Processamento de Imagem Médica

At the end of this course students should:

• Know the specificities of a medical image, as a bi- or tri-dimensional signal
• Be able to characterize an image as a digital signal, discretized in space and intensity
• Know how to
  • characterize and evaluate the quality of an image
  • identify and remove common artefacts
  • apply digital filters to improve the quality of images
  • detect regions of interest
  • reconstruct images from projection, and its relation to the Radon transform
  • code and compress images
• Understand how images are used diagnostics and to support medical decision making