COURSE - Università Roma Tre

Degree Course: Biomedical Engineering A.Y. 2012/2013

Syllabus Italian version

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FIRST YEAR

First semester

Course

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

Contact Hours

Exercise Hours

Laboratory Hours

Personal Study Hours

Type of Activity

Language

20802046 - ELEMENTS OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (objectives)

BIO/09

Related or supplementary learning activities

ITA

20802063 - BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS (objectives)

20802063-1 - MODULO 1°

ING-INF/06

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20802063-2 - MODULO 2°

ING-INF/06

Core compulsory activities

ITA

Optional Group: comune Orientamento unico AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801690 - MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS	Also available in another semester or year
20801753 - THERMOTECHNICAL PLANTS (objectives) OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD OF HVAC SYSTEMS. IN THE FIRST PART STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION AND TOOLS TO DESCRIBE THE STATE AND POSSIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS OF HUMID AIR, AND TO EVALUATE THE THERMAL AND IGROSCOPIC COMFORT CONDITIONS. THEN THE STUDENT MUST LEARN HOW TO CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OS SOLAR RADIATION ON ANY GIVEN SURFACE. THE SECOND PART IS DEVOTED TO THE DESCRIPTION AND SIZING OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF SYSTEMS: HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, THERMAL SOLAR. STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO CHOOSE AND DESIGN SUCH SYSTEMS, ALSO THROUGH A DESIGN EXERCISE THEY HAVE TO DO AND WRITE A REPORT ABOUT.	9	ING-IND/11	90	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801799 - BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS	Also available in another semester or year
20801845 - ADVANCED HYDRODYNAMICS	Also available in another semester or year
20801881 - BIOMATERIALS (objectives) The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to approach the study of elementary chemical processes and materials covered in this course, as well from a theoretical as from a practical point of view.
20801881-2 - BIOMATERIALI 2° MODULO	3	CHIM/07	24	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801881-1 - BIOMATERIALI 1° MODULO	6	CHIM/07	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801883 - MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOENGINEERING	Also available in another semester or year
20801890 - NEURAL ENGINEERING	Also available in another semester or year
20801904 - TELEMEDICINE	Also available in another semester or year
20802045 - INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING (objectives) ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ON INFORMATION THEORY AND METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOURCE CODING OF MONO AND MULTIMEDIA SIGNALS FOR REDUNDANCY REDUCTION FOR LOSSLESS AND LOSSY INFORMATION APPLICATIONS. ACQUISITION OF THEORETICAL BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGIES, AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHANNEL CODING, I.E., FOR PROTECTION OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS AGAINST ERRORS CAUSED BY DISTORTIONS AND NOISE.	9	ING-INF/03	100	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802050 - CIRCUITS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS (objectives) The course aims at providing students of the master degree the basic concepts of analysis methods of systems for the generation, the conversion and the transmission of electrical energy. The guiding principles of the design of systems and equipment for power electrical distribution and for hv and lv electrical installations are also treated.	9	ING-IND/31	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802092 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY	Also available in another semester or year

Second semester

Course

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

Contact Hours

Exercise Hours

Laboratory Hours

Personal Study Hours

Type of Activity

Language

20801875 - BIOMEDICAL APPLIANCES AND SYSTEMS (objectives)

ING-INF/06

100

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20801876 - BIOMEDICAL DATA AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (objectives)

