BME 527: Medical Imaging Integration
Lecturers: Liu & Huang
Textbook: Huang “PACS and Imaging Informatics” 2nd Edition, Wiley & Sons, 2010
BME 527 Fall 2013 Outline
Lecture 1: Course Introduction: Overview and Outline Introduction
- Medical images
- Clinical System Fundamentals
- Introduction to Radiology Workflow
Lecture 2: Medical Imaging Fundamentals
- Image Quality
- Spatial and Frequency Domains
- Image Transformation
Lecture 3: Imaging Informatics of Modality Systems:
- Projection Radiography: CR, DR Mammography
Lecture 4: Imaging Informatics of Modality Systems:
- Sectional Imaging: CT, MR, US, NM/PET/SPECT
*Special Guest Lecture: Biomedical Imaging, PACS, and Imaging Informatics - Past, Now, and Future
Lecture 5: Medical Image Compression
- Lossless
- Lossy
- Cosine Transform
- Wavelet Transform
Lecture 6: Health Care Information Industrial Standards & Workflow Protocols
- DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine)
- HL - 7 (Health Level 7)
- IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise)
Lecture 7: Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Overview
- Concept
- Components
- Data Flow
Lecture 8: System Gateways:
- Image Acquisition Gateway
- Healthcare Data Gateway
Midterm Examination
Lecture 9: Display Workstation:
- Components
- Types
- Functions
- GUI
Lecture 10: PACS Controller and Archive Server
- Components
- Software Design
- Data Flow
- Fault-Tolerance
Lecture 11: Communication Networks
- LAN and WAN, Internet and Intranet
- TCP/IP Protocols
- Internet 2
- PACS Networks
- Teleradiology Networks
Lecture 12: Implementation of PACS in a Clinical Environment
- PACS Acceptance Testing Design & Implementation
Lecture 13:Special Group Seminar:
- A Clinical IT Perspective
Lecture 14:Introduction to Telemedicine and Teleradiology
- Components
- Trade-off Parameters
- Operation
- Radiology & Clinical Impact
Integration of HIS, RIS, PACS, and ePR
- HIS: Hospital Information System
- RIS: Radiology Information System
- ePR: electronic Patient Record
