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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Biophysics

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 450-2008/01
Abbreviation BFY
Course title Biophysics
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Augustynek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
•Biophysics and its objectives. Fundamentals of mathematical analysis of biophysical processes. Function and its expression. General properties.
•Construction of biologically important macromolecules, cell structure. Molecular Physics. Proteins and lipids. Amino acids. Cell.
•Molecular biophysics. Structure and properties of molecules. Interactions between components of building materials. Molecular properties of materials. Diffusion in solutions.Osmosis and osmotic pressure. Molecules, Biomacromolecules, molecular receptors.
•Cell Biophysics. Structure of the cell. Methods of examination structure.Biomembranes. Types of transport agents. Electrical properties of cells.Propagation of electric potential.
•Biophysics of tissues and organs. Mechanical properties of tissues. Fundamentals of Biomechanics. Biophysics of blood circulation. Biophysics of breathing. Bioacoustic. The electrical resistance of tissues. Relationship between structure and function of body, biomechanics of bones, muscle tissue structure, biophysics of muscle movement.
•Biological system in relation to non-living medium. Electromagnetic waves and the effects on living systems. Absorption of electromagnetic fields. Protection against undesirable effects of electromagnetic fields on the body. Influence of magnetic fields on the human organism.Gravitational fields and living systems. Influence of ultrasound waves. Conducting of electrical current through tissues. Weather conditions and organism. Biological effects of microwaves.
•Biophysics perception. Characteristics of sense perception. Subdivision of receptors. Transfer function of receptors. Biophysics of chemical stimulation sensation. Biophysics of sound sensation. Physiological acoustics, noise. Structure of the eye. Optical system of the eye. The perception of light stimulation.
•Biocybernetics. Establishment of Biocybernetics and its characteristics. Cyber systems. Dynamical systems and their properties. Information systems. Control and regulation.Principles of modeling.
•Optobiophysics. Optics, light, light interaction with the medium, wave optics, optical display, optical instruments and methods, the effects of different types of light on the organism, the human eye optics, biophysics of vision, ophthalmic instruments.
•Biomechanics. Biological materials in terms of physics of solids. Deformation. Flexibility.Basics of biostatics. Viscosity. Membrane mechanics and cell shape. Hydrodynamics of fluid flow and blood circulation. Airflow.
•Bioenergetics. Basic thermodynamic concepts. Thermodynamics of biological systems. Transformation and accumulation of energy in living systems.
•Ionizing radiation. Characteristics of the IR, act of radioactive transformation, units. Physical, biological and effective half-life of transformation, natural and artificial radioactivity, radioactive balance, radioactive transformation modes and interactions IR. IR Resources.
•Protection against ionizing radiation. Biological effects of IR, the forms of radiation damage, principles of treatment after IR, biophysical and radiobiological foundations of radiotherapy. Methodology of radiation therapy.

Literature

Cameron, J.R, Skofronick, J.G.: Medical physics, Wiley New York, 1978
Matcalf,H. J.: Topics in clasical biophysics. Prentice -Hall, Inc., Englewood Cilffs, 1980

Advised literature

Cameron, J.R, Skofronick, J.G.: Medical physics, Wiley New York, 1978
Matcalf,H. J.: Topics in clasical biophysics. Prentice -Hall, Inc., Englewood Cilffs, 1980