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BMOL-Y409

Techniques d'imagerie médicale: principe et applications

academic year
2025-2026
2026-2027

Course teacher(s)

Sophie LAURENT (Coordinator) and Sébastien BOUTRY

ECTS credits

3

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Background knowledge of imaging techniques, X-ray scanner, nuclear imaging with radioisotopes (PET and SPECT techniques), ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), optical imaging (BLI, FLI, PAI techniques); description of the advantages/disadvantages and complementary aspects of the techniques, presentation of anatomical, structural, dynamic, functionnal imaging applications

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

The main objective of the imaging course is to present several imaging techniques with both theoretical and experimental approaches, including some examples of applications.

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Chimie générale, organique ; Physique ; Biologie

Teaching methods and learning activities

L’étudiant(e) assistera au cours en présentiel ou en virtuel (via Teams)

Course notes

  • Université virtuelle

Contribution to the teaching profile

This teaching unit contributes in the learning of current pre-clinical and clinical imaging techniques.

Other information

Additional information

Campus de l’UMons (Plaine de Nimy, Mons (bâtiments de la faculté de médecine ; Avenue Maistriau))

Contacts

sophie.laurent@umons.ac.be - sebastien.boutry@umons.ac.be

Campus

UMons

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Personal work
  • Written report

Personal work

Written report

Travail sur base d’un article (peer-reviewed) d’imagerie in vivo

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Cotation par les titulaires ou intervenants du cours

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french
  • english

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