Physics and Engineering Principles of Multi-modality Molecular Imaging of Living Subjects

Physics and Engineering Principles of Multi-modality Molecular Imaging of Living Subjects (RAD 222). Focuses on instruments, algorithms and other technologies for non-invasive imaging of molecular processes of disease in living subjects. Introduces research and clinical molecular imaging modalities, including PET, SPECT, MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Optics, and Photoacoustics. For each modality, lectures cover the basics of the origin and properties of imaging signal generation, instrumentation physics and engineering of signal detection, signal processing, image reconstruction, image data quantification, applications of machine learning, and applications of molecular imaging in medicine and biology. This course is designed for science and engineering students, but medical students are welcome.