Computed Tomography Virtual Lab Software application in Biomedical Electronic Engineering Programme at University Malaysia Perlis

Abstract

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.