CS 580 Biomedical Information Technology

This course presents the technological fundamentals and integrated clinical applications of modern Biomedical IT.  The first part of the course covers the technological fundamentals and the scientific concepts behind modern medical technologies, such as digital radiography, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound imaging, and molecular diagnostics. It also introduces conceptual framework around various medical data and patient records, biomedical databases, and techniques for processing biomedical data for medical imaging, diagnostics, and biomedical research. This part also covers medical computer networks and systems and data security and protection. The second part of the course focuses on actual medical applications that are used in health care and biomedical research, with a number of case studies presented to the students.

CS 580 Syllabus (pdf) Fall 09 Boston
     





Department of Computer Science
Boston University Metropolitan College
808 Commonwealth Ave, Room 250, Boston, MA. 02215.  Phone: 617 353 2566, Fax: 617 353 2367, Email: csinfo@bu.edu