光学，光学，声学和NMR成像，层析成像，全息照相和图像处理领域的最新发展引起了当地公司和医院对当代光学和现代成像技术专业知识的浓厚兴趣。克利夫兰州立大学物理系提供物理学硕士学位，其重点是光学和医学成像，专为希望在当代光学和现代成像技术方面发展能力的科学家和工程师设计。该专业包括物理系教师和克利夫兰诊所的医学物理学家教授的课程。
The recent growth in the fields of optics, optical, acoustical, and NMR imaging, tomography, holography, and image processing brought strong interest from local companies and hospitals in expertise in contemporary optics and modern imaging techniques. The Physics Department of Cleveland State University offers an M.S. degree in Physics, with an emphasis on Optics and Medical Imaging designed for scientists and engineers who wish to develop competence in contemporary optics and modern imaging techniques. This specialization includes courses taught by the Physics Department faculty and by medical physicists from the Cleveland Clinic.