Computed Tomography Virtual Lab Software application in Biomedical Electronic Engineering Programme at University Malaysia Perlis
Date
2010-06-09Author
Zulkarnay, Zakaria
Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman
Saidatul Ardeenawati, Awang
Nur Farahiyah, Mohamad
Azian Azamimi, Abdullah
Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim
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Computed Tomography (CT) is a
medical imaging method and is among the common
equipment or machine in a hospital which is vital in
imaging certain parts of human body for the purpose
of screening and detecting of deceases like cancers,
tumors and several others by producing
characteristics of the internal structure of the object
such as dimensions, shape, internal defects, and
density. CT is a powerful nondestructive technique
for producing cross sectional image 2D or 3D
depends on the technologies applied. Since its
introduction in the 1970s, CT has become an
important tool in medical imaging to supplement Xrays
and medical ultrasonography. In University
Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Computed Tomography
and Applications has been offered as an elective
course in Biomedical Electronic Engineering
Programme. In this course, the student are
introduced to the Computed Tomography Virtual
Lab Software which has been developed by
Tomographic Imaging Research Group, School of
Mechatronic Engineering, UniMAP in 2009 as part
of the teaching aids. Through this approached, the
course are more attractive and the students are
found easier in understanding the concept of basic
tomography system, image reconstruction process,
limitations and several possible of error sources.