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Therapeutical Medical Technology

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 450-4013/02
Abbreviation LTP
Course title Therapeutical Medical Technology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Conception of therapeuticals instruments in medicine, therapeuticals dose, interaction of physical fields on biological structure, physiological effect
Technical conception of therapeutical instruments, Fundamental block schematics and parameters of individual blocks of therapeutical systems
Heart electrotherapy, defibrillation, cardiac pacemaker
Anesthesia and spirometry instruments, incubation apparatus
Leser technology, characteristics of radiation, fundamental types of laser, Incidence of laser ray on to biological tissue
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
Techniques of hock wave
Technique of radiation, RTG, radionuclide, laser
Basement of nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, Therapy by radioisotope
Instruments for rehabilitation and physiotherapy, ionosphere, function generator, magnetoscope, pharmacology
Suplementary instruments for surgical branch
Technique of low temperature, cryosurgery
Instruments summary of other medical branch, Electrical safety at the health service


Exercises:
Fundamental idea, Submission of semestral work.
Basic requirements within Therapeutical medical technology
Presentation of semestral work


Laboratories:
Measurement - defibrillation
Measurement - cardiac pacemaker
Nidation of cardiac pacemaker
Project - narcotization and respiratory technique
Project - surgical and eye lasers
Project and excursion onto specialist workplace - unipolar and bipolar galvanocautery
Project - laparoscopy, arthroscopy
Brightness magnifier of RTG image and television system
Project and excursion onto specialist workplace - scintigraphy and therapy by radioisotope
Project and excursion onto specialist workplace - diathermy, magneto - therapy, laser and ultrasound therapy
Excursion onto specialist workplace - prompt ambulance service

Literature

• ROZMAN, Jiří. Medical Instrumentation III. Brno: University of Technology, 2000. ISBN 80-214-1667-X.
• BRONZINO, Joseph D. The biomedical engineering handbook. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 0849321239 .
• WEBSTER, John G., ed. Medical instrumentation: application and design. 3rd ed. S.l.: John Wiley, c1998. ISBN 0-471-15368-0.

Advised literature

• DAVID, Yadin. Clinical engineering. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2003. Principles and applications in engineering. ISBN 0849318130 .
• PEREZ, Reinaldo. Design of medical electronic devices. San Diego: Academic Press, c2002. ISBN 0125507119.
• CARR, Joseph J. a John M. BROWN. Introduction to biomedical equipment technology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2001. ISBN 0130104922.
• MACKAY, R. Stuart. Bio-medical telemetry; sensing and transmitting biological information from animals and man. New York: Wiley, 1968.
• FRADEN, Jacob. AIP handbook of modern sensors: physics, designs and applications. 3rd print. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1995. AIP series in modern instrumentation and measurements in physics & engineering. ISBN 1-56396-108-3 .
• OLANSEN, Jon B. a Eric. ROSOW. Virtual bio-instrumentation: biomedical, clinical, and healthcare applications in LabVIEW. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 0130652164.
• DAVIM, J. Paulo, ed. The design and manufacture of medical devices. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing, 2012. Woodhead Pu blishing reviews: mechanical engineering. ISBN 978-1-907568-72-5