Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

Medical terminology. General diagnostics. Electrophysical methods like ECG, EEG, EMG, defibrillator and pacemaker. Measurement techniques for respiration and circulation. Methods for intensive monitoring. clinical/chemical measurement techniques. Disinfection/sterilisation, sensors. Imaging techniques: X-rays, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, magnetic resonance. Supporting instrumentation like incubator, respirator, anaesthesia machine and dialysis machine. Surgical techniques with diathermy and laser.

Learning outcome

To obtain knowledge about medical instrumentation and the physical and medical basis for this.

Admission

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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10 credits overlap against FYS323.

Recommended previous knowledge

FYS1120 - Electromagnetism and FYS1210 - Elementary electronics with project work.

Overlapping courses

10 credits with FYS4250 - Biomedical instrumentation

Teaching

The course extends over a full semester with 4 hours of lectures per week. There will be one compulsory project assignment that all students have to pass in order to take the final exam. The compulsory project will be an in-depth project where the candidate compare three different diagnostic technologies used for the same diagnosis and give an analysis of advantages/disadvantages, limits, and posibilities. (E.g.: CT/MR/PET)

Access to teaching

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Examination

One compulsory project has to be passed before the final written exam.

Examination support material

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Language of examination

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Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.