Biomedical Measurements
Medicinsk mätteknik

EEMF05F, 7.5 credits

Valid from: Autumn 2024
Decided by: Professor Thomas Johansson
Date of establishment: 2018-11-15

General Information

Division: Biomedical Engineering
Course type: Course given jointly for second and third cycle
The course is also given at second-cycle level with course code: EEMF05
Teaching languages: English, Swedish

Aim

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

Goals

Knowledge and Understanding

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• 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.

Competences and Skills

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• 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

Judgement and Approach

For a passing grade the doctoral student must

• 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

Course Contents

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

Course Literature

• 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.

Instruction Details

Types of instruction: Lectures, laboratory exercises, study visit

Examination Details

Examination format: Written exam. The student must pass the compulsatory laboratory experiment sessions and the final examination, write and review 1 lecture summary, and attend 1/3 of the lectures.
Grading scale: Failed, pass
Examiner:

Admission Details

Assumed prior knowledge: ESSF10 /EEM007 Electrical Measurements, EEM031 /BMEF10 Transducer Technology

Further Information

The course will be given in English on demand

Course Occasion Information

Contact and Other Information

Course coordinators:
Web page: http://bme.lth.se/course-pages/medicinsk-maetteknik/medicinsk-maetteknik/