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49215 Biomedical Engineering
Danish title: Medikoteknik
Language: English Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: English

Previous course: C4222
No credit points with: C4222
Prerequisite: 49101/49108/49102/49163.72205/72105.10100
Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester
Scope and form: Lectures, and about 3 visits at hospital departments and industrial companies, mainly wednesday afternoons.
Examination: Written exam without aid (13-scale)
Remarks: The course is an entry course for a number of curses on Biomedical Engineering: 49414, 49415, 49416, 49419.
Contact person: Jens E. Wilhjelm, Building 349, Tel. +45 4525 3886, email jw@oersted.dtu.dk, http://www.oersted.dtu.dk/staff/all/jw/

URL: http://www.it.dtu.dk/c49215
Department: Department of Information Technology
Aim: To give an overview of clinical physiological measurement techniques and to present the most common technical equipment that is used for diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, with emphasis on the physical measurement situations. To illustrate applications of the many technical areas taught at DTU.
Contents: Blood pressure and flow measurements. Heart diseases, ecg and other examination techniques, intensive care and treatment. Measuring and signal processing equipment for nuclear medical, biochemical, urological and neurophysiological examinations, including electrodes, eeg and evoked response techniques. CT, SPECT, PET and MR-scanning. Imaging with ultrasound. Noise, safety, and other environmentally derived problems and requirements.