SimuRad - A Software Simulation Environment for Medical Imaging Education

SimuRad - 用于医学影像教育的软件模拟环境

• 批准号: 0633552
• 负责人: Hong Man
• 金额: $ 14.92万
• 依托单位: Stevens Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0633552&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SimuRad; Software; Simulation; Environment; Medical

Engineering - Electrical (59)The project is developing a computer simulation environment that is helping students understand the underlying science and engineering principles, as well as the applications of medical imaging modalities, through a series of computer simulations. The software environment has three layers. The first layer, which deals with the physics of radiology, allows students to simulate measurements of various electromagnetic (i.e. x-ray, gamma-ray and NMR) or acoustic (i.e. ultrasound) energy sources as well as energy attenuation through various tissue types. The second layer, which simulates projection and tomographic imaging, enables students to study and implement image reconstruction techniques for different modalities. With the third layer students explore various image processing and analysis algorithms used in typical clinical procedures and bio-medical research. This software is reconfigurable to accommodate multiple modes so that it can provide effective training for students with different backgrounds. Evaluation efforts, which are being planned with guidance from the University's center for innovation in engineering and science education, include student attitude surveys, rubrics to access the quality of student work, and student focus groups and interviews. The software is also being tested at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University of Pittsburgh, and Purdue University. The material is being distributed through several digital libraries, including the NSFs NSDL and it is being posted on a web site that is linked to several biomedical engineering sites. The investigators are establishing a user friendly interface to allow other faculty members to contribute material to the site. Project materials and results are being described in engineering education and biomedical engineering journals and conferences. Broader impacts include the dissemination of an affordable approach for providing undergraduate biomedical engineering students with an effective laboratory experience.

工程 - 电气（59）该项目正在开发一个计算机模拟环境，该环境正在帮助学生通过一系列计算机模拟来了解基本的科学和工程原理以及医学成像方式的应用。 软件环境有三层。涉及放射学物理学的第一层允许学生模拟各种电磁（即X射线，伽马射线和NMR）或声学（即超声）能源以及通过各种组织类型的能量衰减的测量值。模拟投影和层析成像的第二层使学生能够以不同方式研究和实施图像重建技术。在第三层的情况下，学生探索了典型临床程序和生物医学研究中使用的各种图像处理和分析算法。该软件可以重新配置以适应多种模式，因此它可以为背景不同的学生提供有效的培训。 评估工作是在大学工程和科学教育创新中心的指导下计划的，包括学生态度调查，访问学生工作质量的专栏以及学生焦点小组和访谈。 该软件还在新泽西大学，匹兹堡大学和普渡大学的医学和牙科大学进行测试。 该材料正在通过几个数字库（包括NSFS NSDL）分发，并将其发布在与几个生物医学工程网站链接的网站上。 调查人员正在建立一个用户友好的界面，以允许其他教职员工向网站贡献材料。 项目材料和结果在工程教育和生物医学工程期刊和会议上都进行了描述。 更广泛的影响包括传播一种负担得起的方法，用于为本科生物医学工程专业的学生提供有效的实验室经验。