BME1439H Clinical Engineering Instrumentation II

Streams

Clinical Engineering

Sessions

Winter

Description

This course continues from BME1405 Clinical Engineering Instrumentation I and provides a contemporary sampling of clinical technologies deployed in the continuum of health care. Recent topics include: electrosurgery, metabolic measurement technology, magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging, patient safety, radiotherapy, CT imaging, whole blood analysis, anesthesia technology and rehabilitation technologies. The course focuses on (1) the scientific principles underlying the clinical instrumentation, (2) the clinical applications of the technologies reviewed, and (3) merits and limitations of current technology. Lectures are given by faculty and clinical scientists who are experts in their respective areas. All lectures will take place in the teaching hospitals and may include tours of various instrumentation suites, laboratories, or patient care areas. Students are evaluated based on a midterm and a final exam.

Prerequisites

None

Components

Lecture

Restrictions

Professional-stream MEng students only (not suitable for PhD or MASc students)