Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University

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Opinto-opas 2013-2014

Biomedical Engineering, 25 cr

Type of the study block

Intermediate Studies

Contact

Jari Hyttinen

Learning Outcomes

- Students have a good command in the basics of human anatomy and physiology, and in physics of the human body, and they can apply this knowledge in the advanced biomedical engineering courses.
- Students understand the physical interaction mechanisms utilized in medical instrumentation systems.
- Students can recognize different stages of the research and development of biomedical devices and understand the importance of different standards and regulations for the R&D of medical devices.
- Students know the basics of biomaterials used in medical devices.
- Students can record the essential physical quantities of the human body and evaluate the error and noise factors of these measurement systems.

Content

Compulsory courses

Course Credit points Class
ELT-61106 Human Anatomy and Physiology 4 cr I  
ELT-61156 Physics of the Human Body 4 cr I  
ELT-61216 Biomedical Engineering: Signals and Systems 3 cr I  
ELT-61226 Biomedical Engineering: Biomaterials 3 cr I  
ELT-61236 Biomedical Engineering: Research and Productization 3 cr I  
Total 17 cr  

Complementary Courses

Should be completed to the minimum study module extent of 25 ETCS

Course Credit points
ELT-61306 Basics of Medical Electronics 3 cr
ELT-61406 Radiation Physics 3 cr
ELT-63106 Measurements of Physiological Systems 5 cr
ELT-74106 Tissue Engineering 3 cr
SGN-50006 Introduction to Information Technology for Health and Biology 3 cr
SGN-51006 Biology of the Cell 3 cr
SGN-57006 Health Care Processes and Systems 3 cr

Additional information

Biomedical Engineering is a very wide and multidisciplinary field of engineering applications in medicine. Biomedical Engineering minor gives a solid background to understand the anatomic structure and physiological and physical functioning of the human body and to apply this knowledge in engineering courses. It gives a theoretical introduction to and practicing with medical instrumentation, signals and images, physiological modeling, as well as biomaterials.

Only intended as a minor

Last modified07.02.2014