course-details-portlet

MEDT4160

Medical Ultrasound Imaging

Choose study year

This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Wave equation for acoustic fields. Solution in one and three dimensions. Approximations for long wavelengths (Poisson's equation) and short wave lengths (ray theory). Ultrasound transducers and beam forming. Scattering of ultrasound from soft tissue. Modelling of ultrasound imaging. The Doppler effect from moving scatterers. Measurement and imaging of blood velocities and contraction in the heart muscle. Wave equation for electromagnetic (EM) fields. Fields from active biological EM sources like neuro and muscle cells. Determination of sources from field measurements (Inverse problem). Optical measurements and imaging. X-Ray computer tomography. Magnetic resonance imaging of soft tissue.

Learning outcome

The course will provide a foundational understanding of physical phenomena, mathematical modelling, and algorithms used in medical imaging.

Learning methods and activities

Semester-based lectures through the whole semester. Lecture, calculation exercises, demonstrations.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

For re-sit examinations, the written examination must be completed over again. Postponed/repeated exams may be oral, and are arranged in spring.

Course materials

Announced at the beginning of the course.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TTK4160 7.5 sp Autumn 2017
MEDT4161 5 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Other pages about the course

Subject areas

  • General Physics
  • Medical Technology
  • Medical Physics
  • Medical Computer Science
  • Signal Processing
  • Biophysics and Medical Technology
  • Engineering Cybernetics
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Imaging Technologies
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging