Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic discipline
ING-IND/34 (INDUSTRIAL BIOENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (06/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)
Lesson hours
30 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
"Models in Physiology" is a part of the course of Bioengineering and Physiology. It will introduce the principles of the quantitative study of living systems, in particular those described in other parts of the course. The student will learn fundamentals of (i) compartmental models of metabolic systems, (ii) electrical models of bio-electric phenomena, and (iii) mechanical models of simple bio-mechanical systems.
Course contents
Modelling living systems: different kinds of model; usefulness and limits of studying living systems by means of mathematical models.
Compartmental models: linear models, non-linear models, and linearisation; models of tracer kinetics; a priori identifiability of linear models; study of one- and two-compartment models.
Models of neuromuscular systems: electrical models of bio-electric potential generation, propagation, and transmission; basic elastic and visco-elastic models of muscle, soft tissue, and simple muscular systems.
Teaching methods
Lectures introducing the principles of the different models considered. Practical classes aimed at showing examples of application of the above models to the study of living systems.
Reccomended or required readings
Lecture notes by the teacher (in Italian), made available through the website http://elearning2.unipv.it/ingegneria/course/index.php?categoryid=11
Assessment methods
Written exam
Further information
Written exam
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030