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Subject description
Biophysical techniques: electron microscopy, electron and
proton microbeam analpis, diffraction studies of biological
materials, optical methods.
Dielectric studies.
Overview of physical methods of analysis of biological tissue.
5~713 Neurophysiological Techniques A
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: assignments
A subject of the medical biophysics option of the Bachelor
of Applied Science (Honours) program.
Subject description
Information processing within neural systems. Analysis of
neural mass field potentials.
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Clinical, cortical, subcortical, and EEGlscalp surface recording
techniques.
Spontaneous activity analysis, neuropsychological correlates,
g evoked potentials, time and frequency domain analysis,
-. stimulus classification.
g Origin of neuroelectric and neuromagnetic fields.
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sP714 Neurophysiological Techniques B
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisite: SP713
Assessment: assignments
A subject of the medical biophysics option of the Bachelor
of Applied Science (Honours) program.
Subject description
Signal processing techniques for EEG analysis. Effects of CNS
lesions on the EEG.
Signal processing techniques for Evoked Potentials. Evolved
Potentials in clinical neurology - somatosensory, auditory,
visual EPs. Event Related Potentials and cognitive processes.
ERP correlates of attentions, language processing, memory
and affect.
EEG and EPIERP changes associated with neuropsychiatric
disorders. Recordings from the peripheral nemus system
recording electric and magnetic fields.
~~715 Metabolic Measurement
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Assessment: assignments
A subject of the medical biophysics option of the Bachelor
of Applied Science (Honours) program.
Subject description
Theoretical basis of oxygen consumption measurement,
cardiac output determination by rebreathing techniques,
clinical exercise testing.
SP716 Exercise Biophysics
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisite: SP715
Assessment: assignments
A subject of the medical biophysics option of the Bachelor
of Applied Science (Honours) program.
Subject description
Gas analysers and sampling systems, flow and volume meters
and timing devices, computer facilities, ergornetry
worklpower assessment, clinical aspects.
SP722 Minor Project
14.0 credit points
NO. of hours per week: four hours in first
semester
Assessment: report
A subject of the medical biophysics andlor scientific
instrumentation option of the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Honours) program.
Subject description
An individual research project. Projects require a literature
survey. Results, conclusions and recommendations are
presented in a written report, and a verbal report may also
be required.
SP732 Research Project
25.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours for three
semesters
Assessment: dissertation
A subject in the Masters course in Biomedical
Instrumentation.
This subject gives the student the opportunity to apply
subject matter studies in other course subjects to
instrumentation-related problems in a specific field of
interest. Where possible the projects are industry-sponsored
and have relevance to the student's area of employment.
Cooperation between professionals in industry andlor health
care and supervising staff at Swinburne help develop the
student's competence. Each project requires a literature
survey and theoretical andlor experimental investigation.
Results and conclusions presented in a written dissertation
and verbal presentation.
SP733 Research Project
25.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: eight hours
Assessment: dissertation
A subject in the Masters course in Biomedical
Instrumentation.
Subject description
This subject gives the student the opportunity to apply
subject matter studies in other course subjects to
instrumentation-related problems in a specific field of
interest. Where possible the projects are industry-sponsored
and have relevance to the student's area of employment.
Co-operation between professionals in industry andlor health
care and supervising staff at Swinburne help develop the
student's competence. Each project requires a literature
survey and theoretical andlor experimental investigation.
Results and conclusions presented in a written dissertation
and verbal presentation.
SP751 Neural Network Applications
6.0 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: mixed lectures and laboratory work
Assessment: assignments
A subject of the scientific instrumentation option of the
Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) program.
Subject description
Theoretical and practical experience of a range of network
architectures: backpropagation, Boltzman, counterpropagation,
Hamming, Hopfield, linear vector quantisation,
probalistic, neural networks, self organising maps.
Neural networks in instrumentation.
Continuously adaptive networks.