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ECE 238Medical Image Formation, Presentation, and Assessment

5 creditsGraduateStudent Option

This course covers how modern medical images are generated from raw data, and how they are presented to radiologists and doctors. It also explains key image quality metrics, their evaluation, and how they inform system design.

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students. Undergraduates may enroll with permission of the instructor. This course requires basic knowledge of math and physics such as calculus, linear algebra, and statistics. ECE 80B is helpful for undergraduates, but is not required.

  • Please note that the professor is Zhicong Yu <zyu135@ucsc.edu>.

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed 5:20pm–6:55pm
Soc Sci 1 145Z. YuOpen 16/25

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 5:20pm–6:55pm
Soc Sci 2 141Z. YuClosed 19/15

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Zhicong Yu2.0 / 53.5 / 50%2

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