Course Catalog 2006-2007

LTT-6106 BIOELECTROMAGNETISM, 6 cr
Bioelectromagnetism

Courses persons responsible
Jaakko Malmivuo

Lecturers
Jaakko Malmivuo

Lecturetimes and places
Per I,II: Wednesday 14 - 16, SH304
Per I,II: Thursday 10 - 12, SH304

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 4 h/week 4 h/week - - - -
Exercise 1 h/week 1 h/week - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To go deeply into the theory of bioelectric and biomagnetic phenomena of living tissue and their clinical applications.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Nervous, sensory and muscle cells as bioelectric and biomagnetic sources, and their modelling.        
2. Modelling of living tissues as volume conductors.        
3. Theoretical analysis methods of bioelectric recordings.        
4. Bioelectric and biomagnetic signals and their use in clinical diagnosis.        
5. Electrical and magnetic stimulation.
 		      

Requirements for completing the course
Accepted exercises (20%) and final exam on the Internet (80%).

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Final exam 80%, exercises 20%.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Online book Bioelectromagnetism Malmivuo, Plonsey   http://butler.cc.tut.fi/~malmivuo/bem/bembook/index.htm   Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    LTT-1126 LTT-1126 Measurements of Physiological Systems 4 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - In video conferences, video lectures
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 40 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 120
    Exercises 36
    Information and communication technology 5

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 164

    Additional information related to course
    LTT-6106 replaces the course LTT-6100.

    Correspondence of content
    LTT-6100 Bioelectromagnetism

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    Last modified 09.06.2006
    Modified byJuha Nousiainen