MATH6346 - Medical Image Analysis

MATH 6346 Medical Image Analysis (3 semester credit hours) Introduction to mathematical and computational methods in extracting clinically useful information from medical images. Topics include image enhancement, feature extraction and shape analysis, image segmentation algorithms used to localize and identify target structures in medical images, image registration algorithms used to determine the correspondence of multiple images of the same anatomical structure, and image classification. Prerequisites: Linear algebra and calculus through multivariable calculus, or consent of the instructor. (3-0) Y