PřF:F6342 Basics of medical biophysics - Course Information
F6342 Basics of medical biophysics
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc. - Timetable
- Mon 8:00–9:50 BFC
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biophysics (programme PřF, B-FY)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the principles of devices used in medicine; to recognize possible risks connected with the use of some medical devices (of mechanical, electromagnetic or optical character, ionizing radiation); to accept rules and methods of safe use of this devices - both in patients and in the healthcare professionals; to understand physical principles of some physiological processes (cardiovascular system, respiration, origin of membrane potentials; to understand the main concepts of the biophysics of sensory organs;
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction. Biological effects of ionising radiation.
- 2. Biophysics of cardiovascular and respiratory system.
- 3. Biophysical function of sensory receptors. Biophysics of hearing.
- 4. Biophysics of vision.
- 5. Effects of mechanical forces and acoustic fields on the living organisms.
- 6. Conventional X-ray imaging methods.
- 7. Modern tomographic methods (CT, MRI).
- 8. Radionuclide diagnostics.
- 9. Methods and instruments for ionising radiation therapy.
- 10. Measurement and registration of temperature and pressure.
- 11. Optical diagnostic instruments.
- 12. Electrodiagnostic methods.
- 13. Ultrasound imaging and Doppler methods.
- 14. Methods and instruments used in physiotherapy, surgery and lithotripsy. Artificial body organs.
- Literature
- HRAZDIRA, Ivo, Aleš BOUREK and Jiřina ŠKORPÍKOVÁ. Fundamentals of biophysics and medical technology. Edited by Vojtěch Mornstein. 1. vydání. Brno: Masaryk University, 2007, viii, 317. ISBN 9788021042285. info
- MORNSTEIN, Vojtěch, Ivo HRAZDIRA and Aleš BOUREK. Lékařská fyzika a informatika : (se zaměřením na zubní lékařství). [1. vydání]. Brno: Neptun, 2007, 352 stran. ISBN 9788086850023. info
- HRAZDIRA, Ivo and Vojtěch MORNSTEIN. Lékařská biofyzika a přístrojová technika (Medical biophysics and technology). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2001, 395 pp. ISBN 80-902896-1-4. info
- Assessment methods
- The practical exercises in Biophysics are compulsory, missing practicals have to be substituted. The exam has theoretical character but can be done only with the credits gained for practicals. The exam is oral.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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