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Introduction to Bioengineering

Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain

Dates: 8/30/21 - 12/23/21

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Introduction to Bioengineering

Introduction to Bioengineering Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Biomedical Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15529
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 100
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: It is convenient, although not a requirement, to have a good previous background on: Physics, Chemistry, Biology

DESCRIPTION

The discipline of biomedical engineering has evolved over the past fifty years, making it clear that it includes a diverse, seemingly all-encompassing range of fields of specialization such as bioinstrumentation, bioimaging, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biomolecular engineering. The program below constitutes a selection of the most important basic tools that will be necessary for a biomedical engineer, suited to a 6 credit course.
PROGRAM:
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering: The Role of a Biomedical Engineer
- Basics on Medical Instrumentation and Devices: Electricity and Electronics
- Medical Imaging: X-Ray, Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound and Medical Optics
- The Hospital as a Sophisticated Technological Center: Medical Informatics, Advaced Therapies
- The foundations of modern Biomedicine: Cell and Molecular Biology, Genomics and Bioinformatics
- Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

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