Duration
25h Th, 5h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Radiation interactions - biological material
Introduction to radiology, nuclear medicine and tomography reconstruction techniques used by these medical imaging modalities and a practical teaching on digital images.
Introduction to radiology, nuclear medicine and tomography techniques used by these medical imaging modalities as well as a practical teaching on digital images.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
describe and explain the physics of radiobiology;
describe and explain the physics and some technological issues of radiology and nuclear medicine;
describe the mathematical problem of tomography reconstruction and to explain some of the methods to solve this problem;
use a basic processing software of numerical medical images.
Please, see the individual components for more details.
At the end of the course the student will be able
- to describe and explain the physics of conventionnal radiology (analogic or digital images),
- to describe and explain the physics of CT-scan,
- to describe and explain the basics of dosimetry in CT-scan,
- to describe and explain the physics of in-vivo diagnostic nuclear medicine (scintigraphy and positron emission tomography),
- to describe and explain the mathematics of the problem of tomography reconstruction and of the backprojection,
- to use a software of medical image processing.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
See the individual components.
Physics of collisions. Kinematics.
Courses PHYS0093 & PHYS2009 of Bachelor in physical sciences or equivalent courses.
Courses PHYS0093 & PHYS2009 of Bachelor in physical sciences or equivalent courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
See the individual components.
Theoretical course illustrated by examples.
Mainly theoretical course. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Mainly theoretical course. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
See the individual components.
In summary,
A) 10 hours of classes over 2.5 days;
C) Face-to-face. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Face-to-face. Practice with digital images is self-learning.
Recommended or required readings
See the individual components.
In summary,
A) Slides will be available for students.
C) Text documents and slides are downloadable (eCampus). A textbook covering the tomography reconstruction is a strongly recommanded lecture (available at the Presses Universitaires de Liège).
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
Text documents and slides are downloadable (myULiège).
The section devoted to tomography reconstruction is based on the book (in french) "Reconstruction tomographique: première approche" by A. Seret et M. Defrise (2014) published at the Presses Universitaires de Liège.
Assessment methods and criteria
All assessments are in french, see french version.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Additional information:
In french, see the french version.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course makes use of eCampus. The access to a computer (PC or Mac) is mandatory for the practice with digital images.
The access to a computer (PC or Mac) is mandatory for the practice with digital images.
Contacts
Coordinator : Alain SERET
Phone: +32-4-3663705 - E-mail: aseret@ulg.ac.be
Institute of Physics, B5 - Quartier Agora -
Allée du six Aout 19 - Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège - BELGIUM.
See the individual components for the contact data of the two teachers.
Alain SERET - Phone: +32-4-3663705 - E-mail: aseret@uliege.be
Université de Liège - Institute of Physics B5a
Quartier Agora - Allée du Six Aout 19 - Sart Tilman - 4000 Liège - BELGIUM.