CT Physics and Instrumentation
How a CT scanner acquires and reconstructs cross-sectional images, and what controls image quality.
MRI-130 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Medical Imaging
Course content
- 1How CT worksComing
- 2CT generations and the modern scannerComing
- 3The x-ray tube and detectors in CTComing
- 4Helical and multislice scanningComing
- 5Pitch, collimation and slice thicknessComing
- 6Hounsfield units and attenuationComing
- 7Image reconstruction: filtered back projectionComing
- 8Iterative and deep learning reconstructionComing
- 9Windowing and displayComing
- 10CT image qualityComing
- 11CT artifactsComing
- 12Dual-energy and photon-counting CTComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How a CT scanner acquires and reconstructs cross-sectional images, and what controls image quality.
Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 1.