| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Doctorate Of Science |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- To gain some familiarity and understanding of the concepts and terminology used in bioelectromagnetism
- To give some capability of doing research in the electrical behavior of living tissue
- To provide a background fort understanding rapid development of new instruments which are based on bioelectric phenomena
- To get familiar with new horizons biomedical engineering and new literature
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | The concepts of bioelectromagnetism, Subthreshold membrane phenomena , Active behavior of the membrane , bioelectric sources and their modeling, Theoretical methods of analyzing volume conductor models, Electrical activity of the heart, electroencephalography and its concentric spheres models. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Basis of bioelectromagnetism, membrane phenomena, Nerst equation |
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2nd Week |
Ion flow through the membrane, Na- N pomp, the value of the resting potential |
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3rd Week |
Hodgkin-Huxley membrane model, voltage clamp methods |
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4th Week |
Electric activation of the heart, conduction system of the heart, depolarisation of the heart muscle |
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5th Week |
Volume sources and volume conductor, the human body as a volume conductor |
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6th Week |
Monopole sours dipole source, volume source density, isolated fiber model |
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7th Week |
Fields of a single cell, propagation of action potential |
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8th Week |
Theoretical methods for volume source and volume conductors, solid angle theorem, uniform double layers |
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9th Week |
Lead vector applications , Einthoven triangle |
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10th Week |
Biomagnetic fields, sources, magnetic dipole moment distributions |
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11th Week |
12-lead electrocardiography, Wilson terminal, Goldberger terminal |
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12th Week |
Electroencephalography , the origins of EEG signals, recording of EEG |
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13th Week |
Three concentric sphere head model |
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14th Week |
Project presentation |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | 1) Bioelectromagnetism , Robert Plonsy and Jaakko Malmivuo
Oxford University Press (1995)
2) Bioelectricity and biomagnetism , Ramesh M. Gulrajani
John Wıley and sons inc. 1998
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
|
Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
20 |
| Quiz |
1 |
15 |
| Total(%) |
|
65 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
|
65 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
|
35 |
| Total(%) |
|
100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
72 |
72 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
1 |
12 |
12 |
| Individual or group work |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
24 |
24 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
11 |
11 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Final exam |
1 |
96 |
96 |
| Homework |
1 |
24 |
24 |
| Total Work Load | 287 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 9.56 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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