Advanced data processing in nuclear medicine

Enrolement key: advancedNUK


  • General

    As the amount of data in medicine has increased steadily over the last decades, the analysis methods have evolved as well. This lecture will recap the principles of nuclear medicine imaging and introduce you to the basics in state-of-the-art data analysis techniques.

    Our target audience includes interested students from the fields of medicine, physics, and data sciences.

    If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us


    • Overview

      Nuclear medicine originated half a century ago and is still the subject of current research and common in clinical routine. Technical developments allowed more and more data to be acquired and stored during measurements and rendered it necessary to improve analysis techniques.

      We will start with an overview of nuclear medicine devices, especially imaging modalities and the corresponding vocabulary. Based on this knowledge we will cover different data processing approaches e.g. using Monte Carlo simulations, pharmacokinetic modelling, and machine learning. In this context examples of applications in clinical routine and ongoing research will be discussed.

      Our goal is to provide you with information necessary to achieve high medical standards and good research performances in the interdisciplinary field of clinical environment.


      • Course Schedule: Friday 2-3:30 pm (s.t.)

        • The following topics will be covered:

        Date

        Topic

        31.10.25

        Nuclear medicine basics  

        07.11.25

        Image processing and analysis basics

        14.11.25

        Theranostics and radionuclide therapy

        21.11.25

        Internal Dosimetry

        28.11.25

        Preclinical analyses in NUK

        05.12.25

        Monte Carlo simulations

        12.12.25

        Radiomics in nuclear medicine

        19.12.25

        Machine learning concepts

        09.01.26

        Machine learning applications in nuclear medicine

        16.01.26

        PET-based brain connectivity analysis

        23.01.26

        Pharmacokinetic modelling

        30.01.26

        Repetition

        06.02.26

        Exam