The course will be divided into four four-week sections, each followed by an exam. The three exams during the semester will each count for 20% of your final grade. They will only cover the material in the previous eight lectures. The final exam will be comprehensive and will count for 25% of your final grade. Homework problems (counting 15% of your final grade) will be assigned weekly. Projects investigating further a particular area of interest will be optional (and extra credit). The class will meet Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 - 11:00 in Tercentenary 020. The topics to be covered are:

• X-Ray (8 lectures, then midterm)
  • Fundamentals of X-ray
  • Generation and Detection of X-rays
  • X-ray Diagnostic Methods
  • Recent Developments
  • X-Ray Image Characteristics
  • Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
• Ultrasound (8 lectures, then midterm)
  • Fundamentals of Acoustic Propagation
  • Generation and Detection of Ultrasound
  • Ultrasonic Diagnostic Methods
  • New Developments
  • Image Characteristics
  • Biological Effects of Ultrasound
• Radionuclide Imaging (8 lectures, then midterm)
  • Fundamentals of Radioactivity
  • Generation and Detection of Nuclear Emission
  • Diagnostic Methods Using Radiation Detector Probes
  • New Radionuclide Imaging Methods
  • Characteristics of Radionuclide images
  • Internal Radiation Dosimetry and Biological Effects
• Magnetic Resonanace Imaging (8 lectures, then comprehensive final)
  • Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • Generation and Detection of NMR Signal
  • Imaging Methods
  • In vivo NMR Spectroscopy
  • Characteristics of Magnetic Resonance images
  • Biological Effects of Magnetic Fields

Professor Hinders can be found in McGlothlin-Street Hall, Rm 330 (or his lab immediately adjacent) most days from 7am through 6pm. Feel free to drop by or call (1-1519) anytime. Official ``office hours'' are Monday through Thursday 1 to 2pm and Friday 5 to 6pm. During those times you have a very good chance of finding Prof. Hinders in his office. Virtual office hours 7 to 8am each morning, meaning that if you e-mail Prof. Hinders (hinders@as.wm.edu) overnight he will respond to you by e-mail first thing in the morning.