BMES 5464-0

Brief

Introduce basic principles of diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems. Clinical applications, design considerations and recent progress in the ultrasound industry will also be discussed.

Description

Course keywords: 醫用超音波 (medical ultrasound), 成像 (beam forming), 法規 (regulation), 聲學物理 (acoustic physics) objective: Introduce basic principles of diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems. Clinical applications, design considerations and recent progress in the ultrasound industry will also be discussed. Textbook: 1. Class notes. 2. “Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out” by Thomas L. Szabo, Elsevier Academic Press, 2004. Prerequisites: Mathematics Topics: 1. Overview of Diagnostic Ultrasonic Imaging Systems. 2. Acoustic Wave Propagation. 3. Scattering, Attenuation and Speckle. 4. Transducers - Generation and Detection of Ultrasound. 5. Diffraction and Beam Formation Using Arrays. 6. Real-Time Image Formation. 7. Contrast Resolution. 8. Color and Spectral Doppler. 9. Doppler Ambiguity Function. 10. Ultrasound Contrast Agents. Grading: 40% Computer Homework (Matlab Programming) and Experiments 30% Written Exam 1 (open book) 30% Written Exam 2 (open book) Instructor: 葉秩光PhD (BMES-421, E-mail: ckyeh@mx.nthu.edu.tw) Teaching Assistant: TBD Office Hour: Thur 14:00 - 17:00 or by appointment

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Scores

Average Percentage 88.85

Std. Deviation 9.47

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Compulsory

Elective

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