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LTT-6106 BIOELECTROMAGNETISM, 6 cr
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Courses persons responsible
Jaakko Malmivuo
Lecturers
Jaakko Malmivuo
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 | - | - | - | - |
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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.
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Requirements for completing the course
Accepted exercises (20%) and final exam on the Internet (80%).
Evaluation criteria for the course
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 | On the Internet. | 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
Video lectures are available on the course homepage.
Distance learning
- 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
- Contact teaching: 40 %
- Distance learning: 10 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 50 %
Scaling
| Methods of instruction | Hours |
| Lectures | 120 |
| Exercises | 36 |
| Information and communication technology | 5 |
| Other scaled | Hours |
| 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
| Last modified | 28.02.2007 |
| Modified by | Juha Nousiainen |