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ILDT Acad. year 2010/2011 Winter semester 5 credits

Current academic year

Guarantor

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs laboratories
  • 13 hrs pc labs

Department

Study literature

  • Chmelař, M.: Lékařská přístrojová technika 1, Akademické nakladatelství CERM 1995
  • Chmelař, M.: Lékařská laboratorní technika, skriptum VUT 2000
  • Drastich, A.: Zobrazovací systémy v lékařství, VUT FEI, Brno 1989
  • Drastich, A.: Netelevizní zobrazovací systémy, UBMI FEI VUT v Brně 2001
  • Krstel, E.: Imaging Systems for Medical Diagnostics, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin 1990
  • Bronzino, J.D.: The Biomedical engineering Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton 1995
  • Rozman, J., kol. Elektronické přístroje v lékařství, Academia, 2006

Syllabus of lectures

1. Sensing of the biological signals - sensing electrodes, polarization of the electrodes. 2. Amplifiers for biological signals - technical parameters of the amplifiers and its design. 3. Electroencephalography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EEG. 4. Electrocardiography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. 5. Electromyography - equipment, principle of its function and technical parameters. Additive equipment for EMG. 6. 6. Blood pressure measurement (invasive and non invasive methods). Principle of function. 7. Blood flow measurment - dilution techniques, Doppler techniques. 8. Pletysmography - capacitance principle, photoelectric method, impedance measurement. 9. Rewiev of the monitoring systems - function and principles, list of physiological variables for monitoring, monitoring system and its coupling at the hospital information system. 10. X-ray imaging systems - description both the convenctional and digital skiascopic and the skigraphics systems; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose. 11. Computerized X-ray tomography - elementary principles of construction of the standard and the helical computerised tomographs; using of the X-ray systems for the diagnostics purpose. 12. Gama-ray imaging systems - construction principles of the planar Gama-ray imaging systems; using of the Gama-ray imaging systems for the diagnostic purpose. 13. Tissue ultrasound imaging systems - principle of the imaging method; using of the ultrasound imaging systems for the diagnostic purposes.

Syllabus of laboratory exercises

1. Basic of programming in LabView. 2. Basic signal processing method in LabView 3. ECG processing and filtering in LabView. 4. R-wave detection in LabView. 5. Real-time measurment in LabView. 6. Desing and implementation of the basic cardio-monitor. 7. Design and construction of diferential amplifier for biological signal. 8. Design and construction of antialiasing filter. 9. Design and construction of ECG amplifier.

Syllabus of computer exercises

1. Basic of programming in LabView. 2. Basic signal processing method in LabView 3. ECG processing and filtering in LabView. 4. R-wave detection in LabView. 5. Real-time measurment in LabView. 6. Desing and implementation of the basic cardio-monitor. 7. Design and construction of diferential amplifier for biological signal. 8. Design and construction of antialiasing filter. 9. Design and construction of ECG amplifier.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, any year of study, Elective
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