Curriculum of the courses given in English (Graduate School)
- General Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences (Winter Semester)
| Week | Content |
| 1 | Molecular Radiation Biology and Oncology |
| 2 | Therapeutic Ultrasound |
| 3 | Radiation Therapy |
| 4 | Preparation of Radiopharmaceuticals |
| 5 | Radionuclide Technology for Bimolecular Imaging |
| 6 | Principle and Application of Particle Acceleration |
| 7 | Image Registration |
| 8 | High-resolution Imaging Systems Dedicated to Molecular Imaging of Small Animal Models |
| 9 | Midterm Exam |
| 10 | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: From Brain Activity to Connectome |
| 11 | Dose-response Relationships andthe Linear-quadratic Approach in Clinical Radiotherapy |
| 12 | Megatrends of Molecular Imaging, Contrast Agents andDrug Discovery |
| 13 | Image Processing: Reconstruction Algorithms |
| 14 | Molecualr Imaging Probes |
| 15 | Radiation Safety |
| 16 | ME and CT Perfusion |
| 17 | Molecular Imaging in Immunotherapy |
| 18 | Final Exam |
- Immuno-imaging
(Summer Semester, Instructor: Chuang, Hui-Yen)
| Week | Content |
| 1 | Overview of the Immune System |
| 2 | Introductionof Molecular Imaging |
| 3 | Cells and Organs of the Immune System |
| 4 | Innate Immunity |
| 5 | Adaptive Immunity |
| 6 | Infection and Related Imaging |
| 7 | Inflammation and Related Imaging |
| 8 | Atherosclerosis, Mycarditis and Related Imaging |
| 9 | Midterm Exam |
| 10 | Autoimmune Disease and Related Imaging |
| 11 | Transplant Rejection and Related Imaging |
| 12 | Tumor Immunomicroenviroment |
| 13 | Immunotherapy and Related Imaging (I): Monoclonal Antibody |
| 14 | Immunotherapy and Related Imaging (II): Cell-basaed Therapy |
| 15 | Immunotherapy and Related Imaging (III): Oncolytic Virus and Checkpoint Inhibitors |
| 16 | Current Topics of Immuno-Imaging |
| 17 | Immuno-Imaging in Pre-clinical and Clinical Studies |
| 18 | Final Exam |
- Analyses of Functional Magnetic Resonance Images (fMRI)
(Summer Semester, Instructor: Lu, Chia-Feng)
| Week | Content |
| 1 | Motication and Course Introduction |
| 2 | Principles of BOLD fMRI |
| 3 | Experimental Design of BOLD MRI |
| 4 | Neuroanatomy and Image Atlas |
| 5 | Visit of YM 3T-MRI Facility – Data Aquisition |
| 6 | Image Preprocessing of fMRI |
| 7 | Brain Activation – General Linear Model: Part I |
| 8 | Brain Activation – General Linear Model: Part II |
| 9 | Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuation |
| 10 | Brain Decoding – Multivariate Pattern Analysis: Part I |
| 11 | Brain Decoding – Multivariate Pattern Analysis: Part II |
| 12 | Brain Network – Independent ComponentAnalysis |
| 13 | Brain Network – Functional Connectivity |
| 14 | Brain Network – Effective Connectivity |
| 15 | Brain Network – Dynamic Functional Connectivity |
| 16 | Brain Network -Graph Theory and Topological Properties |
| 17 | Final Report: Part I |
| 18 | Final Report: Part II |
- Advanced Cell Biology (Winter Semester, Main Instructor: Lee, Yi-Jang)
| Week | Content |
| 1 | Course Introduction and Basic Life Science in Eukaryotic Cells |
| 2 | The Cell Membrane- Structure and Transport of Small Molecules |
| 3 | Intracellular Compartments and Protein Targeting |
| 4 | Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier |
| 5 | Intracellular Vesicular Traffic – Role of Golgi Appartus, Endocytosis and Exocytosis |
| 6 | Mitochondria |
| 7 | Physical/Mechanical Effects of Cells – Junctions and Adhesions and Extracellular Matrix |
| 8 | Current Topics |
| 9 | Midterm Exam |
| 10 | The Cytoskeletons |
| 11 | Signal Transductions (I) |
| 12 | Signal Transductions (II) |
| 13 | The Cell Growth: Cell Cycle, Apoptosis and Autophagy |
| 14 | Stem Cell Biology |
| 15 | Cancer Cells |
| 16 | Immune Cells |
| 17 | New Year’s Day |
| 18 | Final Exam |
- Radiation Molecular Biology (Summer Semester)
| Week | Content |
| 1 | Introduction of Molecular Biology and Radiation Effects |
| 2 | Biochemical Properties of Nucleic Acid |
| 3 | DNA Propagation |
| 4 | DNA Recombination and Gene Transposition |
| 5 | Radiation Effect on DNA – DNA Damage and DNA Repair |
| 6 | Gene Transcription |
| 7 | Regulation of Gene Transcription |
| 8 | Current Topic for Radiation Molecular Biology (I) |
| 9 | Midterm Exam |
| 10 | Radiation Effects and Oxidative Stress on Gene Regulation |
| 11 | RNA Modification, Editing and Silencing |
| 12 | Gene Translation |
| 13 | Protein Modification, Sorting and Compartment |
| 14 | Molecular Carcinogenesis by Ionizing Radiation |
| 15 | Human Genome and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) |
| 16 | Principle of Microarray and Application |
| 17 | Current Topic for Radiation Molecular Biology (II) |
| 18 | Final Exam |