TY - JOUR
T1 - The mathematics of medical imaging in the classroom
AU - Funkhouser, Charles P.
AU - Jafari, Farhad
AU - Eubank, William B.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The article presents an integrated exposition of aspects of secondary school mathematics and a medical science specialty together with related classroom activities. Clinical medical practice and theoretical and empirical literature in mathematics education and radiology were reviewed to develop and pilot model integrative classroom topics and activities. The techniques of computer-axial tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are discussed, followed by a presentation of accessible mathematical applications in numeration and linear algebra for use in a high school classroom. This discussion of the mathematics of a medical speciality, and the related activities, might not only offer teachers and students specific examples of the connections between their everyday study and a professional discipline, but also might foster further investigation into the importance and relevance of mathematics in other technology-based careers.
AB - The article presents an integrated exposition of aspects of secondary school mathematics and a medical science specialty together with related classroom activities. Clinical medical practice and theoretical and empirical literature in mathematics education and radiology were reviewed to develop and pilot model integrative classroom topics and activities. The techniques of computer-axial tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are discussed, followed by a presentation of accessible mathematical applications in numeration and linear algebra for use in a high school classroom. This discussion of the mathematics of a medical speciality, and the related activities, might not only offer teachers and students specific examples of the connections between their everyday study and a professional discipline, but also might foster further investigation into the importance and relevance of mathematics in other technology-based careers.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207390210131795
DO - 10.1080/00207390210131795
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85025312293
SN - 0020-739X
VL - 33
SP - 481
EP - 493
JO - International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
JF - International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
IS - 4
ER -