Topics in Biomedical Engineering
Code
10528
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Física
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Carla Maria Quintão Pereira , Cláudia Regina Pereira Quaresma
Weekly hours
2
Total hours
28
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Its main objective is to identify and describe some application areas of Biomedical Engineering.
Allow students to contact with areas of research in Biomedical Engineering that have not been addressed in other courses.
Promote independent research of students.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
Presentation of the course
Sync on electrophysiological signals (Prof. Carla Pereira)
Simultaneous acquisition of EEG and fMRI (Prof. Mario Forjaz Secca)
Hospital waste management (ProfªGraça Martin)
Study of Human Retina Through Monte Carlo simulation (Prof. José Paulo Santos)
Image in ophthalmology (Prof. Pedro Vieira)
Methods of sterilization and disinfection (ProfªCélia Henriques)
Prognostic tools based on electronic health records using machine learning methods (Engineer Andreia Pimentel)
Construction of medical devices: What is the process? (ProfªCláudia Quaresma)
Nuclear physics techniques in Biomedical Engineering (ProfªAdelaide Jesus)
Biomedical engineering Rehabilitation (Engineer Mariana Matos)
The Current Challenges of Health Systems: What role for the engineers? (Prof.Luis Lapão)
Volatile biomarkers (ProfªValentina V.)
Research in Dentistry (Dr. Sofia Pessanha)
Teaching method
In the classes of the course the following methodologies will be applied:
*Expository and demonstrative;
*Solving Problems with discussion;
*Group work with presentation in the classroom;
Evaluation method
Summary of eight seminars (50%)
Group work (50%);Oral presentation (25%) ; Written document (25%)