Bioimaging and Signals Track

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The Bioimaging and Signals track is geared towards students with interests in any of the following areas:

1. Development and application of imaging devices;

2. Signal and image processing methods;

3. Biological/biomedical signal acquisition and analysis;

4. Computational modeling of biomedical signals and systems;

5. Biological/biomedical control systems; and/or

6. Biologically inspired signal and image processing.

This track may be particularly attractive to students with undergraduate degrees in bioengineering/biomedical engineering; electrical engineering; computer science and engineering; math; and/or physics, but it is open to all bioengineering graduate students.

Students who have not had “signals and systems” and/or “linear systems” courses at the undergraduate level, similar to BIOENG 1320, ECE 1552 or MEMS 1014 offered at Pitt, may find that they lack the prerequisites for many of the track courses. Moreover, knowledge of the fundamentals of signals and systems provided in these courses will be required to pass the Preliminary Exam in the Bioimaging and Signals Track. Accordingly, students lacking this background are strongly encouraged to audit or take one of these three courses prior to taking the prelim exam in the late Spring of the first year. (Note that undergraduate courses do not fulfill graduate degree requirements.)

Students in the Bioimaging and Signals Track must complete 12 credits (4 different graduate level courses) in order to satisfy track requirements. At least one of these courses must be in the “bio-imaging” area, and at least one must be in the “signals and systems” area, as follows:

Signals and systems course requirements (choose at least one):

BIOENG 2005 - RADIOFREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS IN MEDICINE

ECE 2523 - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

ECE 2646 - LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY

Bioimaging course requirements (choose at least one):

BIOENG 2330 - BIOMEDICAL IMAGING

BIOENG 2505 - MULTI MODAL BIOMEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES: FUNCTIONAL, MOLECULAR AND HYBRID IMAGING TECHNIQUES

The remaining two courses may be selected from the lists above, or from the list below of the variety of bioimaging and signals courses available through Pitt and CMU that fulfill track requirements. However, the list is by no means comprehensive, and students are free and encouraged to explore course offerings from other science and engineering departments, at Pitt and CMU, including Electrical and Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Physics; and Neuroscience. Coupled with one additional open elective, the track requirements provide flexibility for students, in consultation with their research mentor, to design an appropriate curriculum of graduate study to complement their research.

Possible courses for the 3rd and 4th required track courses:

Note: courses not listed here require pre-approval by the Track Coordinators in order to fulfill track requirements:

BIOENG 2005 - RADIOFREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS IN MEDICINE

BIOENG 2045 - COMPUTATIONAL CASE STUDIES IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BIOENG 2330 - BIOMEDICAL IMAGING

BIOENG 2383 - BIOMEDICAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPY

BIOENG 2505 - MULTI MODAL BIOMEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES: FUNCTIONAL, MOLECULAR AND HYBRID IMAGING TECHNIQUES

BIOENG 2515 - CARDIO SYSTM DYNAMICS & MODELING

ECE 2372 - PATTERN RECOGNITION

ECE 2521 - ANALYSIS STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

ECE 2523 - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

ECE 2646 - LINEAR SYSTEM THEORY