Education

This postgraduate programme is intended to provide an education in medical imaging, focussing on obtaining a thorough overview of existing imaging modalities and approaches towards imaging pathology. The intention is not to provide a detailed study of one particular modality but merely to give an overview of strengths and disadvantages of individual techniques to stimulate the students to have a personal and critical view on the field. They will be encouraged to think interdisciplinary, with a focus on the clinical or research question rather than on a specific imaging modality.

The programme will provide an optimal specialized education in medical imaging and an introduction in imaging research in a clinical environment. It provides an ideal basis for research with the intention to obtain a PhD degree in medical imaging. The programme does NOT intend to educate medical specialists in clinical radiology or any other medical specialty.

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find information about the programme, admission requirements, objectives and evaluation. 

All other information with regard to the study programme can be found at https://med.kuleuven.be/eng/advanced-medical-imaging.

Objectives

This programme is intended to provide an education in medical imaging, focussed on obtaining a thorough overview of the different imaging modalities and the use of multimodal imaging in a clinical/biomedical setting. The student will learn to think interdisciplinary, with a focus on the clinical or research question rather than on a specific imaging modality.

During the study, the student will develop a critical scientific attitude, will learn to study scientific literature and will work in a multidisciplinary team of researchers.

The final aim of the programme is to provide a solid basis for performing research using medical imaging.
At the end of the programme, the student will:

- understand the basics of medical imaging. This includes the principles of the most common imaging modalities, ranging from physical principles underlying the technique, to image reconstruction and formation to how the resulting image characteristics as they are linked to the biological systems under investigation.

- understand the use of medical imaging in a clinical/biomedical environment and understand the different properties of the images and their complementarities for clinical/biomedical use.

- be able to approach and perform research in a selected field of medical imaging. This includes acquiring, handling and analysing medical images, learning how to interpret the results and to report them in a scientific paper.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

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