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BP5505: MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

Image processing and analysis includes many tools and techniques widely used in the field of Medical Imaging. Topics covered in this course include image formation, representation and display; image degradation and restoration; intensity processing; spatial and spectral filtering; image registration and fusion; simple object and shape recognition; segmentation; pattern recognition; image compression; 3D and 4D image rendering.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr George Cameron

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either MSc Medical Physics (Studied) or MSc Medical Imaging (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  • To develop a sound theoretical background in the fundamental techniques used in medical image processing and analysis.
  • To augment this basis by introducing some of the newest and state-of-the-art techniques in this area.
  • To gain experience in applying a range of these techniques to practical problems.

Contact Teaching Time

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Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Coursework 2

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 17
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Learning Outcomes
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Exam

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Coursework 1

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralEvaluateApply and evaluate the results of image analysis and interpretation techniques based on object and shape recognition; segmentation; pattern recognition.
ProceduralAnalyseAnalyse the major methods of image compression and their limitations, and discuss the essential requirements when such techniques are applied in the field of medical imaging.
ProceduralAnalyseSelect and apply appropriate techniques for the iconic processing of medical imagery, including intensity processing; image restoration; spatial and spectral filtering; morphological processing.
ProceduralAnalyseSelect and apply current and state-of-the-art image processing and analysis algorithms.
ConceptualUnderstandDiscuss the basis of image formation, image representation, and image display parameters, and the different sources and causes of image degradation.
 

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