Overview of Medical Devices

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Department of Biomedical Technology

Synopsis:

The content of the course is chosen so that it is sufficient to understand and master the issues in other related subjects. The course covers diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, including imaging systems. The student will learn the basic technical parameters of equipment commonly used in clinical practice. The course covers the categorization of medical devices, blood pressure measurement devices, measurement of bioelectric activity of the heart (ECG) - electrocardiographs, patient vital signs monitors, measurement of bioelectric activity of the brain (EEG) - electroencephalograph, measurement of bioelectric activity of the muscles (EMG) - electromyograph, electrosurgical units (ESU), pacemakers, defibrillators, intensive care unit equipment, pulmonary ventilators and basic imaging systems for X-ray, CT, SPECT, PET and ultrasound. The course also includes an overview of methods used in radiotherapy.

Requirements:

The student writes a credit test in the form of two partial tests in the middle and at the end of the semester. The course ends with an exam.

Syllabus of lectures:

- Categorisation of medical devices, EU regulation.

- Blood pressure measuring devices.

- Measurement of bioelectric activity of the heart (ECG) - electrocardiographs, measurement of bioelectric activity of the brain (EEG) - electroencephalograph, measurement of bioelectric activity of muscles (EMG) - electromyograph.

- Electrosurgical units (ESU).

- Pacemakers, defibrillators.

- Intensive care units - equipment, pulmonary ventilators, methods of artificial pulmonary ventilation.

- Conventional imaging systems - X-ray.

- Computed tomographic imaging systems - CT.

- Nuclear medicine imaging systems - SPECT, PET.

- Ultrasound imaging systems - ultrasound.

Syllabus of tutorials:

- Introductory exercise, OHS, course requirements, familiarization with tasks.

- Blood pressure measurement.

- Electrocardiography.

- Vital signs monitors.

- Pacemakers, defibrillators.

- Electrosurgical units (ESUs), infusion equipment and linear dosing devices.

- Electrotherapy, magnetotherapy.

- Ultrasound therapy devices.

- Artificial pulmonary ventilation.

- Ultrasound diagnostic equipment (ultrasound imaging systems).

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic principles of commonly used instrumentation.

Study materials:

Required literature

[1] ROZMAN, Jiří. Electronic devices in medicine. Prague: Czech Technical Matrix (Academia). ISBN 80-200-1308-3.

[2] PENHAKER, Marek. Medical diagnostic instruments: teaching texts. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University Ostrava, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0751-3.

[3] ZUNA, Ivan and Lubomír POUŠEK. 2nd ed. Prague: ISBN 978-80-01-03779-9.

Recommended literature

[4] SRNA, MichaL and Pavlína HOJCSKOVÁ.

[5] HOZMAN, J., ROUBÍK, K. Tomographic imaging methods in medicine - CT (Czech version). Educational videoprogram (VHS, CDROM): AVTC ČVUT, 2002. Available at https://download.cvut.cz/vyukova-videa-pro-fbmi/ (authorization with the CTU master password is required)

[6] WEBSTER, John G. The measurement, instrumentation, and sensors handbook. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press published in cooperation with IEEE Press, c1999. ISBN 9780849383472.

[7] BRONZINO, Joseph D. and Donald R. PETERSON. The Biomedical Engineering Handbook Four Volume Set. Fourth Edition. CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 2015. ISBN 978-143-9825-334.

[8] WEBB, Steve and M. A. FLOWER. Webb's physics of medical imaging. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2012. Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering. ISBN 9780750305730.

Study aids

Handouts designed for combined study and presentations posted on the course website.

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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:

• Systematic Integration of Prosesses of Healthcare (compulsory course)