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2011 – 2012Course DescriptionsPHYS 434 INTRODUCTION TOBIOMEDICAL IMAGING (4)Three hours lecture and two hours activityper weekPrerequisites: BIOL 210 or PHYS 200The course will present an overview ofbiomedical images and imaging systems.The fundamental concepts used in severalimaging modalities (such as projectionradiography, mammography, DEXA,computed tomography, ultrasonographyand magnetic resonance imaging) willbe examined: the emphasis will be on anintuitive and descriptive presentation of themain components of these systems. Imageformation and reconstruction will beaddressed. The resulting clinical imageswill be correlated with the underlyingstructure and function of the organs, andthe diagnostic utility and limitations of theimages will be considered.Same as BIOL 434, HLTH 434GenEd: B1, E, InterdisciplinaryPHYS 436 PHYSICS OF THEPERFORMING ARTS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: PA 202Introduction to the physics of movement,lighting, sound and visual/auralperception. The course emphasizesfactors that permit the performance artiststo understand and more fully controltheir performance, with special attentionto the study of audience perception.Demonstrations, experiments and video/computer simulations are used to analyzesignals received by the performer and theaudience.Same as PA 436GenEd: B1, InterdisciplinaryPHYS 445 IMAGE ANALYSIS ANDPATTERN RECOGNITION (3)Three hours lecture in the lab per weekPrerequisites: PHYS/COMP/MATH 345 orConsent of instructorThe course addresses the issue ofanalyzing the pattern content within animage. Pattern recognition consists ofimage segmentation, feature extractionand classification. The principlesand concepts underpinning patternrecognition, and the evolution, utility andlimitations of various techniques (includingneural networks) will be studied.Programming exercises will be used toimplement examples and applicationsof pattern recognition processes, andtheir performance on a variety of diversesynthetic and real images will be studied.Same as COMP 445, MATH 445GenEd: B1, B4, InterdisciplinaryPHYS 448 TEAM BASED RESEARCH (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Upper division standingThis is a course where students learnto work together in multidisciplinaryteams. Teams are assigned a specificpractical problem, and have to apply avariety of physical principles to solve theproblem. The solution will incorporatedesign principles, implementation andtechnological methodologies, andbusiness/management insight.GenEd: B1, InterdisciplinaryPHYS 464 MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (4)Three hours lecture and two hours labactivity per weekPrerequisites: PHYS/BIOL/HLTH 434The detection, acquisition, processingand display of diagnostic clinicalimages. The course will concentrate onthe fundamentals of the design of theinstruments and the use of appropriatereconstruction algorithms in (computed)radiography, (digital) fluoroscopy,computed tomography, ultrasound,magnetic resonance imaging andradionuclide imaging. Activities willinclude image reconstruction examples,investigation of recent innovations, andtwo trips to local radiology departments.Same as BIOL 464PHYS 490 TOPICS IN PHYSICS (3)Three hours seminar per weekPrerequisite: Upper division standing andConsent of instructorIn-depth analysis of topics in physics.Topics vary each semester. Repeatable.PHYS 492 INTERNSHIP (3)Six hours activity per weekPrerequisites: Upper division standing andConsent of instructorSupervised work and study in industrialor scientific setting involving developmentof skills related to applied physics. Allstudents are required to present theirprojects at the Senior Colloquium.Repeatable.Student Option: Graded or Credit/No CreditPHYS 494 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH (1-3)Variable hours per weekPrerequisites: Senior standing and Consentof instructorContracted laboratory and/or libraryresearch in selected areas within physicsconducted under the supervision of afaculty member. All students are requiredto present their projects at the SeniorColloquium. Repeatable.PHYS 497 DIRECTED STUDIES (1-3)Variable hours per weekPrerequisites: Senior standing and programapprovalSupervised project involving reading andlibrary research in the field of physics.All students are required to presenttheir projects at the Senior Colloquium.Repeatable.PHYS 499 SENIOR COLLOQUIUM (1)One hour seminar per weekPrerequisite: Senior standingOral presentations of current advancesin the field, reports on students’ projectsin PHYS 492, 494 or 497 courses, andinvited lectures. Repeatable.PHYS 510 ADVANCED IMAGEANALYSIS TECHNIQUES (3)Three hours of lecture in the lab per weekPrerequisites: Admission to the ComputerScience or Mathematics GraduateProgramImage processing course in thefundamentals of 2-D digital signalprocessing with emphasis in imageprocessing techniques, image filteringdesign and applications. Programmingexercises in Matlab (or Octave) will beused to implement the various processes,and their performance on synthetic andreal images will be studied. Applicationsin medicine, robotics, consumerelectronics and communications.PHYS 546 PATTERN RECOGNITION (3)Three hours of lecture in the lab perweek.Prerequisites: Admission to the ComputerScience or Mathematics GraduateProgramNew and emerging applications ofpattern recognition - such as data mining,web searching, multimedia data retrieval,face recognition, and cursive handwritingrecognition - require robust and efficientpattern recognition techniques. Statisticaldecision making and estimation areregarded as fundamental to the study ofpattern recognition. The course addressesthe issue of analyzing pattern content byfeature extraction and classification. Theprinciples and concepts underpinningpattern recognition, and the evolution,utility and limitations of various techniques(including neural networks) will be studied.Programming exercises will be used toimplement examples and applicationsof pattern recognition processes, andtheir performance on a variety of diverseexamples will be studied.284 www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog