EECS 516 Syllabus (Tentative!)

Subject				Source Material		Lectures
				(PL=Prince & Links)
			(+ lecture notes for most topics)

Introduction			PL 1			1

Review				PL 2, JF 1		2
	Linear Systems
	Probability / Random Processes (?)

Ultrasound			PL 10,11		6
	Basic 2-D Image Principles
	What causes echoes? (Brief)
	What determines resolution?
	Huygens principle and diffraction
	Lens viewed as propagation delay
	Parabolic approx. and diffraction
	Spatial sampling of an aperture
	Time delay accuracy
	Beam former architecture (Brief)
	Imperfect wave propagation (Brief)
	Real-time image formation
	Speckle Noise
	Electronic Noise
	Speckle Reduction

Ultrasound computer project

MRI				Nishimura 3-7, 9.2.3	6
				PL 12,13
	Nuclear spins
	Bloch equations
	Spin dynamics
	90° and 180° pulses
	Time evolution of spins in transverse plane
	Governing equation of NMR imaging
	Gradients and 1-D Imaging
	Pulsed gradients and spin-warp principle
	Full 2-D and 3-D Imaging
	Contrast (Brief)
	Noise

MRI computer project

Physics of Projection Rad.	PL 4			3
Radiography Resolution/Noise	PL 5			3

X-Ray Computed Tomography	PL 6			4

Tomography computer project

Nuclear Medicine		PL 7,8,9		2

Cumulative Final Exam, with somewhat more emphasis on
Radiography/Tomography/Nuclear Medicine (PL 4-9)