Biophysics

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Department of Natural Sciences

Synopsis:

The Lectures in Biophysics follow up and summarize main disciplines of Physics taught in students' previous study, and show description of biological phenomena (lectured in other courses) in terms of Physics. The Lectures also show selected Principles and Methods in Physics that are germane for construction and functionality of biomedical devices and the development of physical methods in biomedical engineering. The Course covers these areas and their practical applications in biomedical engineering: Physics of Continuum and Fluid Mechanics, Diffusion Phenomena, Membrane Transport, Acoustics, X-ray Sources and Radiology, and Radioactivity for biomedicine.

Requirements:

Zápočet: active participation in 80% of tutorials, a ppt presentation and a written report on a subject defined by the tutor, produce all homeworks

Exam: written part (solving 4-5 problems), oral part (2 randomly selected areas from the total of subjects covered by the course plus their applications in biomedical engineering). More details available in the Examination schedule.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Fluid Mechanics

2. Physics of Flow, and Blood Flow in Blood Vessels (Poiseuille Law, Fahraeus-Lindquist, Zweifach-Fung)

3. Surface Effects, Capilary Effects

4. Fundamentals of Mechanics of Continuum

5. Osmosis, Reverse Osmosis

6. Diffusion

7. Physics of Membrane Transport

8. Human Ventilation System, Application of fluid mechanics

9. Heart and its Physics

10. Fundamentals of Acoustics

11. Audiometry and Audible Sound Parameters, Ultrasound and Its Biomedical Applications

12. Advanced X-ray Sources and Fundamentals of Radiology

13. Radioactivity and Its Application in Biomedicine

14. Electrical Signals and Their Propagation in Human Body

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics

2. Fluid Mechanics and Measurement Techniques

3. Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Continuum

4. Heart and its Physics

5. Acoustics

6. Acoustics

7. Surface Tension and Capilary Phenomena

8. Membranes and Diffusion

9. Membranes and Diffusion

10. X-Rays

11. Radioactivity

12. Electrical Signals in a Body

13. Student presentations

14. Student presentations

Study Objective:

1) To show, how Physics describes phenomena in living Nature, and to develop implications of such approach.

2) To show, how Principles of Physics and Methods of Physics apply in the field of study of students - Devices and Methods in biomedical engineering.

Study materials:

[1] R. Cotterill: Introduction to Biophysics, Wiley (June 15, 2002), ISBN: 0471485381

[2] KUBA, Jaroslav; SCHLENKER, Jakub: Sbírka příkladů z biofyziky. Praha, ČVUT, 2011. 81 s.

[3] P. Maroti, L. Berkes and F. Tolgyesi: Biophysics Problems, ISBN: 9630575264. (1998)

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Navazující magisterský studijní obor Přístroje a metody pro biomedicínu (compulsory course)