inf305 - Medical Technology (Complete module description)

useful knowledge in
- Signal and Image Processing
- Control Engineering

Professional competence
The students:

• Describe medical diagnosis and therapy methods
• Understand the core concepts of computer-assisted medical interventions
• Are aware of the basic concepts and legal conditions of the development of medical devices
• Define the character of medical devices' software parts and implement them
• Assess the complex interaction of medical products and patients
• Get familiar with the development of medical products within a short period of time

Methodological competence
The students:

• Recognise the interdisciplinary challenges and accordingly exchange information with other disciplines

Social competence
The students:

• Present solutions for specific questions

Self-competence
The students:

• reflect their solutions by using methods learned in this course

• Medical areas and areas of application
• Basic requirements for medical systems (hygiene, MPG, technical security, materials)

Medical systems:

• Functional diagnostics (ECG, EMG, EEG)
• Imaging systems (CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET, SPECT)
• Therapy equipment (Laser, RF, Microtherapy)
• Signal processing / monitoring (cardiovascular, hemodynamic, respiratory, metabolic, cerebral)
• Medical Informatics (HIS, DICOM, Telemedicine, VR, image processing).

essential:

• Kramme, R.: Medizintechnik. Verfahren, Systeme und Informationssysteme. Springer Verlag, 2002 (2. Auflage)
• Lecture slides
• recommended:
• Lehmann, Th.; Oberschelp, W.; Pelikan, E.; Pepges, R.: Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin. Springer Verlag, 1997
• Dugas, M.; Schmidt, K.: Medizinische Informatik und Bioinformatik. Springer Verlag, 2003

secondary literature:

• Taylor, R.H. et al.: Computer-Integrated Surgery. Technology and clinical Applikations. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996

At the end of the lecture periode

Portfolio