Course Syllabus

Course Title:  Medical Equipment  

Offering:      Yearly - Required Course, 4th Year (Senior) BME Students

Class Schedule:       

Lectures: Sunday 8:30a-10:00a and Wednesday 8:30a-10:00a

Section: Sundays every other week 10:15a-11:45 

Office Hours (Part II):  Saturdays 11:00a-1:00p

Instructors:  

Part I:  Prof. Abou-Bakr M. Youssef, PhD., M.D. 

Part II: Assoc. Prof. Yasser M. Kadah, Ph.D. 

(Teaching Assistant::  Inas Yassine)

Required Textbooks: 

1. Stewart C. Bushong, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physical and Biological Principles, 2nd ed., Mosby, New York, 1996.

2. David J. Dowsett, Patrick A. Kenny, and R. Eugene Johnston, The Physics of Diagnostic Imaging, Chapman and Hall Medical, New York, 1998.

3. John G. Webster, editor, Medical Instrumentation Application and Design, 3rd ed., Wiley, New York, 1997.

Grading Policy:

Total: 225 points

Final Exam: 150 points

Part I Midterms: 25 points

Part II Midterms: 25 points

Project: 12.5 points

Attendance, oral exams, etc.: 12.5 points   

Note: Attendance of at least 75% of the classes is mandatory for a passing grade.

Part II Course Outline:

1. Magnetic resonance imaging physics and instrumentation

2. Computed imaging (CT / SPECT / PET)

3. Hemodialysis instrumentation

4. Design concepts of example bioelectronic medical instrumentation

5. Safety in medical instrumentation

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