| ETE180 |
Biomedical Engineering, 7,5 ECTS credits.
/Medicinsk teknik/
For:
FRIST
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Prel. scheduled
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Rec. self-study hours: 200
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Area of Education: Medicine
Subject area: Biomedical Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G1
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Aim:
The course aim is to demonstrate the interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering. The student should be able to illustrate different biomedical technologies used and be able to select the most appropriate technology to diagnostics and therapy. After passing the course the student should be able to:
- Show and give examples of how biomedical engineering is related to a health care process.
- Apply biomedical engineering solutions on physiological problems and questions.
- Communicate biomedical engineering solutions in new and different domains.
- Relate the advantage of biomedical engineering in relation to its costs.
- Describe and value different biomedical engineering technologies and be able to choose the most suitable for a specific diagnose or therapy.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
Distance education utilizing a virtual learning environment, It's learning.
Cooperative education with Umeå universitet.
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Course contents:
The course is subdivided into themes:
Theme 1: Introduction - terminology - health care process.
Theme 2: Biofluids and respiration.
Theme 3: Biopotentials.
Theme 4: Medical image.
Theme 5: Medical data.
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Course literature:
Bertil Jacobson. Teknik i praktisk sjukvård. Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-630-6692-0
Web-published literature.
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Examination: |
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Home exam, projects and seminars |
7,5 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IMT.
Director of Studies: Göran Salerud
Examiner: Göran Salerud
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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