Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction to biomedical imaging
2	General image characteristics
3	X-rays, X-ray film, instrumentation
4	CT, instrumentation, Fourier slice theorem, image reconstruction
5	Nuclear medicine, radioactivity, technetium generator, use of technetium
6	Gamma camera, SPECT, PET, instrumentation
7	Image reconstruction, clinical applications
8	Midterm exam
9	Ultrasound, wave propagation and acoustic impedance, instrumentation
10	US imaging characteristics, scanning methods and modes, Doppler USI
11	MR imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance, Larmor frequency, relaxation
12	Slice selection, phase/frequency encoding, imaging sequences, functional MRI
13	Project presentations
14	Project presentations