Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic discipline
ING-INF/06 (ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION BIOENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Bioingegneria delle cellule e dei tessuti
Period
2nd semester (05/03/2018 - 15/06/2018)
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Electromagnetic waves. Electronic circuits. Basic principles of physiology.
Learning outcomes
The course represents a general introduction to the applications of photonics in the biomedical field.
Course contents
Topics include light, light-matter interaction, spectroscopy, microscopy, optical fibers, lasers, photodetectors, optical sensors, optical biosensors, fiber-optic sensors, light/tissue interactions. Applications to diagnostics and therapy are illustrated. Principles of operation of Fluorocytometers, Laser Doppler flowmeter, Pulsed Oximeters, Optical coherence tomography are discussed. Seminars will cover research activities in the field carried on in laboratories of the Università di Pavia.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Lecture slides are provided by Prof. Merlo to the students who are attending the class. Suggested: Tuan Vo-Dinh, editor. Biomedical Photonics. CRC Press, 2003 - M. H. Niemz. Laser-Tissue interactions. Springer, 1996
Assessment methods
The final exam consists in a closed-book written test
Further information
The final exam consists in a closed-book written test
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