Basics of Medical Electronics

Lecturer:

Jan Havlík (gar.)

Tutor:

Jan Havlík (gar.), Zdeněk Horčík

Supervisor:

Department of Circuit Theory

Synopsis:

Students will study fundamental principles applied within the modern medical devices and systems, esp. from the point of view of functional blocks and electronic circuits of diagnostical and therapeutical medical equipments including electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs, bedside and central monitors, equipments for anestesiology, intensive and critical healthcare, equipments for clinical laboratory, electrostimulators, cardiostimulators and defibrilators, blood pressure and flow measurement (including dilution) and pulse oxymetry.

Requirements:

Presence in seminars, laboratory practice, semestral work

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basics of physiology

2. Biological signals, artefacts of biological signals

3. Classification of medical equipments, biopotential electrodes

4. Amplifiers for measuring devices

5. Electrocardiographs

6. Cardiostimulators, defibrilators

7. Equipments for blood pressure and flow measurement

8. Electroencephalography

9. Electromyography, measuring of body temperature

10. Spirometry, pulse oxymetry

11. Basics of ultrasonography diagnostics

12. Advanced imaging methods - RTG, CT, MRI, PET

13. Radiotherapy, X radiation and high energy radiation equipment, stereotactic radiosurgery

14. Telemedicine

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction to seminars, regulations for experimental work, safety regulations. MicroCap - explanation of system

2. Biopotential electrodes

3. Amplifiers for measuring devices

4. Explanations of laboratory experiments, reservations of individual works

5. Laboratory experiments

6. Laboratory experiments

7. Laboratory experiments

8. Laboratory experimants

9. Telemedicine

10.Telemedicine

11. Telemedicine

12.Presentations of individual works

13.Presentations of individual works

Study Objective:

The main goal is to offer the basic knowledge in the field of medical equipment and to provide the practice with selected devices in laboratories for students.

Study materials:

1. Webster, J. G.: Medical Instrumentation - Application and Design. Wiley, 4 edition, 2007.

2.Bronzino, J. D.: The Biomedical Engineering Handbook. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 1995

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomT2:C3-54 Havlík J. 11:00–12:30 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice PoslucharnaroomT2:C4-362 Havlík J. Horčík Z. 12:45–14:15 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Laborator K362roomT2:C4-362 Havlík J. Horčík Z. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.102) Dejvice Laborator K362
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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: