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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Biomedical Instrumental Technology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 450-2030/02
Abbreviation BPT
Course title Biomedical Instrumental Technology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Disposal of fundamentals biomedical instrument technique. Demand on column distillation apparatus. Jointing of medical arrangement with digitizing instruments. Inverters and connections of medical apparatus with PC and net. Specificity for image processing. Biophysical principles of investigative methods.
Basic electrical activity in life organism, electric action on biomembrane. Shock conduction in tissue.
Biopotential electrodes, oxidation, reduction and half cell potential. Polarization of electrodes, material, electrical duality, Practical realization. Bio - Amplifiers, division, structure of amplifiers, operational and isolated amplifier.
Biosignal dividing.Idea of biosignal and his role in biomedical system. Signals working in medical arrangement, their origin and method processing.Electrical characteristics of weaving. Biopotential of peripheral nerve and skeletal muscle. Biopotential brains and heart, EEG, ECG, EOG.
Measurement of non-electrical biosignals. Measurement of temperature, mechanical quantity, balistography, fonocardiography. Flow measurement. Monitoring. Telemetry. Instruments for ergometry workplace. Measurement of blood pressure, invasive, non - invasive. Beat per minute hart rate.

Fundamental piece of knowledge electrophysiology. Bases of electrophysiology and skeletal muscle. Electrophysiology of heart.
Fundamental piece of knowledge electroelectroencefalography. Basic description of instrument and principle of work. EEG, EOG, EMG Bases of electrophysiology of brain.
Diagnostical instrument for sensuous system. Audiometer, hearing apparatus. Analysators. Ultrasonography and diagnosis.
Instrumnts for ventilating diagnostics. Pletysmography, Oxymetry, Respiratory diagnostics. Analysis of gas inspiratory.
Conception of therapeuticals instruments in medicine, therapeuticals dose, interaction of physical fields on biological structure, physiological effect. Laser technology, characteristics of radiation, fundamental types of laser, Incidence of laser ray on to biological tissue.
Provocativeness of weaving. Electrostimulation of peripheral nerve and skeletal muscle. Electrostimulation of heart and spinal cord. Pacemakerying temporary and perm. Diagnostic method at loading and checks pacemaker. Defibrillation.
Electromagnetic field technology, physical principle, electromagnetic field energy and effect, high frequency technology. Ultrasound technology, Incidence on to biological tissue, cavitation, acoustic diffusion, thermal convection, physiatrics.
Radiographic displayed method. Shadow-test. Tomography. Whole body detection. Magnetic resonance.
Technique of radiation, RTG, radionuclide. Basement of nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, Therapy by radioisotope.

Exercises:
Digital computation on the near choice part of electronic instrument. Reckonings designed perimeter with reference to possible practical realization.

Laboratories:
Metering of quality electrode for entry biosignal. Measurement of polarization, artifacts. Amplifiers and his connection Setting of independent tasks.
Metering of defy skin and weaving. Metering frequency dependence on admittance on the quick tissues.
Metering of seat height power control and mechanical activities and provocativeness muscle.
Scan and entry of electrical signal. ECG, EGG.
Scan and entry of electrical signal. EEG, EOG.
Temperature measurement. Scanning of fonocardiography, blood flow and beat per minute. Ultround measurement a detection of flow.
Blood pressure measurement invasive and non invasive measurement.

Measurement project on diagnostics instruments for application on sensations organs. Audiometer, earpiece, eye analyzer. Ultrasonography.
Measurement of pletysmography, oxymetry, gas analysators.
Demonstration of investigation capacity as pulmonary and changes quiescent ventilation of the lungs on choice outer stimuli.
Cardiostimulators parameters measurement.
Excursion on revolting clinical workplace - Radio diagnostic.
Excursion on revolting clinical workplace -Radio therapeutic.

Literature

Bronzino J.D. et al.: The biomedical engineering handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1995.

Advised literature

Carr, Joseph J., Brown, John M.: Introduction to biomedical equipment technology 4th.Edition Upper Saddle River (USA): Prentice Hall, , 2001. ISBN 0-13-010492-2