Course TitleIntroduction to biomedical engineering Number of Credits 3Prerequisite Physics of the human body , Electrical Circuits 1 Lecturer-
Course Description -
Course Goals and Objectives
Introducing students to medical engineering trends and introducing the applications of this field in medical sciences
Course Topics 1. Introduction Introduction to biomedical engineering trends Introducing various applications of biomedical engineering in medical sciences 2. Sources of vital potentials Electrical analysis of cell physiology How the potential for action occurs and its dissemination 2-3. Modeling of the nerve cell 3. Electrodes and Converters 3.1 Introducing the EEG, EMG, ECG Critical Potentials and their Electrodes 3.2 Types of Transducers for Measuring Vital Physical and Chemical Variables 4. Amplify and filter vital signals Operational amplifiers 4.2 Active analog filters 4-3- (emphasis on ECG signal amplification and filtering) 5. Introduce different methods of processing vital signals 5-1- Characteristics of critical signals 5-2- Critical signal frequency domain display Short-term Fourier Conversion and Wavelet Conversion Artificial intelligence (neural network) and fuzzy approach Introducing Modeling in Biomedical Engineering 6-1- Compartmental models - Cardiovascular modeling Introducing biomaterials in biomedical engineering 7-1- Interaction of tissue and biological material and biocompatibility 7-2- Tissue Engineering Introducing biomechanics in biomedical engineering Bone mechanics of bone, tendon and muscle 8.2 Cardiovascular dynamics 9. Additional topics Ethics in Medical Research 9-2- The structure of medical engineering in Iran
Reading Resources
Bronzino A, “Introduction to Biomedical Engineering “, McGraw-Hill, 2012
Bronzino, Joseph D., and Donald R. Peterson. “Medical Devices and Human Engineering”. CRC Press, 2018.
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