Course Catalogue

Advanced Imaging and Therapy (UESTC) UESTC5004

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

The course will explore the applications of imaging to real life medical challenges and explore in-depth recent advances made in imaging physics.

Timetable

3 hrs of lectures per week 

1hr tutorial

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

Computer Aided Drawing (for coursework element)

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

70% Written Examination

30% Report

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ explore in-depth real life clinical applications of imaging;

■ explain the importance, capabilities and limitations of imaging in diagnostics, treatment planning and monitoring and surgical intervention;

■ describe recent and emerging developments in imaging physics.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of a range of advanced medical imaging techniques, evaluate when they should be applied, and their relevance in the planning and execution of therapy;

2. Explain the physical principles relevant to a range of advanced medical imaging and therapy techniques;

3. Evaluate the utility of various advanced imaging techniques for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment planning and monitoring and surgical intervention;

4. Describe how the integration of more than one imaging techniques may be accomplished and used in treatment planning;

5. Apply the ideas and techniques developed in the lectures to solve problems of imaging co-registration;

6. Discuss ethical, inclusion and societal aspects of medical imaging technology.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions