Biomedical Engineering

Subcategories

SPM: Statistical Parametric Mapping   
The SPM software package is a suite of MATLAB functions implementing Statistical Parametric Mapping. It refers to the construction and assessment of spatially extended statistical processes used to test hypotheses about functional imaging data. The current release is designed for the analysis of fMRI, PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG.

http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/
Submitted Aug 22, 2007
Updated Mar 14, 2008 by SPM
DCS 534 - Computer Vision (Graduate)   
This course aims to provide an understanding of the processes involved in the formation of images of visual scenes; of how computational approaches for transforming, estimating or recognizing such images are formulated and implemented; and where these methods can and have been applied. The course will also teach implementation and practical use of a wide variety of vision algorithms.

Professor Name: Doug DeCarlo
Department: Department of Computer Science
University: Rutgers University
Textbooks: Shapiro, L. and Stockman G., Computer Vision. Prentice Hall, 2001.

http://athos.rutgers.edu/~decarlo/534/
Submitted Aug 22, 2007
Biomechanics of Human Motion   
Description: This course provides an overview of human skeletal and muscular anatomy and physiology. Concepts of engineering mechanics are applied to the human musculoskeletal system. Topics covered include: kinematics, statics, dynamics of human motions, and human motion metrology.
Note: follow the link provided on the syllabus to course notes, matlab assignments, and lab exercises.
Course material created by Professor Robert L. Williams II, Ph.D.
Target audience: Senior undergraduate(4th year) and graduate
Institution: Ohio University
Materials available: Problem sets or projects, Lab materials, Course outline or syllabus
Products: MATLAB


http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~bobw/PDF/Syllabus467.pdf
Submitted Jul 23, 2008 by Dina Yuryev
Updated Jul 29, 2008
Bioengineering Signals and Systems   
Description: This course introduces a broad range of bioengineering systems and applications. Emphasis will be place on bioelectric phenomena (electrical propagation in cardiac muscle and signaling in the brain) and biomedical instrumentation and measurement. Other topics include modeling disease propagation and the application of techniques for control or eradication of infection agents.
Course material created by Professor Michael Small.
Target audience: Advanced undergraduate (3rd or 4th year)
Institution: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Materials available: Problem sets or projects, Course outline or syllabus, Textbook recommendations, Downloadable code or data files
Products: MATLAB


http://www.eie.polyu.edu.hk/~ensmall/eie448/EIE448/BSS.html
Submitted Jul 22, 2008 by Dina Yuryev
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrates Cancer Research in the Lab and Classroom with MathWorks Tools     
Description: MIT professor Dr. Alterovitz initiated and directed a new course, Bioinformatics and Proteomics: an Engineering Problem-Solving Based Approach, which was standardized on a set of MathWorks tools including MATLAB and the Bioinformatics Toolbox. This class, which paralleled his ongoing cancer research, gave students access to cutting edge research from both MIT and Harvard. Because the MATLAB programming language is easy to learn, students, biology majors and engineers alike, could focus more on research rather than programming.
Target audience: Graduate
Academic institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Materials available: Course outline/syllabus
Products: MATLAB,Bioinformatics Toolbox,MATLAB Distributed Computing Server,Statistics Toolbox,Signal Processing Toolbox


http://www.mathworks.com/company/user_stories/userstory12029.html?by=company
Submitted Jul 09, 2008 by Dina Yuryev
Statistical Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems   
Description: This course provides an introduction to the physical chemistry of biological systems. Topics include: connection of macroscopic thermodynamic properties to microscopic molecular properties using statistical mechanics, chemical potentials, equilibrium states, binding cooperativity, behavior of macromolecules in solution and at interfaces, and solvation. Example problems include protein structure, genomic analysis, single molecule biomechanics, and biomaterials. Computer simulation tools included.
Course material created by Professor Linda Griffith and Professor Kim Hamad-Schifferli.
Target audience: Advanced undergraduate (3rd or 4th year)
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Materials available: Course outline or syllabus
Products: Simulink,MATLAB


http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biological-Engineering/20-011JSpring-2004/CourseHome/index.htm
Submitted Jul 22, 2008 by Dina Yuryev
Mechanics of Growth   
Description: This course addresses the phenomenon of growth on a theoretical and computational level and applies the resulting theories to classical biomechanical problems like bone remodeling, hip replacement, wound healing, atherosclerosis or in stent restenosis. This course will illustrate how classical engineering concepts like continuum mechanics, thermodynamics or finite element modeling have to be rephrased in the context of growth.
Course material created by Professor Ellen Kuhul.
Target audience: Graduate
Institution: Stanford University
Materials available: Problem sets or projects, Presentations, Downloadable code or data files
Products: MATLAB


http://biomechanics.stanford.edu/Mechanics_of_growth
Submitted Jul 30, 2008 by Dina Yuryev