Jobitti: Automated Bioimage Analysis 4 ECTS, 2022

Automated Bioimage Analysis (4 ECTS)
Universtity of Turku

Target group: Target group are master students (biosciences, biomedicine etc.), PhD students, bachelor students (biotechnology etc.), all Finnish universities.

Entry requirements: Passed the course Bioimage Informatics 1 (BIMA3209 course or online course BIMA3218) or similar knowledge

Learning outcomes:

After the course student:
• understands the motivation for and basic methods used in automated image analysis
• knows how to apply and build pipelines for automated quantitative analysis of microscope images
• understands why and how to validate image analysis pipelines
• is able to make justified selection of approaches for producing quantitative analysis for image data

Content

This course focuses on how to handle multi-dimensional images and how automation enables analysis of big datasets. The course covers the following topics:
• 3D image visualization of medical and biological images
• Automated image analysis and batch processing
• Machine learning and deep learning

Learning methods                   

Online material including examples, quizzes, assignments. Course is tutored by teachers and there are regular deadlines.

Teaching language: English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria:                

Passed/failed. Approved online exercises.

Timetable: 5-8 weeks, Summer 2022

Registration 1.3.2022-14.4.2022 in Webropol: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/2297DBD5F0FC7C52

For more information, please contact Pekka Ruusuvuori (pekka.ruusuvuori@utu.fi) or Laura Mairinoja (laura.j.mairinoja@utu.fi)

Please note:
This course is part of the Jobitti online summer studies 2022 and cannot be carried out separately. In summer studies, students combine a compulsory prjoject work (1 ECTS) with 1-5 topic courses:
  • Sequencing and Genomics in Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine 4 ECTS
  • Automated Bioimage Analysis 4 ECTS
  • Quantification of Histopathology Using Image Analysis, 4 ECTS
  • Introduction to immunoassays in Diagnostics 1ECTS

Kotiorganisaatio/hanke: DigiCampus-hanke