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Episode 18: Medical imaging and Fourier analysis
Manage episode 108470419 series 88631
This week the topic was Fourier analysis. We interviewed Heather Williams, who’s a medical physicist and works with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners, as well as other medical scanning devices. We talked about her work and how maths is important in converting data from the scanner into images that can be used to diagnose patients.
Interesting links:
- PET scanners on the NHS website
- Being a Medical Physicist on the NHS careers website
- Central Manchester University Hospitals, Heather's employer
- Shape of the sine and cosine graphs at BBC Bitesize
- An interactive guide to the Fourier transform at BetterExplained.com
- XKCD comic 'Fourier'
Puzzle: If a function is made by adding sin(x) + cos(x), what’s the maximum value attained by this function?
Solution:
20 episodes
Manage episode 108470419 series 88631
This week the topic was Fourier analysis. We interviewed Heather Williams, who’s a medical physicist and works with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanners, as well as other medical scanning devices. We talked about her work and how maths is important in converting data from the scanner into images that can be used to diagnose patients.
Interesting links:
- PET scanners on the NHS website
- Being a Medical Physicist on the NHS careers website
- Central Manchester University Hospitals, Heather's employer
- Shape of the sine and cosine graphs at BBC Bitesize
- An interactive guide to the Fourier transform at BetterExplained.com
- XKCD comic 'Fourier'
Puzzle: If a function is made by adding sin(x) + cos(x), what’s the maximum value attained by this function?
Solution:
20 episodes
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