TBME50 Biomedical Engineering, ECTS-points
/MEDICIN OCH TEKNIK/

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
The course aims at providing an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering by giving a methodological survey of an engineering approach to diagnostics and therapy.

Supplementary courses:
TBME02 Anatomy and Physiology TBMT01 Biomedical Signal Processing TBMT02 Medical Imaging TBMT23 Physiological Pressures and Flows TBMT22 Intensive Care and Rehabilitation TBMT13 Technical Systems in Health Care TBMT40 Biomedical Transducers TBMI12 Medical Information Systems TBMI22 Classification and Decision Support TBMI30 Telemedicine

Course content:
Survey of the field of biomedical engineering, medical terminology Diagnostics and therapeutics in health care, definition of diseases and well being. Methods and techniques for physical examination, medical imaging and radiology, therapeutic intervention. Laboratory experiment: measurement of biomedical signals (4h), measurement of respiratory and cardiovascular parameters during work load (4h).

Course literature:
B Jacobson. Medicin och teknik. Studentlitteratur 1995.

LAB 1Labratory work
PRA 1
Course language is Swedish.