Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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This course provides academic credit for independent thesis research conducted under the supervision of a Georgia Tech faculty advisor. The course does not involve regular class meetings, assignments, or examinations. The scope and direction of research are determined by the student in consultation with the thesis advisor, consistent with the requirements of the degree program. Students taking this course will be required to travel to Emory for conduct of research and/or lab meetings.

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This course provides academic credit for independent thesis research conducted under the supervision of a Georgia Tech faculty advisor. The course does not involve regular class meetings, assignments, or examinations. The scope and direction of research are determined by the student in consultation with the thesis advisor, consistent with the requirements of the degree program.

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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