IN4015 – Ultrasound Imaging
Course description
Course content
Ultrasound imaging is a technique used in medicine, sonar, non-destructive testing, and beyond. This course explains the fundamentals of acoustic imaging, beamforming, and ultrasound imaging modes. Particular emphasis is put the medical imaging aspects of ultrasound, but the techniques and methodologies learnt are also applicable in other types of acoustic imaging.
You will get hands-on ultrasound imaging experience through lab experiments, wave-propagation and image reconstruction simulations, as well as data analysis and scientific programming. The course is module-based and each module is accompanied by a small project where theories are put into practice.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you will:
- Understand the fundamentals of acoustic waves for pulse-echo imaging
- Have a deep understanding of the signal processing principles of ultrasound imaging and how to use an ultrasound scanner
- Understand key properties and sources of error in ultrasound images
- Have knowledge of ultrasound imaging modes such as B-mode and Doppler
- Have a deep understanding of sonar principles and applications
- Be able to process raw sensor data to reconstruct an ultrasound image
- Have knowledge of acoustic field measurements
IN4015 will also have a more comprehensive project part compared to IN3015.
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
- INF1010 – Object oriented programming (continued)/IN1910 – Programming with Scientific Applications
- IN3190 – Digital Signal Processing/IN4190 – Digital Signal Processing and MAT1120 – Linear Algebra should be taken before or at the same time as this course.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with IN3015 – Ultrasound Imaging.
- 6 credits overlap with IN4010 – Acoustic Imaging (continued).
Teaching
Seven modules of 2 weeks duration, each with 4 hours of lectures and 4 hours of project work. The project work for IN4015 will be more comprehensive than for IN3015.
Mandatory assignments must be completed during the course. The mandatory assignments must be accepted prior to the exam. Rules for mandatory assignments.
Note that the first lecture is mandatory.
Examination
Four hours written or oral exam. The form of the exam will be announced at the first lecture. The mandatory assignments must be approved prior to the exam.
It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: IN3015 – Ultrasound Imaging
Examination support material
If written exam: 2 A4 sheets with notes.
Language of examination
You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.