ING-INF/06

100

Core compulsory activities

ITA

Optional Group: comune Orientamento unico AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801690 - MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC AND MODELING ASPECTS RELATED TO THE SUPPORT OF MULTIMEDIA SERVICES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS. WE WILL DEFINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDIA AND THE DIFFERENT SOURCES (HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM, AUDITORY SYSTEM, ETC..). WILL COVER ASPECTS RELATED TO ARCHITECTURAL AND PROTOCOL MODELS AND IN PARTICULAR WILL BE CONSIDERED SOURCE CODING, SECURE INFORMATION CHANNEL CODING, AND INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION MEDIA (VIDEO, AUDIO, DATA, REALITY 'VIRTUAL). PART OF THE COURSE IS DEVOTED TO INNOVATIVE CODING AND TRANSMISSION.	6	ING-INF/03	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801753 - THERMOTECHNICAL PLANTS	Also available in another semester or year
20801799 - BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS (objectives) This course aims to introduce the students, graduated in Computer Engineering, to the medical and biological applications of informatics and computational science. Since our engineering students are not usually exposed to biomedical notions, the course deals with basic concepts about life, DNA and the Genetic Code, proteins and other kinds of biomolecules, and also introduces the fundamental types of biomedical data and their organization into complex data structures. Some recent advances about anatomic modeling and physiologic simulation, that make use of sophisticated geometric and mathematical techniques, are also exposed. In this field computational structures of great complexity are used, that demand computer engineers and scientists for some multidisciplinary education and training. The students must therefore design and develop learning projects providing interactive tools for biomedical infographics on the web, using a cutting edge graphics environment based on Javascript and webGL.	6	ING-INF/05	60	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801845 - ADVANCED HYDRODYNAMICS (objectives) TO REACH A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID MECHANICS AND TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO SEVERAL ADVANCED TOPICS (INDUSTRIAL HYDRO- AND FLUID DYNAMICS, NON NEWTONIAN FLUID MECHANICS, BIOFLUIDMECHANICS, ETC.). TO BE ABLE TO MAKE NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS BY USING A COMPUTER, IN ORDER TO SIMULATE THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNICALLY INTERESTING HYDRODYNAMIC PHENOMENA.	6	ICAR/01	60	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801881 - BIOMATERIALS (objectives) The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to approach the study of elementary chemical processes and materials covered in this course, as well from a theoretical as from a practical point of view.
20801881-2 - BIOMATERIALI 2° MODULO	Also available in another semester or year
20801881-1 - BIOMATERIALI 1° MODULO	Also available in another semester or year
20801883 - MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOENGINEERING (objectives) THE AIM OF THE CLASS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MATERIALS STRUCTURES (ATOMIC, CRYSTALLINE, NANOMETRIC, MICROSCOPIC AND MESOSCOPIC) AND OF THE RELATED DEFECTS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS OF NANO- AND MICROSTRUCTURE ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO AND NANOSTRUCTURE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NANO- AND MICROSTRUCTURE, PROCESS, PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCES OF THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO METALS AND CERAMICS. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS NEEDED TO CORRELATE THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS TO THEIR NATURE, PRODUCTION AND FORMING PROCESSES WILL BE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS NOTIONS ON THE CLASSIFICATION AND APPLICATION PROBLEMS.	9	ING-IND/22	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801890 - NEURAL ENGINEERING (objectives) This course aims at giving the specific knowledge of techniques and methods for comprehending and analysing the central neural system in order to understand its functionality for assistive technologies in disability. In particular the course gives practical examples of applications like functional neuroimaging, Brain Computer Interfaces and Neuroprostetics.	6	ING-INF/06	48	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20801904 - TELEMEDICINE (objectives) Upon completion of this course the student will be able to have; a clear understanding of the concepts of Telemedicine, including basic terminologies, and technologies, services, impact and challenges of telemedicine; to understand the generic architecture of telemedicine systems and the constituents of each sub-system. Real world telemedicine implementations in diverse settingswill be presented, to illustrate the practical aspect of the theory.	6	ING-INF/03	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802045 - INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING	Also available in another semester or year
20802050 - CIRCUITS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS	Also available in another semester or year
20802092 - ELECTRICAL SAFETY (objectives) The course aims at providing students of the master degree the basic concepts of electrical safety and the related guiding principles of design, testing and maintenance of systems and equipment for power electrical distribution systems.	6	ING-IND/31	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

SECOND YEAR

First semester

Course

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

Contact Hours

Exercise Hours

Laboratory Hours

Personal Study Hours

Type of Activity

Language

20801880 - ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOENGINEERING (objectives)

ING-INF/02

Related or supplementary learning activities

ITA

20802042 - BIOMECHANICS (objectives)

ING-INF/06

Core compulsory activities

ITA

Optional Group: comune Orientamento unico AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801692 - IMAGE PROCESSING	Also available in another semester or year
20801862 - ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION	Also available in another semester or year
20801884 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMATERIALS CHARACTERISATION	Also available in another semester or year
20801885 - BASICS OF CLINICAL ENGINEERING (objectives) THE PRESENT SUBJECT DEALS WITH METHODS FOR SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE QUALITY EVALUATION OF DEVICES FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS. MOREOVER, THE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF A CLINICAL ENGINEERING SERVICE WILL BE EXAMINED IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF BIOMEDICAL DEVICES, WITHIN THE ITALIAN HEALTH SYSTEM.	9	ING-IND/12	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801888 - POWER ELECTRONICS	Also available in another semester or year
20801912 - METAMATERIALS	Also available in another semester or year
20801942 - ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION	Also available in another semester or year
20802000 - TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES
20802000-2 - SISTEMI RADIOMOBILI	6	ING-INF/03	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802000-1 - PIANIFICAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI SERVIZI E DELLE RETI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE	6	ING-INF/03	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20802044 - BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS (objectives) THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INSTRUMETS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS. SPECIFICALLY BOTH MORPHOLOGICAL BIOMETRICS (FINGERPRINTS, IRIS, FACES (2D AND 3D), HAD GEOMETRY, HANDPALM, VEIN PATTERNS, THERMOGRAMS) AND BEHAVIOR (SIGNATURE, VOICE, GAIT ETC.). ARE ANALYZED. THE ARCHITECTURE OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS WILL BE DESCRIBED. THE METRICS TO DESCRIBE THE RECOGNITION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE (FAR, FRR, USABILITY, SCALABILITY, SECURITY, ETC.) ARE GIVEN. MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS ARE INTRODUCED. ANALYSIS OF SECURITY, PRIVACY OF VULNERABILITY OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS ARE DESCRIBED. FINALLY SOME ELEMENTS ABOUT BIOMETRIC STANDARDS AND SOME EXAMPLES OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS IN REAL LIFE ARE ILLUSTRATED. THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PRACTICE-BASED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM. STUDENTS WILL USE SENSORS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FINGERPRINTS, HANDPALM OF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, OF VEIN PATTERNS, FACE, IRIS, SIGNATURE, VOICE AND WILL INTEGRATE SOME OF THEM IN AN AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND ASSESS THE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE.	9	ING-INF/03	66	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801929 - CIRCUIT-COMPONENT OPTIMISATION	Also available in another semester or year
20801942 - ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION	Also available in another semester or year

