Imaging
Imaging concerns the collection, manipulation, analysis, generation, understanding and processing of images. It includes computer graphics, computer vision, optical imaging and filtering, signal processing and aspects of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Imaging is used across all areas of science and engineering, for example, in the vision systems in self-driving cars, in robotics, and in automating medical diagnostics, even to the point of detecting a person’s pulse from a video of their face.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology offers a multidisciplinary minor in imaging. The minor requires 24 credits (6 courses): three required courses and three imaging electives from the list below. Since imaging is a multidisciplinary minor, at least 12 of the 24 credits must be courses that are not named required courses for the student’s major.
Students choose a track to pursue. Each track allows the student to gain depth in a different area. Each has its own required courses and suggested electives (although any electives from the list below are acceptable).
Imaging Minor Requirements:
Track 1: Medical Imaging
Track 2: Image Recognition
Track 3: Acquisition of Images
Track 4: Creative Imaging
Imaging Electives
Track 1: Medical Imaging
Expected majors: BE, EE, CPE, PH, OE, NE
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ECE 584/BE 541/OE 584 | Medical Imaging Systems | 4 |
| ECE 480 | Introduction to Image Processing | 4 |
| BE 321 | Biosignal Processing | 4 |
| or ECE 380 | Discrete-Time Signals and Systems | |
| Electives | ||
| Select three electives from the Imaging Electives list below | 12 | |
| Recommended Electives | ||
| BE/OE 435 | Biomedical Optics | 4 |
| MA 439 | Mathematical Methods of Image Processing | 4 |
| CSSE 463 | Image Recognition | 4 |
Track 2: Image Recognition
Expected majors: CS, SE, PH/OE/NE, EE/CPE, MA, ME
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ECE 582/OE 537 | Advanced Image Processing | 4 |
| CSSE 463 | Image Recognition | 4 |
| CSSE/MA 416 | Deep Learning | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select three electives from the Imaging Electives list below | 12 | |
| Recommended Electives | ||
| CSSE/MA 415 | Machine Learning | 4 |
| ECE 480/OE 437 | Introduction to Image Processing | 4 |
| CSSE 461 | Computer Vision | 4 |
Track 3: Acquisition of Images
Expected majors: ECE, PHOE, BE
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ECE 480/OE 437 | Introduction to Image Processing | 4 |
| PH 405 | Semiconductor Materials & Applications | 4 |
| OE 295 | Photonic Devices and Systems | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select three electives from the Imaging Electives list below | 12 | |
| Recommended Electives | ||
| OE 480 | Optical System Design | 4 |
| OE 392 | Linear Optical Systems | 4 |
Track 4: Creative Imaging
Expected majors: CS/SE, ECE, MA
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ARTS H244 | Design and Color | 4 |
| CSSE 351 | Computer Graphics | 4 |
| ECE 480 | Introduction to Image Processing | 4 |
| Electives | ||
| Select three electives from the Imaging Electives list below | 12 | |
| Recommended Electives | ||
| ARTS H142 | Beginning Drawing | 4 |
| ARTS H242 | Visual Arts in Civilization | 4 |
| MA 323 | Geometric Modeling | 4 |
Imaging Electives
(choose any 12 credits that are not required for your track, as long as at least 12 of the 24 credits for the minor are not named, required courses for your major)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTS H142 | Beginning Drawing | 4 |
| ARTS H242 | Visual Arts in Civilization | 4 |
| ARTS H244 | Design and Color | 4 |
| BE 321 | Biosignal Processing 1 | 4 |
| or ECE 380 | Discrete-Time Signals and Systems | |
| BE/OE 435 | Biomedical Optics | 4 |
| CSSE 313 | Artificial Intelligence | 4 |
| CSSE 351 | Computer Graphics | 4 |
| CSSE/MA 415 | Machine Learning | 4 |
| CSSE/MA 416 | Deep Learning | 4 |
| CSSE 451 | Advanced Computer Graphics | 4 |
| CSSE 461 | Computer Vision | 4 |
| CSSE 463 | Image Recognition | 4 |
| ECE 480/OE 437 | Introduction to Image Processing | 4 |
| ECE 580 | Digital Signal Processing | 4 |
| ECE 582/OE 537 | Advanced Image Processing | 4 |
| ECE 584/BE 541/OE 584 | Medical Imaging Systems | 4 |
| MA 323 | Geometric Modeling | 4 |
| MA 371 | Linear Algebra I | 4 |
| or MA 373 | Applied Linear Algebra for Engineers | |
| MA 439 | Mathematical Methods of Image Processing | 4 |
| NE 406/506 | Semiconductor Devices & Fabrication | 4 |
| OE 295 | Photonic Devices and Systems | 4 |
| OE 392 | Linear Optical Systems | 4 |
| OE 480/580 | Optical System Design | 4 |
| OE 592 | Fourier Optics & Applications | 4 |
| PH 431 | Advanced Observational Astronomy | 2 |
| Any special topics course or independent study in any major that involves imaging (must be approved by the Imaging Program Director). | 4 | |
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only one can be taken as a minor elective