Course Overview

The course aims to give an overview about the physical principles involved in several biological phenomena on topics of biology and health sciences. Some previous experience related to applied physics in medicine and biology is expected from the students in order to provide a more advanced approach.

Learning Achievement

This course gives a comprehensive overview and training on the application of physics to the understanding of biological systems. Physics concepts, statistics, electricity, magnetism, signal processing, therapy and imaging techniques, among others, are used in the discussion of issues of interest to the medical and biological physics.

Competence

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Evaluation Criteria: FS=0.35•E1+0.35•E2+0.30•EW FS=Final score E1 = First Written Exam E2 = Second Written Exam EW = Extra works (Seminars, Exercises)

Course schedule

1. Statistics in Medicine and Biology 2. Systems of Many Particles 3. Transport in an Infinite Medium 4. Transport Through Neutral Membranes 5. Impulses in Nerve and Muscle Cells 6. Electrical and magnetic measurements in biological systems 7. Biomedical signal processing 8. Medical use of ionizing radiation: Imaging and Therapy 9. Medical use of non-ionizing radiation: Imaging

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Oswaldo Baffa Filho, Ubiraci Pereira da Costa Neves, Carlos Ernesto Garrido Salmon

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