Last Updated: Mon, 08/17/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
BMED
Course number:
9000
Section:
HSH
CRN
94838
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Hyunsuk
Instructor last name:
Shim
Catalog Description

Course Modules

Module 1. Glioblastoma: Clinical Challenges and Treatment Failure

Module 2. Radiation Therapy Target Definition in GBM

Module 3. Fundamentals of Spectroscopic MRI

  • Principles of MR spectroscopy
  • Whole-brain 3D spectroscopic MRI
  • Metabolic biomarkers in brain tumors
  • Choline and N-acetylaspartate
  • Cho/NAA ratio as a marker of metabolically active tumor
  • Generation and interpretation of metabolic maps

Module 4. Clinical Application of sMRI-Guided Radiation Therapy

Module 5. Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing

  • AI-assisted image reconstruction
  • Automated artifact detection
  • AI-based quality control
  • Automated segmentation and registration
  • Multicore CPU and GPU computing
Administrative Data
Course status
Active