Course detail

Medical diagnostic devices

FEKT-CLDTAcad. year: 2011/2012

Principles of function and the description of construction of the diagnostics equipment and systems for sensing of the electrical and non elektrical quantities from organism (ECG,EEG,EMG, impedance measurement, blood pressure measurement, blod flow measurement). Fundamental principles of the medical imaging systems (X-ray systems, imaging by using of the magnetic resonance, gama imaging systems and, the ultrasound imaging systems). Principles of construction and using of the medical systems.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Biomedical Engineering (UBMI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The undergraduate will obtain the principal knowledge about function of the diagnostic technique which is the most frequently used in practice.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

Sensing of the biological signals - sensing electrodes, polarization of the electrodes.
Amplifiers for biological signals - technical parameters of the amplifiers and its design.
Electroencephalography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EEG.
Electrocardiography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters.
Electromyography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EMG. 6. 6. Blood pressure measurement (invasive and non invasive methods). Principle of function.
Blood flow measurment - dilution techniques, Doppler techniques.
Pletysmography - capacitance principle, photoelectric method, impedance measurement.
Rewiev of the monitoring systems - function and principles, list of physiological variables for monitoring, monitoring system and its coupling at the hospital information system.
X-ray imaging systems - description both the convenctional and digital skiascopic and the skigraphics systems; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose.
Computerized X-ray tomography - elementary principles of construction of the standard and the helical computerised tomographs; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose.
Gama-ray imaging systems - construction principles of the planar Gama-ray imaging systems; using of the Gama-ray imaging systems for the diagnostic purpose.
Tissue ultrasound imaging systems - principle of the imaging method; using of the ultrasound imaging systems for the diagnostic purposes.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Introduction to the principal knowledge about medical diagnostics technique.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Laboratory works, test.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bronzino, J.D. The Biomedical engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton 1995
Drastich A.: Zobrazovací systémy v lékařství, VUT FEI, Brno 1989
Drastich A.:Netelevizní zobrazovací systémy, UBMI FEI VUT v Brně 2001
Chmelař M.: Lékarská laboratorní technika, skriptum VUT 2000
Chmelař M.: Lékařská přístrojová technika 1, Akademické nakladatelství CERM1995
Krstel E.: Imaging Systems for Medical Diagnostics, Siemens aktiengesellschaft, Berlin 1990

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BC-AMT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch BC-MET , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective specialised
    branch BC-EST , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective specialised

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

. Sensing of the biological signals - sensing electrodes, polarization of the electrodes.
2. Amplifiers for biological signals - technical parameters of the amplifiers and its design.
3. Electroencephalography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EEG.
4. Electrocardiography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters.
5. Electromyography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EMG. 6. 6. Blood pressure measurement (invasive and non invasive methods). Principle of function.
7. Blood flow measurment - dilution techniques, Doppler techniques.
8. Pletysmography - capacitance principle, photoelectric method, impedance measurement.
9. Rewiev of the monitoring systems - function and principles, list of physiological variables for monitoring, monitoring system and its coupling at the hospital information system.
10. X-ray imaging systems - description both the convenctional and digital skiascopic and the skigraphics systems; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose.
11. Computerized X-ray tomography - elementary principles of construction of the standard and the helical computerised tomographs; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose.
12. Gama-ray imaging systems - construction principles of the planar Gama-ray imaging systems; using of the Gama-ray imaging systems for the diagnostic purpose.
13. Tissue ultrasound imaging systems - principle of the imaging method; using of the ultrasound imaging systems for the diagnostic purposes.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic of programming in LabView.
2. Basic signal processing method in LabView
3. ECG processing and filtering in LabView.
4. R-wave detection in LabView.
5. Real-time measurment in LabView.
6. Desing and implementation of the basic cardio-monitor.
7. Design and construction of diferential amplifier for biological signal.
8. Design and construction of antialiasing filter.
9. Design and construction of ECG amplifier.