At the end of this course, the students; 1) To gain some familiarity and understanding of the concepts and terminology used in bioelectromagnetism 2) To give some capability of doing research in the electrical behavior of living tissue 3) To provide a background fort understanding rapid development of new instruments which are based on bioelectric phenomena 4) To get familiar with new horizons biomedical engineering and new literature
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
The concepts of bioelectromagnetism, Subthreshold membrane phenomena , Active behavior of the membrane , bioelectric sources and their modeling, Theoretical methods of analyzing volume conductor models, Electrical activity of the heart, electroencephalography and its concentric spheres models.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Basis of bioelectromagnetism, membrane phenomena, Nerst equation
2nd Week
Ion flow through the membrane, Na- N pomp, the value of the resting potential
3rd Week
Hodgkin-Huxley membrane model, voltage clamp methods
4th Week
Electric activation of the heart, conduction system of the heart, depolarisation of the heart muscle
5th Week
Volume sources and volume conductor, the human body as a volume conductor
6th Week
Monopole sours dipole source, volume source density, isolated fiber model
7th Week
Fields of a single cell, propagation of action potential
8th Week
Theoretical methods for volume source and volume conductors, solid angle theorem, uniform double layers
9th Week
Lead vector applications , Einthoven triangle
10th Week
Biomagnetic fields, sources, magnetic dipole moment distributions
11th Week
12-lead electrocardiography, Wilson terminal, Goldberger terminal
12th Week
Electroencephalography , the origins of EEG signals, recording of EEG
13th Week
Three concentric sphere head model
14th Week
Project presentation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
1) Bioelectromagnetism , Robert Plonsy and Jaakko Malmivuo Oxford University Press (1995) 2) Bioelectricity and biomagnetism , Ramesh M. Gulrajani John Wıley and sons inc. 1998
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
20
Quiz
1
15
Total(%)
65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
35
Total(%)
100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
1
72
72
Preparation for Quiz
1
12
12
Individual or group work
2
3
6
Preparation for Final exam
1
24
24
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
11
11
Laboratory (including preparation)
0
0
0
Final exam
1
96
96
Homework
1
24
24
Total Workload
287
Total Workload / 30
9,56
ECTS Credits of the Course
10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)