Possibilities and limits of measurement technology, especially sensors and imaging systems. Introduction into signal- and imageprocessing. Implications of analog and digital systems, influence of various types of noise. Limits of accuracy and spatial and time resolution. Possible effects on the measured object, e.g. radiation dose.

Signals and Noise . analog and digital signals, transmission lines . various types of noise: nyquist, shot, quantization,... . signal/noise-ratio, information, entropy, bandwidth, throughput . sampling-theorem, time and frequency domain, fourier transform, filtering, convolution, correlation Sensors . chemical and biological ... Imaging systems . direct imaging, image sensors, limits of resolution, noise . scanning system, electron and ion beam, ultrasound, radar, lasers. . tomographic systems Fundametals of control systems . P, PI PID regulators, . control loop, stability