Postgraduate Course: Neuroimaging: Common Image Processing Techniques 1 (NEME11041)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | (Only available to students of the Data Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) online distance learning programme.)
This course aims to introduce the student to the major forms of image analysis commonly used in neuroimaging research. This ranges from the 'bread and butter' techniques like qualitative and quantitative assessment of whole brain and subregional brain volumes to simple and complex ways of measuring lesion size, advanced MRS techniques, MR permeability imaging and multi-centre studies & combining datasets. |
| Course description |
The course covers the following topics:
Measurement of Lesion Size
Qualitative and quantitative assessment of brain volumes
Qualitative and quantitative assessment of white matter lesions
Advanced MR Spectroscopy techniques,
Multi-centre studies & combining datasets.
MR permeability imaging
In-course assessment consists of two activities that include both individual and group work.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Only available to students of the Data Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) online distance learning programme
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 40,
Online Activities 40,
Formative Assessment Hours 4,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Revision Session Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam 50%
Coursework 50% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Quantitatively and qualitatively assess brain volume
- Analyse individual measurements produced by peers and discuss sources of error
- Discuss the relative merits of various measurement approaches
- Describe age-related white matter changes, detect different types of white matter lesions and rate such lesions using various CT/MR rating scales.
- Present the limitations of traditional MRS methods and identify some of the advantages and limitations of advanced MRS methods
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Reading List
| Readings are listed for each module within the Virtual Learning Environment with links to Talis Aspire resource lists and to University library holdings. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Assessment of brain volumes & WML,Advanced MRS,Multi-centre studies,MR permeability imaging |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Farrall
Tel: (0131) 537 3910
Email: andrew.farrall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Charilaos Alexakis
Tel: 0131 537 3125
Email: C.Alexakis@ed.ac.uk |
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