Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

~ ~ 1 3 5 Monitoring Instrumentation
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Numbers and measurement: introduction to measurement
principles, errors and statistics. Graphical presentation of data.
Direct current electricity: DC voltage, current, resistance.
Power sources and sinks, Ohm's Law and circuit diagrams.
Mechanics: vector and scalar quantities. Forces, work and
energy. Equilibrium, levers, and the physiological applications.
~~220 Instrumental Science 2
4 credit points
No. of hours per week: two hours for semester
two
Subject description
Topics studied will include:
further DC circuits;
AC circuits;
further optics - lenses, interference, diffraction etc.
~~221 Physical Science
8 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: practical work and examination
Subject description
Radiation:
electromagnetic spectrum - introductory physics of
microwaves, U.V. and electromagnetic radiation.
atomic structure - H spectrum, H atom, X-rays,
thermionic and photo-electric emission.
nuclear structure - binding energy, radioactivity, nuclear
reaction and nuclear-radiation, tracer techniques, radiation
measurements. Dangers of radiation.
Optics and images: mirrors, lenses, optical instruments, light,
intensity and luminous flux.
Lasers: basic principles and application to measurement of flow
rate and particle density.
Transducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
5~222 Industry Based Learning
50 credit points
A six-month period of work experience occurring as part of the
third year of the course leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Applied Science (Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation).
Students are supervised by a member of the academic staff
and are required to submit a report to their employer and to
their supervisor.
sp231
Monitoring Technology
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Principles of scientific instrumentation.
Electrical technology: DC/AC circuits.
Transducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.
~~233 Psychophysiological Concepts
19 credit points
No. of hours per week: eight hours
Prerequisite: SP132 Introductory Psychophysiology
Assessment: examination, assignments, tutorials
and laboratory reports
Subject description
Basic monitoring instrumentation, recorders, plotters, displays.
Basic monitoring technology, amplifiers, filters, gain frequency
response.
Nerve and muscle physiology and associated monitoring
techniques.
Heart and cardiovascular physiology with associated
monitoring techniques.
Respiratory system with associated monitoring methods and
instruments.
Biofeedback systems and psychophysiological correlates.
~~235 Instrumental Science
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Principles of scientific instrumentation.
Electrical technology: DCIAC circuits.
Tranducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.
~ ~ 2 3 6 Physics
10 credit points
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: examination and assignments
Subject description
Principles of scientific instrumentation.
Electrical technology: DAIAC circuits.
Tranducers: mechanical and electrical devices with
applications.
Radiation sources: materials and detection.
Acoustics.