Biomedical Engineering Principles, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

BBT.029

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024

Level of study

Intermediate studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Jussi Koivumäki

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology 100 %

Coordinating organisation

MET Studies 100 %

Common learning outcomes

International outlook and global responsibility

Biomedical engineering as a multidisciplinary field: reserch fields, medical and health devices, challenges, global markets and industry.
Engineering approach to human body. Bioelectricity. Biomechanics. Biomedical optics. Fluid mechanics. Biomedical acoustics. Modelling of physiological systems. Control and systems theory applied to physiological systems. Physiolgocal signals generated by the body functions.
Physical interaction mechanisms of image formation in medical imaging methods. Principles of biomedical imaging systems.

Future trends in BME research and industry. Health technology industry and biomedical engineering research in Tampere and Finland.
Mathematical models related to the phenomena.
Methods to study the phenomena.
Clinical applications in diagnosis and therapy.
Special and hybrid imaging methods.

Learning outcomes

Prerequisites

Compulsory prerequisites

Further information

Learning material

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

Approved exercises and assignments, and final exam.

Completion of all options is required.