CODE 80557 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 CREDITS 12 cfu anno 1 BIOINGEGNERIA 8725 (LM-21) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/06 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER Annual TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 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 AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES 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. TEACHING METHODS Combination of traditional lectures (80 hours) and practice at the computer activities (16 hours). SYLLABUS/CONTENT 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. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Course slides (AulaWeb) J.G. Webster. Medical Instrumentation 4th Edition. Wiley. Rafael C. Gonzales, Richard E. Woods -Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition) TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD MARCO MASSIMO FATO Ricevimento: y appointment: Tel. 0103532220 or marco.fato@unige.it Exam Board MARCO MASSIMO FATO (President) MAURO GIACOMINI VITTORIO SANGUINETI LESSONS LESSONS START approx. from Sept. 21 to Dec. 18 and from Feb. 22 to May 27 Class schedule BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND BIOIMAGING EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Exam consists of a written and oral test. ASSESSMENT METHODS 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. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 09/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Compitino 09/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 10/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 25/01/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 07/02/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 15/06/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 12/07/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 11/09/2018 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 09/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Compitino 09/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale 24/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 06/02/2019 09:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Teacher office: Viale Causa 13 A
