Medical Imaging—Graduate Certificate

Imaging and Image Processing

Improve medical diagnostics and therapeutics through biomedical imaging.

Study principles and applications of medical imaging systems and medical image processing techniques. Understand the propagation of radiation in the human body. Gain an appreciation of the design, development, and application of imaging devices for biomedicine. Completion of the requirements for this certification indicates specialization in medical imaging. The average salary for medical imaging jobs varies by position, such as $85,000 per year for a diagnostic imager.

Curriculum

Progress quickly with a compact curriculum.

Work with the program advisor to check your pre-requisite skills.

Required Courses

Take 10 credits.

The 1 credit project may take on various forms depending upon the needs and interests of the student. This is not a thesis. Examples of projects may include literature reviews, participation in a research project, or a work-related project that the student needs to complete at their place of employment.

BE 5250 - Biomedical Optics

Light plays a significant role in modern clinical diagnostics and in the clinical treatment of disease. Examples include non-invasive surgery, optical biopsy, and cancer therapy. This course will focus on the study of how light propagates through biological tissue.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

BE 5410 - Medical Imaging

This course covers the physical nature of the interactions between the waves and matter, especially the biological tissues, principle imaging modalities used in modern medicine and the common techniques used for processing of the resulting images.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-0)
Semesters Offered: Spring, in even years
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

BE 5870 - Computer Vision for Microscopic Images

This course teaches how to quantify data out of images, typically from optical microscopes. It covers thresholding, image derivatives, edge-detection, watershed, multi-scale and steerable filters, 3D image processing, feature extraction, PCA, classification, convolutional neural networks, particle tracking, and diffusion analysis.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-1-2)
Semesters Offered: Fall, in even years
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

BE 5900 - Biomedical Engineering Masters Topics

Biomedical engineering courses will be offered as professional electives dependent upon the interest of the faculty.

Credits: variable to 6.0; May be repeated
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Sample Plan

The minimum completion time is two semesters.

Here is a typical schedule.

Fall	Spring
BE 5870 BE 5900	BE 5410 BE 5250

Graduate Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Certificate the student should be able to:

Explain and apply the fundamental imaging requirements in biomedical applications.
Apply engineering and physics principles to specific biomedical imaging problems.
Apply knowledge of imaging device development and theory of operation to designing medical imaging tools

Graduate Program Director:
Jingfeng Jiang
Graduate Program Assistant:
Alexandra Holmstrom

Applications are reviewed on an individual basis using a holistic approach.

Graduate School

Program Specific

Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale
GMAT/GRE: Not required
Preferred major: Any Engineering Discipline

International Students

TOEFL: Recommended Score of 79 iBT
IELTS: Recommended Overall Band Score of 6.5

Admissions Decisions

Made on a rolling basis.