Theoretical / Practical Course: Foundations of modern biomedical systems, knowledge necessary to understand the functioning of diagnostic biomedical instrumentation, acquisition tools of biomedical data; processing of biomedical data
The course will examine some types of instrumentation for the acquisition of biomedical signals with particular reference to imaging diagnostic equipment and the processing of biomedical data. Describes operational principles, design issues, state of the art, and future prospects for further development, taking into account the problems of interaction with the human body and patient safety.
Combination of traditional lectures (80 hours) and practice at the computer activities (16 hours).
Architecture and performance of a biomedical measurements system. Characteristics of the main biomedical signals. Ultrasonic instrumentation: A-mode/ B-mode/ M-mode ultrasound, Doppler flow meters. Optical microscopy, fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Biomedical instrumentation: system radiography (X-ray, CT scan), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), EEG. Processing of biomedical images: punctual and local operations, filtering, co-registration, display systems, segmentation, pattern recognition, three dimensional reconstruction.
Course slides (AulaWeb)
J.G. Webster. Medical Instrumentation 4th Edition. Wiley.
Rafael C. Gonzales, Richard E. Woods -Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition)
Ricevimento: y appointment: Tel. 0103532220 or marco.fato@unige.it
MARCO MASSIMO FATO (President)
MAURO GIACOMINI
VITTORIO SANGUINETI
approx. from Sept. 21 to Dec. 18 and from Feb. 22 to May 27
BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND BIOIMAGING
Exam consists of a written and oral test.
The final examination will consist an written and oral test, which may include closed-loop tests, algebraic or numeric exercises, questions related to theoretical aspects, and an imaging elaboration project.
Teacher office: Viale Causa 13 A
