This graduate portfolio program in imaging science is part of a larger training program that includes UT Austin, UT Health Science Center at Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Medical Branch at Galveston and Brooks City Base in San Antonio, Texas. Imaging science students have an opportunity to work on research projects at any of these institutions. The basic requirement to complete this portfolio program is 12 hours of coursework in imaging science at UT Austin that form the requisite core knowledge for an imaging scientist. In addition, optional coursework, seminars, and research internships have been identified and are available to the students.
The imaging science training program has a required core curriculum, a research seminar, a seminar on the responsible conduct of research, an industrial or clinical internship, a guest speaker program, and an opportunity for the students to participate in multidisciplinary imaging research. It builds on the currently successful NSF sponsored IGERT cellular and molecular imaging training program to include imaging at many scales and adds image processing, mathematical modeling, visualization, and informatics into the curriculum.