134.204 Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2017W, VO, 2.0h, 3.0EC

Properties

Semester hours: 2.0
Credits: 3.0
Type: VO Lecture

Aim of course

Students will be given an overview of the physical basics of imaging methods used in nuclear medicine (SPECT, PET, PET/CT, PET/NMR)

Subject of course

The lecture will be organised in five parts and should serve as an introduction to the most important aspects of imaging in nuclear medicine.
The following topics will be discussed in detail:

Part 1: Basic physics

Brief introduction to nuclear physics
Introduction to radionuclide production
Interaction of radiation (photons) with matter

Part 2: Radiation measurement

Overview of commonly used detectors
Pulse-height spectroscopy
Basic principle of imaging in nuclear medicine

Part 3: The gamma camera

Principle and function of a gamma camera
Properties of a gamma camera

Part 4: Tomography in nuclear medicine

Introduction to single photon emission computed tomography - SPECT
Introduction to image reconstruction methods in nuclear medicine (principle of back projection and iterative reconstruction)

Part 5: Positron emission tomography - PET

Introduction to the physics of PET
Time-of-flight PET/CT (TOF-PET/CT)
Data organisation in PET (sinogram etc.)
Overview of systems commercially available (TOF-PET/CT, PET/NMR)

Lecturers

Hirtl, Albert

Institute

E134 Institute of Applied Physics

Course dates

Day	Time	Date	Location	Description
Mon	12:00 - 14:00	02.10.2017 - 22.01.2018	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Thu	15:00 - 16:00	05.10.2017	FH Hörsaal 5 - TPH	Vorbesprechung HIRTL

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Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles - Single appointments

Day	Date	Time	Location	Description
Mon	02.10.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Thu	05.10.2017	15:00 - 16:00	FH Hörsaal 5 - TPH	Vorbesprechung HIRTL
Mon	09.10.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	16.10.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	23.10.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	30.10.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	06.11.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	13.11.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	20.11.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	27.11.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	04.12.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	11.12.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	18.12.2017	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	08.01.2018	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	15.01.2018	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles
Mon	22.01.2018	12:00 - 14:00	Sem.R. DB gelb 05 A	134204 VO Functional Imaging Technology and Devices - Physical Principles

Examination modalities

Oral examination

Course registration

Begin	End	Deregistration end
06.10.2017 00:00	04.02.2018 00:00

Registration modalities

Dear Colleagues,

The handouts will be available for registered students only.

Best regards,
Albert Hirtl

Curricula

Study Code	Obligation	Semester	Precon.	Info
066 453 Biomedical Engineering	Mandatory elective
066 461 Technical Physics	Mandatory elective

Literature

Handouts will be available for download after course registration (PDF of the LaTeX-beamer presentation)

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Previous knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics

Language

English