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Important Information About EE 4005: Introduction to Biomedical Imaging
Dear Engineering Students;
I am writing to inform you about the course that I will be offering this semester, EE 4005: Introduction to Biomedical Imaging.
The way we learn has changed significantly over the past two decades, and online learning has become an important part of university education. Inspired by this shift, EE 4005 will be based primarily on online course materials developed by EPFL and hosted on the EPFL Courseware platform. The aim of EE 4005 is to introduce you to and motivate you to learn about biomedical imaging, an important interdisciplinary field combining engineering, physics, biology, and medicine. Biomedical imaging plays a central role in the early detection, diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of many diseases, including cancer. In many cases, earlier and more accurate detection through biomedical imaging can significantly improve treatment decisions and patient outcomes.
Due to my research activities at PSI (Switzerland), during the 14-week semester I am usually in Antalya for only 4-5 weeks. Hence, we will not have regular face-to-face classes, except during the weeks when I am on campus. During this course, you will therefore be learning most of the topics yourselves by studying the following online course on biomedical imaging:
Fundamentals of Biomedical Imaging: Ultrasounds, X-ray, positron emission tomography (PET) and applications, by EPFL
https://courseware.epfl.ch/courses/course-v1%3AEPFL%2BPHYS438%2B2019_1/about
Hence, EE 4005 will mostly be a self-learning course, and my role will be supervision, grading, and motivation tracking. The topics that we will cover include X-ray, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, positron emission tomography (PET). You will have the chance to learn most of the course content anytime from anywhere. There will be no regular weekly lectures, but we will have face-to-face sessions during the weeks when I am on campus.
There will be one midterm exam and a final exam to test your level of learning. The exams will test your level of effort and will include general simple questions as well as moderate questions that will test your theoretical and physical understanding of the imaging modalities (check the corse web page for sample questions from earleir years).
The course is suitable for interested sophomore, junior, and senior-level engineering and science students from all areas. Phys 102 is the only prerequisite for this course.
Best
Umit Demirbas
PS 1: You can take EE 4005, even if the course hours conflict with other courses (consent of the instructor of the conflicting course is also required). Some of the exams will be face-to-face (during class time), and you are required to attend the exams.
PS2: All the announcements for the course will be made on the course web page (please check the page weekly):
https://sites.google.com/site/antalyalaserlab/ee-4005
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• Week 1: Introduction to the course, importance, and essential elements of bio-imaging (Section 1)
• Week 2 (UD): Ultrasound imaging; ionizing radiation and its generation (Section 2)
• Week 3: Ultrasound imaging; ionizing radiation and its generation (Section 2)
• Week 4: Review Sections 1-2
• Week 5: X-ray imaging - when the photon bumps into living tissue, radioprotection primer (Section 3)
• Week 6: Computed tomography - From projection to image (Section 4)
• Week 7: Review Sections 1-4
• Week 8: Midterms Week (ours will be one week later to minimize conflict)
• Week 9 (UD): Midterm (Sections 1-4), Nov 13 (9:30-11)
• Week 10: Emission tomography - what are tracers and how to trace them in your body, x-ray detection (Section 5)
• Week 11: Positron emission tomography (PET) - imaging anti-matter annihilation (Section 6)
• Week 12: Review Sections 5 & 6
• Week 13: Tracer kinetics - modeling of imaging data (Section 7)
• Week 14 (UD): Review Sections 5-7
• Week 15 (UD): Final Exam (cumulative but focused on Sections 5-7), Dec 25 (9:30-11)