Guidelines for the final report

A final report is required for all MEng projects. In addition to the following there may be additional requirements to be followed depending upon the students department (especially if the student is in ECE). Be sure to check with your department for additional requirements.

Your final report should contain the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, References, and Programs. In general, papers in the the IEEE Transactions of Medical Imaging follow this format with the exception of the Programs section.

1. Abstract
   A one paragraph abstract outlining what the project is and what was achieved. It is important that this summarizes the objective, the method, the results and the conclusion of the report.
2. Introduction
   This section that should outline the problem studied, the main issues in solving the problem, a review of related work and an outline of the remainder of the report. The problem description and proposed solution should include the clinical significance and the technical issues as you presented in your project proposal. A review of previous work done should be included that outline the contributions of the papers that you have listed in the reference section at the end of your report and refers directly to them.
3. Methods and Materials
   This section should include a description of the algorithms you used (with the rational for their design), the experiments that you conducted (with clearly stated objectives and predicted outcomes), and the data sets you used (possibly including relevant descriptive statistics and/or examples).
4. Results
   Provide in this section all relevant tables and graphs and include necessary information (methods including equations) of what the tables and graphs contain.
5. Discussion
   In this section you should outline the main findings from the results and, typically, illustrate your findings with example annotated images. Were the outcomes from the experiments as predicted? What are the implications of the results?
6. Conclusion
   A brief summary of the main points of your project including the experiments conducted and the significant findings from their outcomes. Future work may be suggested here.
7. References
   A list of references that you used in your project using full reference information as in journal papers.
8. Computer Programs
   If you developed any significant computer programs for your project then in this section you should provide a description of these programs that includes the algorithm implemented and the input parameters. This description may be in the style of the UNIX man page format that was used in ECE 5470. This section should also contain the listing of these programs.