worth18%each.
2assessmentscenariosattheendofthecourse(inweek10)worth5%each.
Thepassmarkis50%.Inordertoreceiveacertificate,allassignmentshavetobecompleted
within3weeksoftheendofthecourse.Theduebydatesaredisplayedunderthe
Assessmentsubsectiontitlesontheleftnavigationpane.