HL1006 Medical Measurement and Monitoring
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Basic medicine equivalent to the course HX1002 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology. Furthermore, knowledge equivalent to HF1900 Engineering and Information Skills/HL1200 Engineering Introduction and HE1022 Analogue Technology/HE1027 Electrical Principals is required.
The teaching is given in the form of lectures, laboratory sessions, exercises and study visits.
- Medical measuring technique
- Medical sensors and signal processing
- Physical diagnostics
- Clinical microbiology and immunology
- Clinical Chemistry
- Monitoring methods
- Physiological methods of measurement in healthcare
The aim of the course is to give basic knowledge of different measure- and diagnostic methods within the healthcare. Technical and medical, as well as biological methods are included.
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- Define how a general measurement system is built and describe the occurence and elimination of interference
- Account for the differences between measurements on a biological system compared with technical systems
- Explain how different medical sensors works
- Describe the basics for physical diagnostics and relate this to medical engineering methods
- Explain the principles within clinical physiology, clinical neurophysiology, clinical microbiology and immunology, clinical chemistry and describe the most commonly used methods of measurement in these areas and when used
- Describe the aim and function of patient monitoring and motivate various medical applications
- Carry out measurements on yourself and other students by using medical devices, as well as interpreting the results of these measurements
- Handle certain medical devices and be able to compare practical advantages and disadvantages
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