Biological Image Analysis

Description
Survey of image analysis applications in biology, biotechnology, and medicine; introduction to biological microscopy and selected medical imaging systems; image reconstruction and pre-processing; grayscale and geometric corrections; adaptive image segmentation; blob analysis, cell/colony counting, and cell morphometry; vessel and neuron tracing algorithms, with applications to neurobiology and medicine; feature extraction, pattern analysis, cluster analysis and classification; image registration algorithms with applications to mosaicing, spatial referencing, motion estimation, and change detection.

Prerequisites
A course in programming. Exposure to basic statistical concepts is desirable.

Textbook(s)
Ordering Information

Format and Grading
Format and Grading information will only be current for courses being offered this semester.

Computing
Specific Computing requirements will only be current for courses being offered this semester.

Technical Requirements
Specific Technical requirements will only be current for courses being offered this semester.

Who Should Enroll
This course may be used in your Plan of Study as follows:

Degree Programs
CSCI - elective with advisor pre-approval
CSYS - elective
ELEC - elective
EPOW - elective
ESCI-MM - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MOT - elective with advisor pre-approval
ESCI-MSE - elective with advisor pre-approval
ITEC - elective with advisor pre-approval
MBA - elective with advisor pre-approval
MEAE-ME - elective with advisor pre-approval
MGMT-MS - elective
QUAL - elective with advisor pre-approval
SERV - elective with advisor pre-approval
TCOM - elective with advisor pre-approval

This course is also open to non-matriculated students who meet the prerequisites.