Imaging and Sensing Track
Total Track Hours must equal 15 hours from The Grainger College of Engineering
Imaging and Sensing focuses on the instrumentation and methodologies of image science and bio-nanotechnologies applied to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. This track provides a foundation for those choosing to design, build, use and evaluate diagnostic systems, including advanced targeted imaging, biological microscopy and biophotonics, integrated functional imaging, and point-of-care sensing and delivery technologies. Students may elect to receive interdisciplinary training in electronic systems, signal and image processing, radiation-tissue interactions, contrast media chemistry, lab-on-a-chip diagnostics, microfluidic devices, and specific imaging modalities including MRI, X-ray, and ultrasonic, optical and nuclear imaging instruments.
View the Imaging and Sensing Curriculum Map.
View the Course Catalog for course offerings and prerequisites.
Students following this track take:
| ECE 210 (optional) | Analog Signal Processing (4 hr) |
| ECE 329 (optional) | Fields and Waves I (3 hr) |
*ECE 210 & ECE 329 are no longer required track electives. However, this pathway is necessary to meet prereqs for the bolded ECE upper-level courses, so please check what course you want to take when deciding.
and select remaining hours from:
| BIOE 424 | Preclinical Molecular Imaging (3 hr) |
| BIOE 432 | Systems Biology (3hr) |
| BIOE 434 | Immunoengineering (3 hr) |
| BIOE 450 | Quantitative Pharmacology (3 hr) |
| BIOE 483 | Biomedical Computed Imaging Systems (3 hr) |
| BIOE 484 | Stat Analysis of Biomedical Images (3 hr) |
| BIOE 485 | Comp Math for Machine Learning/Images (3 hr) |
| BIOE 486 | Applied Deep Learning for Biomedical Imagine (3 hr) |
| BIOE 498 LEC/TC1 | Technologies for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy (3 hr) |
| BIOE 498 NIE/ST1 | Surgical Technologies (3 hr) |
| BIOE 498 RI | Regulatory Safety Issues in Bioengineering (3 hr) |
| ECE 310 | Digital Signal Processing I (3 hr) |
| ECE 311 | Digital Signal Processing Lab (1 hr) |
| ECE 365 | Data Science and Instrumentation (3 hr) |
| ECE 380 | Biomedical Imaging (3 hr) |
| ECE 401 | Signal & Image Analysis (4 hr) |
| NE/ECE 410 | Neural Circuits & Systems (3 hr) |
| ECE 416 | BioSensors (3 hr) |
| ECE 417 | Multimedia Signal Processing (4 hr) |
| ECE 418 | Image and Video Processing (4 hr) |
| ECE 437 | Sensors and Instrumentation (3 hr) |
| ECE 460 | Optical Imaging (4 hr) |
| ECE 467 | Biophotonics (3 hr) |
| ECE 472 | Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging (3 hr) |
| ECE 473 | Fundamentals of Engineering Acoustics (3 hr) |
| ECE 480 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3 hr) |
| ME 487 | MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication (4 hr) |
| NE 420/ECE 421 | Neural Interface Engineering (3 hr) |
| SE 423 | Mechatronics (3 hr) |
| TMGT 461 TMD and TME | Technology, Engineering, and Management Final Projects (4 hr) |
To ensure adequate preparation, the following is recommended as a free elective:
| CHEM 442 | Physical Chemistry (4 hr) |
BIOE Undergraduate Contacts
MADDIE DARLING
Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs
1240C Everitt Laboratory, M/C-278
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Urbana, IL 61801
JAKE SPINNATO
Undergraduate Program Coordinator & Academic Advisor
1240B Everitt Laboratory, M/C-278
1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
DAVE ROGALSKI
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
1240F Everitt Laboratory, M/C-278
1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
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