Aim of the integrated course is to provide an advanced knowledge of methods in biomedical imaging and computed aided surgery and radiotherapy. The two areas are dealt by two separate modules, nonetheless are highly connected given the importance of imaging in therapy planning and navigation.

Beyond the results mentioned in the two modules, respectively, a   result expected by the integrated course is a progress in the general vision of ICT tools and methods in clinical diagnostics and therapy.

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0962642 - METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND COMPUTER AIDED SURGERY [1]

Biomedical Images - Prof. Giuseppe Baselli

Introduction: importance of 3D, multimodal, and functional imaging. Reconstruction from projection methods: 3D, numerical, statistical. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) principles and instrumentation. Non ideal factors and artefacts in MRI. In vivo MRI spectroscopy. MRI angiography. Diffusion weighted MRI and tractography. Functional MRI and statistical parametric mapping. Non linear and 3D echography. Cardiac imaging.

0962643 - METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND COMPUTER AIDED SURGERY [2]

Computer Assisted Surgery - Prof. Guido Baroni

Design of Computer Asisted Surgery (CAS) systems. Pre-operative phase: 4-D imaging; methods for 2-D and 3-D segmentation; modelling and rendering of surfaces and volumes; Surgical simulation and planning: conventions for position and orientation representation; mapping and spatial transformations. Surgical robotics: kinematic chains; direct and inverse kinematic problem. Intra-operative phase: stereotactic surgery and image guided surgery. The registration problem: point-based registration; surface registration; acquisition and registration of intra-operative images; Target Registration Error. Surgical navigation. Management of organ motion events; methods of deformable registration. Example of applications in neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, radiosurgery.

See also the detailed programs of the respective modules.

The correct mix of hours defined by the two lecturers is found in the detailed programs of the respective modules.

See the prerequisites of the respective modules.

Both modules will require a written and an oral examination.

See also the detailed programs of the respective modules.