BM 402 Engineering in Medicine

 

Description        

The human body as a machine: physiological principles, modeling, neural networks; diagnostic techniques and related instrumentation; high technology in patient care and therapy. Computers in medicine: signal and image processing, picture archiving, telemedicine; biomaterials and prostheses; principles of clinical engineering and safety considerations; technology management in hospitals.

Prerequisites

Elementary biology, freshman chemistry, and calculus

Objectives

Introduce the common biomedical instruments and techniques and their principles to motivate the students in generating creative ideas for novel and better medical systems

Topical Outline
  • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • BIOMEDICAL SENSORS
  • BIOINSTRUMENTATION
  • BIOSIGNAL PROCESSING
  • BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • BIOMATERIALS and TISSUE ENGINEERING
  • RADIATION IMAGING
  • NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
  • ULTRASOUND
  • BIOMEDICAL OPTICS AND LASERS
  • REHABILITATION ENGINEERING AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
  • CLINICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY

Course Policies

Homework, 1 Midterm, 1 Final, Final project

Grading

Homework 30%, Midterm 25%, Project 25%, Final 20%, Attendance (+10%)

Recommended Textbooks

•    Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, John D. Enderle, Susan M. Blanchard, Joseph D. Bronzino
•    Medical Instrumentation, J. Webster

 

BM 402 Course Agreement Documents

Please download the Agreement bundle. Carefully read all the documents. Sign the “Sözleşme” and “Plagersim Declarion” and birng it to class

Projects

You are to form groups to prepape a project to be presented at the end of the term. Choose one of these topics:

  1. A novel (futuristic) cancer detection or cancer therapy method

Choose one specific type of cancer, do a literature search on its pathogenesis, the state-of-art of the existing detection      and therapy methods for this type of cancer. Then propose a futuristic (hypothetical) approach to either detect or cure this type of cancer. This part does require sound creativity, a lengthy discussion between the group members. Prepare a presentation not more than 15 minutes long. Prepare a report


           

  1. A novel technique to improve the life quality of disabled people:

You are asked to observe to daily problems faced by diasbled people. Choos one type of disability (ex: blindness) and observe how their they cope with this disability. You will propose several methods, instruments in improving the chances of people with this type of disability to cope with daily life difficulties. Prepare a presentation not more than 15 minutes long. Prepare a report to be sumbitted during the final exam.

Sample Presentation


Creating your groups New
 

Groups should be at most 8 people. No more than 60% of the students in a group with the same major are allowed in the groups. Find a name for your group. Groups should announce their vacancies by contacting the class members from the following list:
Use this news group to find a partner: BME_402_Fall2002@yahoogroups.com

COURSE LIST

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Last Updated on January 9, 2003

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