| Instructor(s) | Jahan Tavakkoli [Coordinator] Office: KHE-332 Phone: See D2L Email: jtavakkoli@torontomu.ca Office Hours: Thursday 10-11 am, Friday 2-3 pm (in person) | ||||||||||
| Calendar Description | Application of physics in medicine. This survey course will address basic concepts of medical imaging, nuclear medicine and radiation isotopes, radiation therapy, gamma spectroscopy and trace element analysis, and biomedical laser applications. | ||||||||||
| Prerequisites | BME 100, CHY 102, CPS 188, ELE 202, MTH 240, PCS 125, PCS 211 | ||||||||||
| Antirequisites | None | ||||||||||
| Corerequisites | None | ||||||||||
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| Learning Objectives (Indicators) | At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
NOTE:Numbers in parentheses refer to the graduate attributes required by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). | ||||||||||
| Course Organization | 3.0 hours of lecture per week for 13 weeks | ||||||||||
| Teaching Assistants | Matthew Micsa, mmicsa@torontomu.ca | ||||||||||
| Course Evaluation |
Note: In order for a student to pass a course, a minimum overall course mark of 50% must be obtained. In addition, for courses that have both "Theory and Laboratory" components, the student must pass the Laboratory and Theory portions separately by achieving a minimum of 50% in the combined Laboratory components and 50% in the combined Theory components. Please refer to the "Course Evaluation" section above for details on the Theory and Laboratory components (if applicable). | ||||||||||
| Examinations | - iClicker pop-up questions will be administered during lectures. - 5 announced in-class paper quizzes (closed-book). A quiz date will be announced at least one week earlier. - 4 announced medical equipment virtual reality (VR) demos will be given during the lectures. Each demo will be followed by an iClicker quiz session. - Final exam: during exam period, two and a half hours, covers the entire course materials, closed-book, a student-made formula sheet is allowed (letter size, one sided, only formulas, no text). | ||||||||||
| Other Evaluation Information | - In-class paper quizzes and final exam will contain multiple-choice/short-answer/problem-solving questions. - In-class iClicker pop-up questions will contain multiple-choice questions. - All iClicker questions and paper quizzes are designed for individual student work. Sharing the answers and/or working on solutions in a group or getting help from other sources is considered as a breach of academic integrity and could trigger submitting a case of academic misconduct with the university's Academic Integrity Office. - Students must have their TMU photo ID available at all the times during lectures and during any quiz/exam, and ready to show it to the course instructor and/or invigilating TA upon request. - THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP ARRANGEMENT FOR MISSING EITHER IN-CLASS ICLICKER QUESTIONS/QUIZZES OR IN-CLASS PAPER QUIZZES. | ||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | In person. | ||||||||||
| Other Information | - iClicker will be used for in-class clicker questions (http://www.iclicker.com/). Follow the instructions posted in D2L on how to purchase your iClicker Student app and to register it to the class. - Sharing of calculators, pencils, pens or erasers is not permitted during any course examination/quiz. - During any examination/quiz, only non-programmable calculator models allowed. Examples are: Sharp EL-546, Casio FX-991 or similar models. - Cell phones, laptops, tablets or any other mobile electronic devices must only be used for iClicker questions. Any other use of electronic devices during lectures and/or examination/quizzes is STRICTLY prohibited. - Cell phones must be on silence all the time during lectures. - TMU photo ID must be placed on the desk, at all times, during any course examination/quiz. - Talking to another student, glancing over another student's paper or being caught with non-allowed materials during an examination/quiz may result in a ZERO mark for the evaluation and a record of academic misconduct filed with the university's Academic Integrity Office. |
Week | Hours | Chapters / | Topic, description |
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1 | 1 | Course Introduction | |
1 | 1 | Biomedical Engineering as a Career | |
2-3 | 4 | Basics of Nuclear Physics | |
3-4 | 4 | Atomic Structure and Radioactive Decay | |
5-6 | 4 | Radiation Interactions with Biological Matter - Radiobiology | |
7-8 | 4 | Production of X-rays and X-ray Imaging | |
9-10 | 4 | An Introduction to Radiation Therapy | |
11-12 | 5 | Hyperthermia and Thermal Ablation for Cancer Treatment | |
12-13 | 4 | Nuclear Medicine and Nuclear Imaging | |
3-13 | 3 | In-class Paper Quizzes (5 Quizzes) | |
10-13 | 4 | Medical Equipment VR Demos and iClicker Quizzes (4 Demos) |
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