BME 406Medical Imaging

3 credits · Biomedical Engineering · Penn State

Physical principles and clinical applications of medical imaging methods. BME 406 Medical Imaging (3) This course covers all four major diagnostic medical imaging modalities including x-ray, ultrasound, radioisotope imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. Physical principles, instrumentation, and biomedical applications of these modalities, as well as the basics of imaging signals and image processing will be discussed. Success in this course will require background in physics and electrical circuits, and some experience with Matlab.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

You need one from each line:

CMPSC 200 or CMPSC 201
PHYS 212

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Fall (1 program).

One of the options in (2)

Nuclear Engineering, B.S.
Systems Neuroscience, B.S.