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Course Detail

Degree
Bachelor
Standard Academic Year
Course delivery methods
face-to-face
Subject
Subjects allied to medicine
Program
School
Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP)
Department
Campus
Ribeirão Preto campus
Classroom
Course Offering Year
Course Offering Month
January - January
Weekday and Period
Capacity
25
Credits
8
Language
English
Course Number
5915702

Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology University of Sao Paulo

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

Other information

Site for Inquiry

Please inquire about the courses at the address below.

Email address: https://www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiBp_-p9NzYAhWHkZAKHY_oACkQFggnMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ffclrp.usp.br%2Fdown.php%3Fid%3D1430%26d&usg=AOvVaw3-C7BSHGAhorxoB-Rfx8dD