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360 Course Descriptions/BiophysicsBiophysicsbiochemistry.tamu.edu(BIPH)655. Molecular Biophysics: Macromolecular Interactions. (3-0). Credit 3. Macromolecular interactions(i.e., binding from a perspective strongly rooted in statistical thermodynamics); understanding of therates and equilibria of macromolecular interactions involving proteins, nucleic acids, and biologicalmembranes; emphasize quantitative analysis and evaluation of different binding models relevant tobiological regulation and signal transduction. Prerequisites: BICH 603, CHEM 601, knowledge of comprehensivebiochemistry.Department of Biomedical Engineeringbiomed.tamu.eduHead: G. L. Coté; Graduate Advisor: D. J. MaitlandThe thrust of the biomedical engineering graduate program is in the areas of biomedical sensing andimaging, biomedical optics, cardiovascular biomechanics and mechanobiology, and biomaterials. Theseconcepts are applied and studied at whole body, tissue, cellular and molecular levels. Faculty membersare presently involved in research from the macroscopic to the nanoscale in the areas of diagnosticand therapeutic systems, imaging systems, soft and hard tissue biomechanics, tissue characterization,biomaterials used in the human body, orthopedic biomechanics, FDA regulatory practices, bioinstrumentation,measurement and analysis of human body signals, and analysis of the interaction betweenhumans and medical devices.Biomedical Engineering(BMEN)604. FDA Good Laboratory and Clinical Practices. (3-0). Credit 3. Implementation of Good LaboratoryPractices (GLP) for the submission of preclinical studies and use of Good Clinical Practices (GCP) inclinical trials in accordance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations; includes similaritiesand differences in GLP and GCP critical for the introduction of new drugs and medical devices.Prerequisites: BMEN 430 or BMEN 630 and graduate classification, or approval of instructor.605. Virtual Instrumentation Design for Medical Systems. (2-3). Credit 3. Design of medical systemsusing graphics programming language of LabVIEW including the designing and programming of threevirtual systems: cardiac monitor, electromyogram system for biomechanics, and sleep stage analyses forelectroencephalograms. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.607. Clinical Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. Responsibilities, functions and duties of the hospital basedbiomedical engineer including program organization, management, medical equipment aquisition anduse, preventive maintenance and repair and hospital safety. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.608. Optical Diagnostic and Monitoring Principles. (3-0). Credit 3. Principles of optical spectroscopy,including absorption, fluorescence and scattering spectroscopy; emphasis on understanding how lightinteracts with biological samples and how these interactions can be optically measured, quantified andused for medical diagnosis and sensing. Prerequisites: MATH 308; PHYS 208.609. Optical Therapeutic and Interventional Principles. (3-0). Credit 3. Study of mechanical and thermalprocesses of radiation interaction with biological tissue; issues and objectives in therapeutic, surgical,and diagnostic applications; basic engineering principles used in developing therapeutic with a focuson the use of lasers and optical technology. Prerequisites: MATH 308; PHYS 208.611. Biomedical Imaging Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. The physics behind the major medical imaging systemsincluding CT, MRI, Ultrasound and X-Ray will be introduced and described; a linear systemsapproach will be used along with basic diffraction theory. Prerequisites: BMEN 322; MATH 308.620. Bio-Optical Imaging. (3-0). Credit 3. Optical imaging techniques for detection of structures andfunctions of biological tissues; basic physics and engineering of each imaging technique. Prerequisite:MATH 308.