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Instructor(s)
Prof. Alan Jasanoff
MIT Course Number
22.56J / 2.761J / 20.483J / HST.561J / 9.173J
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
22.56J aims to give graduate students and advanced undergraduates background in the theory and application of noninvasive imaging methods to biology and medicine, with emphasis on neuroimaging. The course focuses on the modalities most frequently used in scientific research (X-ray CT, PET/SPECT, MRI, and optical imaging), and includes discussion of molecular imaging approaches used in conjunction with these scanning methods. Lectures by the professor will be supplemented by in-class discussions of problems in research, and hands-on demonstrations of imaging systems.