Biophysics

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	480-2480/02
Abbreviation	BIFY
Course title	Biophysics
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	Mgr. Ing. Kamila Hrabovská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Syllabus of lectures:
1) Biology and physics
2) Introduction to the mechanics of the human body
3) Vibrations and their influence on a human organism, acoustics
4) Fluid mechanics
5) Introduction to thermodynamics, heat transfer, bioenergetics
6) Geometrical optics, thermal radiation of bodies
7) Atomic physics, radioactivity
8) Electronic circuit
9) Bioadmitance, neurosensitivity
10) Impulsotherapy
11) Sensorics, feedback
12) Nomograms, spectrograms
13) Expert system and new trends - atomic surgery

Syllabus of exercises:
Hemodynamics
Bioacoustics

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

TREBUŇOVÁ, M., ŽIVČÁK, J.: Biophysics in biomedical engineering. I. Prešov: Technical University of Košice Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 2017. .
HOBBIE, Russell K. a Bradley John ROTH. Intermediate physics for medicine and biology. 4th ed. New York: Springer, c2007. ISBN 978-0-387-30942-2.

Advised literature

NEWMAN, Jay.: Physics of the life sciences. New York: Springer, c2008. ISBN 978-0-387-77258-5.
BEVELACQUA, J.J.: Basic Health Physics: Problems and Solutions. Wiley, 2010, .

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