入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： A good honours degree in mathematics, computing, physical sciences or engineering disciplines. Our normal entry level is a minimum of a Lower Second or equivalent; however, with suitable prior experience, we can be flexible in our entry requirements.
英语要求：Non-native speakers of English will normally be required to have IELTS 6.5 or above (or equivalent).
Please note that the University of Surrey offers English language programmes and is also an IELTS Test Centre.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 14500pounds
课程特征 Course Features
The term ‘medical imaging’ may invoke images of brain slices acquired from modern scanners. However, the breadth of this subject is far wider. Applications include the creation of 3D graphical models for facial reconstruction from scan data, the visualisation of complex vascular (blood vessel) structures to assist keyhole surgical procedures, techniques for creating patient-specific 3D modelling of human organ shapes and image-based methods designed to detect various pathologies and disease states in humans.
Medical imaging is a rapidly growing discipline within the health care sector, involving clinicians, physicists, computer scientists and those in the IT sector. This is fuelled by the rapid development of 3D medical imaging systems over the last few decades, matched by an exponential rise in computing power. This has allowed the development of new methods for the acquisition, reconstruction, processing and display of digital medical image data with unprecedented speed, resolution and contrast: a trend which can only continue.
The MSc Medical Imaging is aimed at training graduates for careers in this exciting multidisciplinary area and provides a judicious mix of theoretical and applied topics.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Module Overview
In common with many MSc programme, Medical Imaging is taught over twelve months and split over three semesters. A dissertation project is carried out during the final semester.
Compulsory Modules
Human and Radiation Biology
This module covers the basics of anatomy and physiology in order to provide an understanding of the information content presented in medical image data.You will also gain an understanding of the action of ionising radiation on living tissue.
Image Processing and Vision
This module covers an introduction to methods of image enhancement and quantitative image registration, as well as conventional topics such as image filtering and transformation and the ability to implement these concepts in software.
Imaging Applications of Ionising Radiation and Imaging Applications of Non-ionising Radiation
These two modules prepare you for the medical imaging and instrumentation aspects of real imaging environments, ranging from ultrasound and planar X-ray imaging to the modern tomographic imaging modalities (CT, MRI, PET and SPECT). These modules describe how images are acquired, reconstructed and processed, and exemplar applications are discussed. Formal lectures for these two modules are given by a variety of experts and clinical practitioners working in the relevant field, alongside visits and laboratory classes held at leading clinical institutes close to the main campus at Surrey.
Mathematics of Signal Processing
This module provides the underpinning concepts of statistical noise modelling and digital signal analysis utilised in many image processing and analysis schemes. You will need to have familiarity with undergraduate mathematics for this course. If in doubt, please contact the Programme Director.
Professional Skills for Clinical Science and Engineering
This module provides context for the programme material in terms of medical imaging within the NHS, health and safety issues, the particular issues associated with undertaking clinical medical imaging research and the associated legislative framework. This includes workshops on ethics and intellectual property, student-led seminars and visits to local hospital departments. There is also a laboratory-based component to this module where you will undertake a number of radiation physics experiments.
Radiation Physics
This module covers the fundamental processes involved in forming images using ionising radiation. Topics include nuclear structure, radiation interaction and an introduction to ionising radiation detection.
Optional Modules
Advanced Signal Processing
This module provides you with advanced analytical tools for solving statistical and adaptive signal processing problems encountered in medical imaging and signal processing, and related engineering areas. This includes statistical and adaptive techniques for detection, filtering and matching of signals in noise.
Artificial Intelligence and AI Programming
This module introduces you to some of the basic ideas and concepts which underlie the development of artificial or machine intelligence being increasingly used in expert medical systems. Topics covered include agent-based search methods, logic, probabilistic reasoning, artificial neural networks and AI programming.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Teaching
Taught Masters programmes in the Department of Electronic Engineering utilise our research-active staff in conjunction with state-of-the-art facilities. We provide a range of learning experiences – lectures, tutorials, directed study, practical laboratories and project work – that prepare graduates for their professional life.
Lectures, visits and dissertation projects are provided in association with a large number of expert clinical and industrial partners, including the Royal Marsden Hospital, GE Healthcare and the Royal Surrey County Hospital.
Assessment
Formal examinations take place in January/February and June. The pass mark is set at 50 per cent for each module, representing a combination of the formal examination and any associated coursework or lab marks. An overall average (aggregated over all of the assessed modules) in excess of 70 per cent achieves a Pass with Distinction.
Following the spring examinations, you will concentrate on your formal dissertation project. This may be based at the University in collaboration with a clinical or industrial partner, or may be actually based at a hospital or industrial site, usually within the UK.
Finally, your dissertation project will be assessed at a viva voce examination in late August / early September.
其它信息 Other Information：
Facilities, Equipment and Support
To support your learning, we hold regular MSc group meetings where any aspect of the programme, technical or non-technical, can be discussed in an informal atmosphere. This allows you to raise any problems that they would like to have addressed and encourages peer-based learning and general group discussion.
We provide computing support with any specialised software required during the programme, for example, Matlab.
The Department’s student common room is also covered by the University’s open-access wireless network, which makes it a very popular location for individual and group work using laptops and mobile devices. There is also a Faculty quiet room for individual study.
We pride ourselves on the many opportunities that we provide to visit collaborating hospitals. These enable you to see first-hand demonstrations of medical imaging facilities and to benefit from lectures by professional practitioners.
To support material presented during the programme, you will also undertake a selection of ultrasound and radiation detection experiments, hosted by our sister MSc programme in Medical Physics.
Professional Accreditation
The programme is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and as such can be used in partial fulfilment of the requirements for gaining Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. For those seeking careers in the NHS, the programme is also accredited by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and can thus be used as part of the training programme for those seeking to become clinical scientists or engineers, either studying as part-time sponsored trainees, or for subsequently gaining an NHS training position following full-time study.
Professional Placements
The professional placement scheme is a popular component of the programme as students can experience how medical imaging is delivered at the clinical interface. Some placements also provide the opportunity for a small project to be undertaken at the same time.
Please note that as this component is dependent on availability from collaborating NHS departments, we cannot guarantee that this scheme will run every year.