1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

computer based spectrometry, activation analysis and
coincidence counting. .
Optical Instrumentation. Prinziples and applications of
optical instruments. Optical instrumentation and
imagery.
SP531
Biophysical Systems and Techniques
(Biosensors)
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: continuous, by tests and
assignments
A subject in the Graduate Diploma/Master of Applied
Science (Biomedical Instrumentation) and the Master of
Engineering by coursework (Biomedical Engineering)
Objective
To study a wide range of physical methods which have been
used to characterise structure and function of biological
systems at the cellular or molecular level.
Content
Membrane biophysics tracer dynamics. Applications of
irreversible thermodynamics. Active and passive transport
mechanisms. Biosensors. Patch clamping.
Biophysical techniques. Electron microscopy. Electron and
proton microbeam analysis. Diffraction studies of biological
materials. Mossbauer spectroscopy. Autoradiography.
Optical methods. Confocal microscopy.
Recommended reading
Plonsey, R and Barr, R.C., BioelectricPhenomena, New York,
Plenum. 1988
~o~~e,'~., Lohmann, W., Markl, H., and Ziegler, H., Biophysics,
Berlin, Springer, 1983
Intermediate Physicsfor Medicine and Biology, New York, Wiley, 1988
SP532 Clinical Monitoring Techniques
12. 5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: continuous, by tests and
assignments
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma/Master of
Applied Science (Biomedical Instrumentation) and a subject
n the Master of Engineering by coursework (Biomedical
Engineering)
0 bjectives
Examine specific techniques for clinical monitoring
Primary emphasis on monitioring equipment,
transducers and applications - -
Secondary emphasis on physiology and electronics
Content
Physical and physiological principles in the use and
development of clinical monitoring systems including
biological sensors and the processing, display and storage of
data. Main emphasis is placed on cardiovascular and
respiratory monitoring, but novel techniques in other areas
of biomedical monitoring will be covered.
SP534 Neurophysiological Techniques
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SP55.5 or equivalent Assessment: assignments
and tests
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma/Master of
Applied Science (Biomedical Instrumentation) and the
Master of Engineering by Coursework (Biomedical
Engineering)
Objective
To provide an overview of techniques for recording and
analysis of electric and magnetic neurophysiological signals.
Content
Analysis of neural mass field potentials. Measurement and
analysis techniques for electric and magnetic recording of
brain activity. Spontaneous and evoked activity of the brain.
Advanced recording of activity associated with clinical
disorders. Neuropsychological correlates of activity.
Recommended reading
Burt, A.M., Textbook of Neuroanutomy, Saunders, Philadelphia, 1993
Gevins, A.S. and Remond, A. (eds), Methods of Analysis of Brain
Electrical and Magnetic Signals, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1987
Picton, T.W. (ed.), Human Event-Related Potentials, Amsterdam,
Elsevier, 1988
Regan, D. Human Brain Electrophysiology: evoked potentials and
evoked magnetic fields in science and medicine. New York,
Elsevier, 1989
SP535 Biomedical Project
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: report
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma/Master of
Applied Science (Biomedical Instrumentation)
Objective
To develop the student's ability to design, implement and
evaluate a particular assigned implementation task to meet
the specifications. Students should develop personal, time
and resource management skills.
Content
The development, construction and commissioning of a
biomedical instrumentation system.
SP537 Medical Imaging
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: assignments and tests
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Biomedical Instrumentation) and in the Master of
Engineering by coursework (Biomedical Engineering)
0 jectives
To gain a solid theoretical understanding of the physics and
mathematics behind the major imaging modalitites currently
used in clinical and biomedical research settings.
Content
Interrogation methods beamed radiation (visible, IR,
Microwave, X-ray, Ultrasound), internally deposited
radiation (gamma rays, SPECT, PET), selective excitation
(NMR). Physical qualities of tissue measured by the
interrogation.
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