Course detail

Diagnostics of the bio- and ecosystems

FEKT-NDBEAcad. year: 2011/2012

Sensing principles of electrical signals generated by organism, sensing principles of the nonelectrical signals generated by organism, devices for operation rooms, devices for physiological research, devices for diagnostic laboratories (physical principles used for testing hearing, eye field of view, properties of muscles and for the blood vessel system). Physical principles of devices for biochemical laboratories. Physical principles of devices for environmental diagnostics.

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 student will acquire a compendium of the properties of the selected diagnostic methods for health care and ecology.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

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 completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to introduce the students to selected diagnostics methods for health care and ecology.

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

Laboratory works

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bronzino J.:The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, CRC Preess, Boca Raton 1995
Kline I. et al.: Handbook of Biomedical Engineering, Academic Press, San Diego 1988

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-BEI , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Types and principles of sensing electric and nonelectric activity of the organism: transducers and biosensors.
Principles and construction of systems for heart diagnostics: ECG with automatic diagnostics, stress tests, Holter monitoring systems.
Principle and construction of systems for diagnostics of hemodynamics: blood pressure and blood flow, cardiac output, venous diagnostics.
Brain diagnostics and diagnostics of the nervous system.
Principle and construction of systems for eye diagnostics: field of view, intra-eye pressure, EOG, ENG, eye ultrasound biometry. Diagnostics of hearing: subjective and objective audiometry.
Principle and construction of systems used for breathing mechanic diagnostics: spirometry, gass analysers, full body plethysmography.
Principle and construction of devices for tissue impedance measurement.
Principle and construction of diagnostic systems using ionize radiation.
Methods and systems for measurement of air pollution (SO2, O3, carbonhydrats, NOx, CO, CO2). Methods and systems for measurement of the opencast water and the sewage (BSK5, CHSK).
Methods and construction of systems for ambient noise mesurement and for measurement of vibrations, infrasound and ultrasound.
Methods and the construction of systems for measurement of electrostatic, magnetic and electromagnetic field in environment.
Dosimetric methods at a industrial operation and hospitals, personnel dosimetry, full body spectral analysis after external or internal contamination.
Methodology and systems for the building thermal relief by using of the thermovision. The illumination and brightness measurement at the working environment.

Fundamentals seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Desing of the temperature compensation circuit of the semiconductor pressure transducer.
Design of the input circuit of the alcohol tester with a fuel cell.
Design of the constant current source for tissue impedance meter.
Design of the dosimetr input circuit with Geger-Müller tube.
Action over evaluation from termocamera record.
Designe principle of the simple equipment for the troublesome magnetic field measurement.

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Radim Kolář, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Measurement of the temperature rofile by thermovision
Excursion to biochemistry laboratory of the faculty hospital Brno-Bohunice
Equipment for measurement of the troublesome magnetic field measurement (design, composition and parameters measurement)