2024-2025 / PHYS3129-1

Medical imaging: physical basis

Duration

22h Th, 4h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in veterinary medicine2 crédits 

Lecturer

Alain Seret

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is mainly an introduction to the physics of in-vivo medical imaging.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

See french version.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Some of the concepts on material and electromagnetic waves and on quantum and nuclear physics studied in the courses Physics II and Physics III.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This learning unit make use of different leraning and teaching activities such as on-line courses, face-to-face courses and practical works. Video documents are projected during the courses. They are full part of the course contents.

See french version for more details.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Further information:

The theoretical course is mainly online. Much more active participation of the students is expected during the few face-to-face courses, the courses dealing with the introduction to digital images and for the practical works.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus


Further information:

The recommanded textbook (in french) is "Imagerie médicale - bases physiques" par A. Seret & M. Hoebeke, 2012 or later edition, Presses Universitaires de Liège.

Laboratory manual is downloadable from eCampus.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam


Further information:

Additional information:

A certificate for medical or other exceptional circumstances (a letter from your parents is not appropriate) can lead to a grade of "excused" (E). The certificate is to be sent directly to the professors of the teaching unit or to the Faculty secretariat ("apparitorat") and following the instructions and the deadline fixed by the Faculty. Your first and last name, and dates of absence must be clearly legible in printed type.

All texts, all lectures and all examinations are in french. Please see the french version of this text.

Work placement(s)

None

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

All texts, all lectures and all examinations are in french. Please see the french version of this text.

Contacts

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.
No answer on the course content by e-mail.

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