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Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering |
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 Description of Biomedical Engineering core Courses
| 81142 Biology for biomedical engineering |
| Basic biological principles governing cellular process and
their link to applications in medicine, engineering and applied sciences. |
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| 81144 Biology for biomedical engineering Lab |
| Experiments to illustrate essential functions of the cell
and organism, study of various systems and organs, anatomy of frog and
taxonomy of various groups of animals. |
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| 81311 Biochemistry for Biomedical Engineering |
| Introduction to the basic principles of biochemistry and
the application of biochemistry to BME. The chemistry of biologically important
compounds including fats, carbohydrates, proteins, enzymes, vitamins, and
hormones. The use of mechanistic and kinetic information in enzyme characterization.
The functional properties of amino acids, nucleotides, lipids and sugar. |
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| 81312 Biochemistry for Biomedical Engineering Lab |
| Laboratory study of biologically important chemical compounds,
Techniques of the isolation, identification, and quantitative assay of
such compound. |
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| 81391 Physiology for Biomedical Engineering |
| Fundamental concepts and principles in physiology relevant
to the field of BME. A brief exploration of anatomical structure and functions
of cells, tissues, organs, and physiological systems. Physiology
in context of control systems with emphasis on functional interactions
within and between systems. Physiological systems to be covered include
circulation, respiration, gastrointestinal and endocrine physiology, neuroanatomy,
electrophysiology, neurophysiology, muscle physiology, sensory physiology,
and learning and cortical physiology. |
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| 81392 Physiology for Biomedical Engineering Lab |
| Practical study of the human body and its various systems.
Illustrations of the functions of various body organs and systems. Study
of blood constituents and quantitative assay of blood. |
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| 81393 Biophysics |
| Introduction to the use of physical methods in the study
of biological and physiological systems and methods used to analyze their
structure and function. The study of physical properties of biological
macromolecules. The treatment of biophysical methods will be based on physical
principles, which will be treated with appropriate mathematics when necessary. |
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| 81432 Biomaterials and Biomechanics |
| Properties of living tissue. Biocompatibility. Polymers,
metals and ceramics as biomaterials. Properties of bioengineering materials.
Principles of material selection to meet particular applications in biomedical
engineering. Regulations, standards and testing. Fundamentals of biomechanics.
Mechanical properties and behavior of heart, blood vessels, bone, muscle
and connective tissues. Methods for the analysis of human motion. Stress
and strain in biological systems. Development of appropriate models for
particular biomechanical problems. |
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| 81446 Biomedical Instrumentation I |
| Principles of biomedical instrumentation. Studies of medical
diagnostic instruments and techniques for the measurement of physiologic
variables in living systems. Analysis and design of Biomedical instrumentation
systems that acquire and process biophysical signals. Properties of biopotentials
and other biological signals. Basic circuitry, and electronics. Transducers
and electrodes for biopotentials, chemical measurements, blood flow and
pressure measurements, vital sign measurements, respiratory system measurements,
temperature measurements, displacement measurements, force measurements,
sound measurements, and data acquisition techniques. International standards
for safety and performance of medical instruments. |
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| 81446 Biomedical Instrumentation I Lab |
| Basic concepts of instrumentation. Measurement errors. Signal
conditioning, amplification, filtration, and processing. Medical measuring
devices for flow, force, pressure, heart rate, biopotentials and vital
signs such as ECG, EEG, and EMG. Simulation of biosignals. |
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| 81494 Biomedical Instrumentation II |
| Further study of the scientific bases and design strategies
for advanced medical instrumentation systems. Concepts of analogue and
digital circuits design, filters, microprocessor interfacing and computer
based instrumentation, electronic monitoring system, medical imaging, lasers,
and their applications. Real-time digital conditioning of monitored biomedical
signals. Therapeutic and prosthetic devices (e.g. brain electric and magnetic
stimulators, cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, physiotherapy apparatus,
radiotherapy machines, Phototherapy, laser). Electrosurgery and Anaesthesia
machines. Clinical laboratory equipment. Spectrophotometry and mass spectrometry.
