English
Swedish

Every autumn semester

The object with the course Biomedical Measurements is to give a broad understanding for the problems that are associated with the use of measurement technology in the medical environment. Applications within health and welfare as well as clinical research will be discussed. In combination with the diploma work, it will lay an excellent foundation for further work within the biomedical engineering as well as for scientific research.
The course is organized as a sequence of lectures given by selected lecturers, all of top quality within their competence areas

The course will give a broad outline over modern biomedical engineering. Examples of lecture captions include measurement of blood pressure, ECG, electromedicine, clinical chemistry, anaesthesiology, modern surgical methods, dialysis, audiology, pacemaker, medical laser, x-ray, digital radiography, computed tomography (CT), radiation methods for in-vivo measurements, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diagnostic ultrasound, dose planning, radiation therapy, telemedicine as well as risk factors and current legislation.

The course contains three laboratory experiment sessions and is finalized with a study tour to Lund University Hospital

Give an account for occurrence and use of biomedical equipment in health and welfare as well as in medical research.
Relate biomedical measurement problems to the students own technical competence.
Assess the patient and personal safety with reference to occurring legislation and Swedish standard for biomedical equipment.
Be well acquainted with common sources of error and measurement accuracy.

Analyze real measurement problems within health and welfare and medical research, and thereafter
Develop safe and accurate biomedical measurement systems, and accomplish
Assessment of safety

Sort important information out of large materials, such as textbooks or manuals, without specific reading directives.
Be able to verbally communicate results from experiments.
Acquire sufficient knowledge and professional concepts to be able to describe ideas, problems and solutions to competent persons within the field of activities

Lectures

Laboratory exercises

Study visit

Written exam

The student must pass the compulsatory laboratory experiment sessions and the final examination, write and review 1 lecture summaries

Failed, pass

ESSF10 /EEM007 Electrical Measurements, EEM031 /BMEF10 Transducer Technology

Enderle, J., Bronzino, Joseph D. & Blanchard, Susan M.: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. Academic Press, 2005. ISBN 9780122386626.
Berglund, E., Jönsson, B-A.: Medicinsk fysik. Studentlitteratur, 2007.
Jakobsson, B.: Medicin och teknik. Studentlitteratur, 2006, 5:e uppl..
Jakobsson, B.: Teknik i praktisk sjukvård. Studentlitteratur, 1998..

The lectures and the lecturer’s notes constitute the main body of the course. The literature mentioned above is optional supplementary reading, which elucidates different parts of the course. However, no single one of these books covers the whole course.

The course will be given in English on demand

EEMF05F

 -11-15

Professor Thomas Johansson