Second semester

Course

Credits

Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code

Contact Hours

Exercise Hours

Laboratory Hours

Personal Study Hours

Type of Activity

Language

20802059 - BIOMEDICAL IMAGING (objectives)

ING-INF/06

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20401965 - STUDENT CHOICE

Elective activities

ITA

20802015 - TRAINING

Per stages e tirocini presso imprese, enti pubblici o privati, ordini professionali (art.10, comma 5, lettera e)

ITA

20802113 - ART. 10, COMMA 5, LETTERA D

Other activities

ITA

20802091 - FINAL EXAM

Final examination and foreign language test

ITA

Optional Group: comune Orientamento unico AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801692 - IMAGE PROCESSING (objectives) THIS COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS TECHNIQUES OF REPRESENTATION, PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS OF DIGITAL IMAGES.	9	ING-INF/01	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801862 - ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (objectives) THE COURSE COMPLETE THE KNOWLEDGE ON ANTENNAS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS GIVEN IN PREVIOUS COURSES	9	ING-INF/02	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801884 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMATERIALS CHARACTERISATION (objectives) The course provides the student with the knowledge needed to characterize those materials that associate their ordinary function with biomedical-oriented functions. In the course, the techniques for microscopic characterization of materials will be presented: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Focussed Ion Beam (FIB), microscopy and micro manufacturing with FIB/SEM; Energy Dispersive Microscopy; Diffractometry; Residual Stress analysis; Atoic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM), micro cantilever for the study and analysis of biomolecules.	9	ING-IND/22	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801885 - BASICS OF CLINICAL ENGINEERING	Also available in another semester or year
20801888 - POWER ELECTRONICS (objectives) UNDERSTANDING CONFIGURATIONS AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF STATIC POWER APPARATUS THAT USE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES FOR ACHIEVING THE CONTROLLED CONVERSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY. LEARNING HOW TO USE OF ELECTRONIC POWER CONVERTERS IN THE MAIN AREAS OF APPLICATION SUCH AS ELECTRICAL DRIVES USED IN THE INDUSTRY OR IN THE FIELD OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL REHABILITATION, SYSTEMS OF UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY (UPS) OR EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOR ICT SYSTEMS OR ELECTROMEDICAL DEVICES AIMED AT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIAGNOSIS AND/OR CARE PROTOCOLS, DISTRIBUTED GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE POWER CONVERTER CONFIGURATION MOST APPROPRIATE TO EACH SPECIFIC APPLICATION, MATURING AWARENESS OF ISSUES CONCERNING THE OPERATION IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS, EVEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS.	9	ING-IND/32	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801912 - METAMATERIALS (objectives) The course aim at giving the student the tools for the analysis and the design of innovative micro- and nano-electronics devices based on the employment of metamaterials.	9	ING-INF/02	100	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801942 - ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION (objectives) The course gives the methodology and competence needed to estimate the environmental electromagnetic impact and the biological effects caused by electromagnetic fields at low and high frequency. The course aims to the study and the applications of theoretical and experimental methodologies for the analysis of the problems inherent the coexistence in the same environment of electrical, electronic and communications systems. This to allow the instrumental and predictive evaluation of the biological and environmental electromagnetic impact, and the determination of the human exposure to such fields.	9	ING-INF/02	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities
20802000 - TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES
20802000-2 - SISTEMI RADIOMOBILI	Also available in another semester or year
20802000-1 - PIANIFICAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI SERVIZI E DELLE RETI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE	Also available in another semester or year
20802044 - BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS	Also available in another semester or year
20801929 - CIRCUIT-COMPONENT OPTIMISATION (objectives) The course objective is to provide at students suitable lectures about deterministic and stochastic optimization methods regarding, in particular, Evolutionary Computation and Softcomputing at large. During the course several applications on circuits and power systems are described for inverse proble as well.	9	ING-IND/31	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801942 - ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION (objectives) The course gives the methodology and competence needed to estimate the environmental electromagnetic impact and the biological effects caused by electromagnetic fields at low and high frequency. The course aims to the study and the applications of theoretical and experimental methodologies for the analysis of the problems inherent the coexistence in the same environment of electrical, electronic and communications systems. This to allow the instrumental and predictive evaluation of the biological and environmental electromagnetic impact, and the determination of the human exposure to such fields.	9	ING-INF/02	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

TOTAL

120