Basics of Medical Electronics

Relations:

It is not possible to register for the course A0M31ZLE if the student is concurrently registered for or has already completed the course A6M31LET (mutually exclusive courses).

It is not possible to register for the course A0M31ZLE if the student is concurrently registered for or has previously completed the course BAM31LET (mutually exclusive courses).

Course guarantor:

Jan Havlík

Lecturer:

Jan Havlík

Tutor:

Jan Havlík, 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. Projects

3. Explanations of laboratory experiments

4. Amplifiers for measuring devices

5. Laboratory experiments

6. Laboratory experiments

7. Laboratory experiments

8. Laboratory experimants

9. Laboratory experimants

10. Projects

11. Laboratory experimants

12. Projects

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:

Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/A0M31ZLE

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	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
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Thu	roomT2:A3-413a Havlík J. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice roomT2:A3-413a Havlík J. Horčík Z. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice roomT2:A3-413a 18:00–19:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.102) Dejvice
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The course is a part of the following study plans: