Information Package / Course Catalogue
Medical Imaging Techniques in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Course Code: EEE666
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to provide knowledge and skills for learning modern medical imaging techniques and researching current developments.

Course Content

Human and medical imaging systems, ECG, EEG, EMG measurement systems, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, radiology and modern medical imaging techniques: X-rays, Computed tomography (CT), Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), ultrasound (US) imaging (Sonogram), other imaging techniques, image processing.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Coşkun DENİZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns the physical nature of medical imaging techniques commonly used in today's modern medicine
2.Learns the working principles and engineering designs of CT, NMRI, USG and other medical imaging techniques widely used in today's modern medicine.
3.Can understand the technical content of images obtained with medical imaging techniques commonly used in today's modern medicine and can extract their radiomic features with image processing techniques.
4.Günümüz modern tıbbında yaygın olarak kullanılan tıbbi görüntüleme tekniklerindeki gelişmeleri takip edebilir ve etkin şekilde sunabilir.
5.Can effectively present and discuss the results of her/his research at an academic level.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.John G. Webster, Medical Instrumentation – Application and Design, 4th Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2009
2..L. E. Romance, Computed Tomography for Technologists-A comprehensive text, Kluwer, 2011.
3.C. Kak and M. Slaney, Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging, IEEE, 1988.
4.E. Samei, N. J. Pelc, Computed Tomography- Approaches, Applications, and Operations, Springer, 2020.
5.T. M. Buzug, Computed Tomography-From Photon Statistics to Modern Cone-Beam CT, Springer, 2008.
6.S. C. Bushong and G. Clarke, Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Physical and biological principles, 4th ed., Elsevier, 2015.
7.P. Sprawls, Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Principles, methods, and techniques, Medical Physics Publishing Corporation (Emory Libraries-Open Emory), 2000.
8.Lecturer's lecture notes, codes, and other resources
9.Scientific articles and internet resources
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction: Human–Medical imaging system
Week 2 - Theoretical
Biomedical signals and related physical quantities
Week 3 - Theoretical
Physics of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, X-rays, Beer-Lambert law
Week 4 - Theoretical
Radiology and modern medical imaging techniques, Computed Tomography (CT) scanning, CT generations
Week 5 - Theoretical
Pencil beam approach in CT, Radon transform, Fourier section theorem and obtaining sinogram
Week 6 - Theoretical
Image reconstruction algorithms in Computed Tomography (CT)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Nuclear radiation, Larmor frequency and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NMRI)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Review-Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
T1W, T2W, DW sequences, TE, TR concepts and obtaining NMR images-Article presentations (No:1)
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ultrasound (US) physics and US imaging (USG: Ultrasonography), doppler USG
Week 11 - Theoretical
DICOM files, medical image processing and medical image databases
Week 12 - Theoretical
Article presentations (No: 3) and discussion
Week 13 - Theoretical
Article presentations (No: 4,5) and discussion
Week 14 - Theoretical
Project presentations (2 projects will be done per student, Python programming language will be used)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment5%30
Project2%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Assignment55340
Project229262
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026