Electrophoresis, and chromatography. Hematology equipment. |
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| 81496 Biomedical Instrumentation II Lab |
| Basic concepts of analog and digital electronics. A/D and
D/A converters. Interfacing with digital computers. Measurements of temperature,
respiratory system, glucose, blood gases, pH, and oxygen saturation. Medical
imaging, monitoring, Physiotherapy, intensive care, and laser applications. |
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| 81524 Opto-electronics and Medical Lasers |
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Nature of light: wave nature and corpuscular nature; Reflection, refraction, absorption and scattering of light. Optical process in semiconductors: radiative and nonradiative recombination; luminescence: electroluminescence, cathodoluminescence, photoluminescence. Light-emitting diodes (LED). Photodetectors: photoconductive cells, phototransistors, photodiodes, solar cells, photodiode array (PDA), coupled-charge device (CCD), photomultiplier tube (PMT). Lasers: Physics of lasers; Classification of lasers: Gas, solid, semiconductor, liquid; Continuous wave lasers (CW) and pulsed lasers. Medical applications of lasers; Laser-tissue interactions: thermal effect, photochemical effect, mechanical effect, electromagnetic effect. Lasers in dermatology, ophthalmology, oncology and other medical disciplines. Fiber optics: step index multimode, graded-index, single mode.
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| 81536 Clinical Engineering |
| A foundation course in medical and clinical terminology,
medical instrumentation, and paramedical instrumentation. Equipment control
concepts and techniques, and their application in hospitals and in the
medical profession. Device evaluation, specifications, preventive maintenance
and service, calibration and medical product liability, and electrical
safety problems in the clinical environment. Clinical engineering management,
technology assessment, and hospital management. |
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| 81538 Rehabilitation Engineering |
| Assessment and the development of engineering solutions
in rehabilitation. Emphasis on systems to restore functional competency,
seating and positioning, mobility, work, activities of daily living, transportation
and augmentative communication. Design of artificial organs including orthopedic
fixation devices, prostheses. Physiotherapy equipment. |
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| 81539 Bioenergetics and biomedical fluid mechanics |
| Basic concepts of general thermodynamics. Thermodynamics
of living systems. Application of thermodynamics laws to biological systems.
The principles of fluid mechanics and thermal energy exchange including
momentum and energy balances in biomedical systems. Analysis of engineering
and physiological systems and incorporation of these principles into design
of such systems. |
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| 81547 Biomedical Sensors and Transducers |
| Theory and principles of biosensor design and application
in medicine and biology. Analysis and selection of physical, optical, electrical,
mechanical, thermal transduction mechanisms, which form the basis of the
biosensor design. Principles and fundamental properties of transducers
(dynamics, linearity, hysteresis, and frequency range). Blood flow and
volume measurement, temperature measurement, muscle contraction transducers,
biopotential measurements, radioactive sensors, optical fiber sensors,
electrochemical and optical sensors, oxygen sensors. |
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| 81573 Modeling and Control of Biosystems |
| Methods for analyzing and designing Biomedical and Physiological
Control Systems. Techniques for generating mathematical models of such
systems. The behavior of physiological control systems using both time
and frequency domain methods. The concept of closed-loop real-time control
of biomedical systems. Structural and functional elements common to nervous
systems with emphasis on cellular dynamics, interneuronal communication,
sensory and effectors system. Feedback mechanisms for homeostasis. Modeling
of drug dosage, pulmonary transport, cardiac output, kidney function, and
other mechanisms. |
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| 81575 Biotelemetry |
| Introduction to biotelemetry. Analog and pulse modulation
techniques. Filters for transmission system. Principle of antennas. Transmitters
and receivers. Basic concepts of telecommunications analog and digital
circuits specially designed for transmission of bio-signals. |
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| 81588 Computer Applications in BME |
| The course is designed specifically to training the student
in the use of the digital computer, operating systems, and programming
techniques for the solution of problems related to Biomedical Engineering. |
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| 81594 Medical imaging systems |
| Basic physics of imaging systems. Information content of
an image. Photography, television systems and monitors. Theory and application
of optical, thermography, ultrasonic, radiography and computed tomography,
centillation and nuclear, single-photon emission computed tomography, positron
emission tomography, and magnetic resonant imaging systems. |
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| 81598 Laboratory instrumentation |
| Theory, application, classification, and management of laboratory
equipment. Spectrophotometers, automated chemical analyzers, chromatographs,
and electrophoresis apparatus. Drug quality control systems. Paralaboratory
equipment. Drug delivery devices. |
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