Degree in Health Engineering La Salle Campus Barcelona

Bachelor in Health Engineering

Lead the biomedical engineering that will define the medicine of the future

Medical Image Processing

Description
This course introduces the fundamental principles of digital image processing with a strong focus on medical imaging modalities. It combines theoretical content with extensive practical work using Python. Students learn how medical images are acquired, processed, and analyzed, and apply these concepts to real-world problems.
Type Subject
Tercer - Obligatoria
Semester
First
Course
3
Credits
6.00
Previous Knowledge

Basic knowledge of mathematics, programming, and digital signal/image processing. Familiarity with Python is recommended.

Objectives

Students acquire the knowledge and develop the skills indicated below:
1. Understand the concepts of basic digital image formation, acquisition and processing in the spatial and frequency domains.
2. Understand the different modalities of medical imaging.
3. Understand the processes of extracting features from an image to perform segmentation, detection and classification processes.
4. Understand and know how to apply the fundamental tools to process medical images.

Contents

1. Introduction to medical image processing
2. Image enhancement and restoration
3. Image segmentation (2D and 3D)
4. Image registration (2D and 3D)
5. Introduction to machine learning
6. Introduction to deep learning

Methodology

The subject is taught following a theoretical-practical methodology. Practical exercises will be proposed during the development of the topics, which will allow the concepts presented in these topics to be put into practice.
In addition, group practices will be carried out in which image processing challenges will be posed and solved following a hackathon approach .

Evaluation

Theory: midterm and final exam.
Practice: lab sessions and an interview.

Evaluation Criteria

Theory and practice must be passed independently (?5)
Theory: 70% final exam, 30% midterm
Practice: 50% lab work, 50% interview

Basic Bibliography

Gonzalez & Woods ? Digital Image Processing
Dougherty ? Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications
Bankman ? Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis

Additional Material

Optional online resources and image-processing repositories.