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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
BIOELECTROMAGNETISM BME601 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT 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 DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONThe 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
WEEKTOPICS
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 READING1) 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 METHODSLecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Assignment120
Quiz115
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 exam17272
Preparation for Quiz11212
Individual or group work236
Preparation for Final exam12424
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam11111
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam19696
Homework12424
Total Workload287
Total Workload / 309,56
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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