BMEN 5111 -- New Course

Thu Jan 28 10:54:03 2010

Approvals Received:
Department
on 12-10-09
by Rachel Boehme
(boehm040@umn.edu)
Approvals Pending: College/Dean  > Catalog
Effective Status: Active
Effective Term: 1103 - Spring 2010
Course: BMEN 5111
Institution:
Campus:
UMNTC - Twin Cities
UMNTC - Twin Cities
Career: UGRD
College: TIOT - Institute of Technology
Department: 11143 - Biomedical Engineerng, Dept of
General
Course Title Short: Biomedical Ultrasound
Course Title Long: Biomedical Ultrasound
Max-Min Credits
for Course:
3.0 to 3.0 credit(s)
Catalog
Description:
Introduction to biomedical ultrasound, including physics of ultrasound, transducer technology, medical ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic imaging, applications of non-linear acoustics, and high-intensity ultrasound.
Print in Catalog?: Yes
CCE Catalog
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Grading Basis: Stdnt Opt
Topics Course: No
Honors Course: No
Delivery Mode(s): Classroom
Instructor
Contact Hours:
3.0 hours per week
Years most
frequently offered:
Every academic year
Term(s) most
frequently offered:
Spring
Component 1: LEC (with final exam)
Auto-Enroll
Course:
No
Graded
Component:
LEC
Academic
Progress Units:
Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0 credit(s)
Financial Aid
Progress Units:
Not allowed to bypass limits.
3.0 credit(s)
Repetition of
Course:
Repetition not allowed.
Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:
IT upper division undergraduate or graduate student, or consent of instructor. Physics II (PHYS 1112 or equivalent), Calculus II (Math 1272 or equivalent).
Course
Equivalency:
No course equivalencies
Consent
Requirement:
No required consent
Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)
000370 - IT upper div or grad student
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Faculty
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Liberal Education
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None
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None
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BMEn 5111: Biomedical Ultrasound
3.0 credits
Prof. Shai Ashkenazi (ashke003@umn.edu )
       
This course is aimed to provide a gateway into the rich and versatile field of biomedical ultrasound. We will start from the basic physics of ultrasonic waves and their interaction with biological tissues, and then move to describe ultrasonic devices, imaging technology, and their applications in medicine and biology. New and emerging techniques in biomedical ultrasound will be introduced in the last part of the course.
The major sections of the course include
¿        Physics of ultrasound - Propagation in fluids and solids, reflection, scattering, absorption, ultrasonic properties of tissues.
¿        Transducer technology - Piezoelectric transducers, CMUTs
¿        Medical ultrasound imaging - Pulse echo, flow estimation and Doppler imaging, design of imaging transducer arrays, contrast agents.
¿        Photoacoustic imaging ¿ Laser generated ultrasound, Acoustic field of volume sources, photoacoustic image reconstruction, tissue optical properties, diffusion model for tissue optics, photoacoustic contrast agents.
¿        Applications of non-linear acoustic: Basic concepts of non-linear waves, harmonic imaging, and radiation force imaging.

Prerequisites:        IT upper division undergraduate or graduate student, or consent of instructor
Physics II (PHYS 1112 or equivalent), Calculus II (Math 1272 or equivalent).
Course Format:  Lectures
Course Requirements:        Homework sets, midterm exam and a final project
Grading: Midterm 30%, Homework 30%, Final Project 40%
Office hours:         Monday 2-4pm,. Shepherd Lab 391 (or by appointment)

Text Book: Foundations of Biomedical Ultrasound / R.S.C. Cobbold
BMEn 5111 ¿ Course general plan

¿        Physics of ultrasound
o        Wave motion derived from basic principles (hydrodynamics, thermodynamics)
o        Wave propagation
o        Mechanical waves: energy, momentum
o        Waves in solids
o        Attenuation, scattering, and dispersion
¿        Solving the wave equation
o        General solutions
o        Problems of simple geometry
o        Approximation methods
o        Numerical methods
¿        Transducer technology
o        Methods for ultrasound generation and detection
o        Materials, fabrication, and other practical considerations
o        Focusing and array transducers
¿        Ultrasound imaging
o        Basic pulse-echo imaging
o        Flow imaging (Doppler)
¿        Non-linear acoustics
¿        Photoacoustic imaging
¿        Projects presentation

Final Projects

Final projects will be assigned to individual students or groups of two students. The project goal is to explore in more depth a specific application of ultrasound to medical diagnosis, therapy, clinical intervention or basic research. During the last week of the semester each group (or student) will present a brief summary (20 minutes) of their project and submit a written report.
Projects¿ activity may include:  
1.        Read and review an article or several articles discussing a specific topic.
2.        Design a special purpose ultrasound transducer using Field II software.
3.        Apply theoretical modeling to estimate feasibility of ultrasound application.
4.        Your suggestion (with my approval)

Topics list (partial list)
1.        Triple beam 3-d flow estimation
2.        Quantitative bone ultrasound
3.        2D arrays for real-time 3D imaging
4.        Coded excitation (golay)
5.        Ultrasound driven drug delivery
6.        Targeted microbubbles contrast agent for inflammation diagnosis
7.        Time reversal ultrasound
8.        Shear wave excitation using phased array
9.        Capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers (CMUT)
10.        Optoacoustic ultrasound transducers
11.        Vibroacoustography ¿ Low frequency vibrations by non-linear ultrasound interaction
12.        Harmonic imaging ¿ Contrast enhancement using second harmonic generation
13.        Static pressure assessment by sub-harmonic generation in microbubbles
14.        Volume flow measurement techniques
15.        Ultrasound modulated optical imaging
16.        Histotripsy ¿ Tissue ablation by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
17.        X-beams ¿ Limited diffraction ultrasonic beams.
18.        Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (UBM)

References and more information on the topics on the list will be provided later. Project¿s choice and definition of its contents should be made before spring break. Please set up a meeting with me (or come over during office hours) to arrange that. Topics list is a suggestion. You are welcome to suggest topics that are not on the list.