Colour in medical imaging

The aim of this course is to provide an opportunity for students to apply colour imaging science to a range of different imaging modalities in the medical field. With reference to current and emerging international standards and best practice, students will gain a competence in the techniques required to successfully calibrate different types of medical capture and display systems, and understand some of the particular problems of this field. They will also learn how to encode transforms that convert source images to an appropriate reference colour space and present the resulting images on medical-grade displays. 

Calibration and characterization of medical image capture systems

Camera RAW characterization for medical capture

Calibration and characterization of medical displays

Medical display use cases: grayscale, pseudo-colour and true-colour

The Gray Scale Display function and its applications

The Colour Standard Display Function for medical displays

Multispectral imaging in medical systems

International standards governing colour in medical imaging

Applications of preference-based rendering in medical imaging

Issues with imaging on mobile devices

Effect of colour device accuracy on the accuracy and efficiency of medical diagnosis

Requirements of clinical photography

Coursework projects will focus on a sub-set of these topics

On completion of this course, the student will be able to:Knowledge

Define colour characterization methods for a range of medical capture and display systems

Describe methods of calibration for medical imaging devices

Skills

Generate and evaluate characterization transforms from raw capture RGB data

Calibrate medical displays for primary reading and secondary viewing environments

Generate and evaluate ICC profiles which encode characterization transforms for medical imaging systems

Competencies

Generate images with embedded colour transforms

Determine appropriate preference renderings for different medical imaging modalities

Annet

Utfyllende informasjon:

Lectures

Laboratory work

Netbased learning
Project workMeeting(s)/Seminar(s)Remote students are able to participate through on-line access to lectures and other resources, but will need access to specialist equipment to complete the assessed coursework. Students are able to access specialist equipment for the course by appointment.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:

Students are required to complete a coursework project.This course requires access to specialist equipment and hence students will need to be physically present for lab sessions, particularly those relevant to their selected coursework project. Students are able to access specialist equipment for the course by appointment.In addition all students are required to attend project briefing sessions at the beginning of the course. The exact times of these sessions will be announced before the start of the semester.