Fall 2012 Syllabus

BME-6505
ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
COURSE SYLLABUS FALL 2012
INSTRUCTORS:
TEXTBOOK:
LECTURES:
Manuel Arreola, Ph.D. and Lynn Rill, Ph.D. Division of Clinical
Radiological Physics, Department of Radiology
The Essential Physics of Medical Imaging, 2 nd Edition, by Bushberg, Seibert,
Leidholdt Jr. and Boone. Lippincot, Williams & Wilkins Publishers, Baltimore,
MD (2001).
Time: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Location: Room G102 (Small Conference Room), Radiology Department,
Shands Hospital at UF.
Alternate Location: Room G101 (Large Conference Room), designated LCR
on schedule
DATE TOPIC BOOK BY
CHAPTER
08/23/2012 Syllabus distribution MA
08/28/2012 Sound Waves: Generation, Propagation and 16 LR
Interactions in Tissues
08/30/2012 Ultrasound Transducers: Piezoelectric Crystals 16 LR
and Arrays
09/04/2012 Physics of Pulsed Ultrasound 16 LR
09/06/2012 Ultrasound Image Formation 16 LR
09/11/2012 Image Quality in Ultrasound and Quality
16 LR
Control
09/13/2012 Doppler and Vascular Ultrasound, Ultrasound 16 LR
Artifacts
09/18/2012 Ultrasound Image Quality Demonstration 16 TBA
09/20/2012 MID-TERM I (2-4pm) Room CG-58
09/25/2012 NMR I: Nuclear Spins: Simple Quantum 14 MA
mechanical resonance Theory
09/27/2012 NMR II: Macroscopic Magnetization and 14 MA
Equations of Motion
10/02/2012 NMR III: Bloch’s Equations / Spin-Lattice and 14 MA
Spin-Spin Relaxation Processes
10/04/2012 NMR IV: Relaxation Times T1 and T2 and 14 MA
their Measurement
10/09/2012 NMR V: Induction and Collection of MR 14 MA
Signals
10/11/2012 MRI I: The Basic Spin-Echo Sequence/MR 14 MA
Tissue Contrast
10/16/2012 MID-TERM II (2-4pm) Room CG-58
10/18/2012 No Class

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10/23/2012 MRI II: Field Gradients, Selective Excitation 15 MA
and Frequency Encoding of MRI Signals
10/25/2012 MRI III: Phase Encoding of MRI Signals / K- 15 MA
Space
10/30/2012 MRI IV: 2D and 3D Fourier Transforms and 15 MA
Image Reconstruction
11/01/2012 MRI V: GRE, IR and Preparation/Saturation 15 MA
Sequences
11/06/2012 Advanced Imaging Techniques I: MRI Tensor 15 MA
Diffusion-Weighed Imaging
11/08/2012 MRI VI: Instrumentation, Biological Effects
and Safety
15 MA/
MEB
11/13/2012 Advanced Imaging Techniques II: CT Brain
MA
Perfusion
11/15/2012 MID-TERM III (2-4pm) Room CG-sm
11/20/2012 Special Topics in Imaging and Healthcare I MA
11/22/2012 No Class -Thanksgiving
11/27/2012 No Class - RSNA
11/29/2012 Special Topics II MA
12/4/2012 Special Topics III MA
12/6/2012 In class presentation of Special Topics project MA
Policies:
1. Examinations: There will be three (3) mid-term examinations (1½ hour long). All
tests will be computer based, and will take place in the Medical School Testing
Center, room CG-28, Communicore Building . All material covered (book chapters,
reading assignments, lecture notes) is considered as eligible material for exams,
project reports and presentations.
2. Projects and Presentations: There will be individual special topics projects assigned
on 11/20/2012. A Powerpoint project presentation and accompanying written report
will take place during the last class period 12/6/2012.
3. Course grade will be calculated as follows:
Computerized Exams (3 equally weighted): 75%
Final Written Project: 20%
Project presentation 5%
4. Grading Scale: (93-100 A, 90-92 A-, 86-89 B+, 83-85 B, 80-82 B-, 76-79 C+, 73-75
C, 70-72 C-) Grades will be curved.
5. Office Hours: by appointment
6. Academic Honesty: All students are required to abide by the University’s honesty
policy as published in UF Rule 6Cl-4.0l7. Students should be familiar with the entire

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rule which can be reviewed at: http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/Rules/4017.htm and
specifically addresses cheating;
Cheating -- the improper taking or tendering of any information or material which
shall be used to determine academic credit. Taking of information includes, but is not
limited to, copying graded homework assignments from another student; working
together with another individual(s) on a take-home test or homework when not
specifically permitted by the teacher; looking or attempting to look at another
student's paper during an examination; looking or attempting to look at text or notes
during an examination when not permitted. Tendering of information includes, but is
not limited to, giving your work to another student to be used or copied; giving
someone answers to exam questions either when the exam is being given or after
having taken an exam; giving or selling a term paper or other written materials to
another student; sharing information on a graded assignment.
7. Class Attendance: Students are expected to attend each class period. Periods which
may be missed should be brought to the attention of the Instructor as far in advance of
the class period as possible. In the event of an unexcused absence, it is the student’s
responsibility to obtain and review the material that was covered during that class
period.
8. Make-up Assignments: Make-up assignments will only be considered for
exceptional circumstances and will be implemented by the instructor on a case-bycase
basis.
9. Class Demeanor: Class distractions such as cell phones and pagers are unacceptable.
Students will ensure that any such devices that are brought into the classroom will be
turned off, or operated in a silent mode, during the class period.
10. Students with Disabilities: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first
register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide
documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the
Instructor when requesting accommodation.