Image essentials -- What is an image? -- How to make an image -- How to analyze an image -- Biomedical images: signals to pictures -- Ionizing radiation -- Nuclear medicine -- X-rays -- Non-ionizing radiation -- Ultrasound imaging -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Optical imaging -- Exogenous contrast agents -- Contrast agents for x-ray and MR imaging -- Nuclear molecular labeling -- Image analysis -- Human observers -- Digital image processing: an overview -- Registration and atlas building -- Statistical atlases -- Biomedical applications -- Morphological imaging -- Physiological imaging -- Molecular imaging