BME 6345
ADVANCED
CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING
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Fall 2004
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INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Heimer EAS 3951 305-348-3016 Malcolm.Heimer@fiu.edu
Dr. McGoron EAS 3462 305-348-1352 Anthony.Mcgoron@fiu.edu
Dr. Schoephoerster EAS 2602 305-348-3722 Richard.Schoephoerster@fiu.edu
Dr. Crumpler EAS
3463 305-348-1864 Eric.Crumpler@fiu.edu
Dr. Herrera OE 304 305-348-1258 Rene.Herrerar@fiu.edu
COORDINATOR: Schoephoerster
TEXTBOOK:
Class notes provided by
faculty. The following texts were
used as sources and are highly recommended.
Biological Performance of Materials;
Black; Marcel Dekker
Biomechanics: Material Properties of
Living Tissues; Fung; Springer-Verlag
Biodynamics:
Circulation; Fung; Springer-Verlag
Cardiovascular Biomechanics; Chandran; NY University Press
Medical Instrumentation; Webster;
Wiley
Foundations of Medical Imaging; Cho, Jones, and Singh; Wiley-Interscience
Cardiac
catheterization: concepts, techniques, and applications; Williams & Wilkins
The
Biostatistics Cookbook; Michelson; Kluwer Academic
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
The objective of this course is to provide
the students with tools for modeling and understanding of cardiovascular
disease development and treatment, and for designing appropriate systems and
devices for diagnosis and intervention.
POINTS
DISTRBUTION: Exam I 30%
Exam
II 40%
Exam
III (Final) 30%
Exams
will be one hour in duration and will be implemented via the web. All exams will be comprised of
multiple-choice questions. Topics
covered by each exam are shown in the tentative course outline. Instructions for accessing
the exams through the web follows the outline.
TENTATIVE
COURSE OUTLINE
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8/30 Schoephoerster mechanical factors in
cardiovascular disease: thrombosis
9/1 Schoephoerster biocompatibility
9/8 Herrera stem
cell/cloning applications
9/13 Crumpler mechanical
factors in cardiovascular disease: atherosclerosis
Exam I – Sept. 21
9/15 McGoron biostatistics
and experimental design
9/20 McGoron biostatistics
and experimental design
9/22 McGoron catheterization
techniques, blood flow measurement
9/27 McGoron computers
in cardiovascular medicine
9/29 Heimer medical
imaging and diagnostics
10/4 Heimer medical
imaging and diagnostics
Exam II – Oct. 7
10/6 Schoephoerster regulatory
issues: design controls
10/11 Heimer instrumentation
and electrical design for measurements and devices
10/13 Heimer instrumentation
and electrical design for measurements and devices
10/18 Crumpler device
design considerations
Exam III – Oct. 20
All exams for this course will be administered through the web using the web-based software WebCT.
Please log on to the WebCT site as soon as possible to familiarize yourself with the
site. Use the following instructions to access webCT:
go to http://webct.fiu.edu/webct/public/home.pl
choose “engineering” in the course selection box for login
type in your Panther ID and password
your password is your birthdate in the format MMDDYYYY
Once logged on, click on the appropriate class
There you will see three icons: Syllabus, Calendar, and Tests
Click on Syllabus to view the syllabus, calendar to view the calendar (which shows the exam dates).
You will click on the Tests icon to take the exam.