72982 - Bioimaging And Clinical Engineering M

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Electronic Engineering (cod. 0934)

Learning outcomes

Management of medical device. Health Information System. Telemedicine. The major equipment for medical imaging. Biomedical image processing: digital filtering and segmentation. Virtual Surgery.

Course contents

Basic of Electrocardiography. Monitoring system. Principles of X Ray equipment. Computed Tomography. Ultrasound and Echography. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Positron Emission Tomography. Biomedical technology. Clinical Engineering. Acquisition, maintenence and management of biomedical equipment. Health Technology Assessment.

Readings/Bibliography

Massimo Garagnani, Claudio Lamberti . ECOGRAFIA: pricipi fisici e sviluppi tecnologici. ATHENA Audiovisual Edizioni Modena, 2003. Giuseppe Coppini, Stefano Diciotti, Guido Valli : BIOIMMAGINI, Collana di Ingegneria Biomedica, Patron Editore. Bologna, 2012.

Teaching methods

Front desk lectures.

Several visit to hospital Labs and Clinical Engineering Department are also included.

Assessment methods

Oral examination with a grade based on the preparation exhibited by the student.

 Student's ability to illustrate the content covered during the class, also performing comparative evaluations between  different methodologies will be evaluated.

Language skills, clarity of presentation, level of detail will be an integral part of the evaluation.

Grade/30.

Teaching tools

Overhead Projector. PC.

Office hours

See the website of Claudio Lamberti