Summer Course in Medical Physics 2025
IndoQCT for CT Image Quality Measurements
The Summer Course in Medical Physics 2025 is organized by the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (FSM), Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The Summer Course is a seven-day online activity that will expose the participants to knowledge and skills in computed tomography image quality measurements using IndoQCT software. In brief, the summer course will cover various practical measurement skills as follows: CT number consistency, CT number uniformity and homogeneity, CT number linearity, noise image and noise power spectrum (NPS), spatial resolution (visual observation, modulation transfer function (MTF), and task transfer function (TTF)), low-contrast detectability (LCD), slice thickness, CT alignment, Gantry tilts, and advanced image quality on clinical patient images.
About IndoQCT
IndoQCT is software that automatically measures CT image quality. IndoQCT can measure many CT quality parameters (either manually or automatically), including CT number (accuracy, uniformity, homogeneity, and linearity), image noise (tolerance, uniformity, and NPS), spatial resolution (visual, MTF based on point, MTF based on edge, and TTF), slice thickness, low-contrast resolution (visual, contrast-to noiseration (CNR), LCD statistical calculations), CT alignment, gantry tilt, distance accuracy, and distance between slice accuracy. IndoQCT can measure CT quality parameters from several types of phantoms available on the market, such as the AAPM CT performance phantom, the ACR CT accreditation phantom, the CatPhan phantom, and phantoms supplied by CT vendors (GE, Siemens, Philips, and Toshiba). Moreover, several CT quality parameters can be measured directly from patient clinical images, such as CT number, image noise, LCD, spatial resolution, and alignment.
With IndoQCT, various image quality parameters can be set and detected manually or automatically using computational phantoms. This is particularly useful for providing a direct overview to students. Several filters for noise suppression are equipped in IndoQCT, such as adaptive mean filter (AMF), selective mean filter (SMF), bilateral filter (BF), non-local mean (NLM) filter, and others. Moreover, additional features are also included, such as resizing, rotating, and shifting images. An interesting feature not available in any other software is that multi-window blending can be performed in IndoseCT, allowing 2 or 3 windows to be displayed in one image, each in a distinct color (red, green, and blue).
Programs
The summer course will be held Online from August 12 – 21, 2025, using the Zoom meeting application. International students will receive 6 months of access to IndoQCT software; meanwhile, National students and Researchers/Academia will receive 2 months of access to the software. Fourteen topics will be presented by:
- Dr. Choirul Anam, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
- Prof. Dr. Kosuke Matsubara, Kanazawa University, Japan
- Prof. Dr. Wahyu Setia Budi, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
- Prof. Dr. Yeong Chai Hong, Taylor’s University, Malaysia
- Dr. Pandji Triadyaksa, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
- Assoc.Prof. Dr. Noor Diyana Osman, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Ariij Naufal, M.Si, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
On each day, two sessions, 100 minutes each, are scheduled. The full agenda of the course is listed below:
Fee and Registration
- The summer course is free of charge for International and National Students and Researchers/Academia and only accepts a limited number of participants.
- The admission process is open until August 9, 2025, or until the number of participants is fulfilled.
- Please apply using the registration link provided at: https://bit.ly/medphys2025
Contact detail
Questions regarding the summer course and its registration process can be directed to the summer course Coordinator, Pandji Triadyaksa, PhD, F.Med, at summer.course.medical.physics@gmail.com