phy706 - Introduction to Biomedical Physics and Neurophysics (Course overview)

phy706 - Introduction to Biomedical Physics and Neurophysics (Course overview)

Institute of Physics 6 KP
Module components Semester courses Summer semester 2025 Examination
Lecture
  • Unlimited access 5.04.317 - Biomedizinische Physik und Neurophysik Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Björn Poppe
    • Prof. Dr. Stefan Uppenkamp, Dipl.-Phys.
    • Thomas Brand
    • Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier
    • Dr. rer. nat. Anna Warzybok-Oetjen

    Monday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 07/04/25)
    Friday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 11/04/25)

    Students are expected to gain an overview of bio-medical physics. They shall understand the activities of physicists in medicine and be able to analyse current research topics of medical physics. Content: Medical bases: Anatomy and physiology of humans, sense and neuro physiology, Psychophysics, pathophysiology of select organ systems, pathology of select diseases, physics in the biomedicine: Methods of biophysics and neuro physics, Roentgen diagnostics, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, tomography, the medical acoustics/ultrasonic, medical optics and laser applications, Audiology

Exercises
  • Unlimited access 5.04.317 - Biomedizinische Physik und Neurophysik Show lecturers
    • Prof. Dr. Björn Poppe
    • Prof. Dr. Stefan Uppenkamp, Dipl.-Phys.
    • Thomas Brand
    • Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier
    • Dr. rer. nat. Anna Warzybok-Oetjen

    Monday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 07/04/25)
    Friday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 11/04/25)

    Students are expected to gain an overview of bio-medical physics. They shall understand the activities of physicists in medicine and be able to analyse current research topics of medical physics. Content: Medical bases: Anatomy and physiology of humans, sense and neuro physiology, Psychophysics, pathophysiology of select organ systems, pathology of select diseases, physics in the biomedicine: Methods of biophysics and neuro physics, Roentgen diagnostics, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, tomography, the medical acoustics/ultrasonic, medical optics and laser applications, Audiology

Notes on the module
Prerequisites
Anorganische und organische Chemie (Abiturniveau), Experimentalphysik I-III; Modul Anatomie, Physiologie und Pathophysiologie
Module examination
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Skills to be acquired in this module
Studierende erwerben einen Überblick über Methoden und Erkenntnisse der biomedizinischen Physik und der Neurophysik. Sie verstehen die Arbeitsfelder von Physikern und Physikerinnen in der Medizin und können aktuelle Forschungsthemen der Medizinischen Physik einordnen und analysieren.