Courses

Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engine (20816)

Abstract:

Lumped Circuits and elements: description passive components, physical dependences between charges, current, voltage, power and energy. Signal properties. Voltage and current sources. Basic laws: Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws. Elements connection and equivalent circuits.

Delta- Way elements connections and transformation. Winston bridge with variable resistor. Maximum power transfer.

Sinusoidal steady-state analysis. Power in AC circuits. Circuit analysis methods and network multiple independent DC and AC sources: mesh-current and node-voltage methods, superposition, Thevenin and Norton equivalents. Frequency response of RLC circuits, serial and parallel resonance circuits.

Electronics (50136)

Abstract:

Semiconductors, diodes, practical examples of the use of diodes, Zener diodes and stabilizers, linear suppliers, BJT שמג FET transistors: DC and AC analysis, current sources, amplification circuits, operational amplifiers

Control and Medical Sensors (50137)

Abstract:

Basic concepts of medical instrumentation: Historical Background, Terminology, general structure of medical measurement and biomedical treatment systems, characterization of medical measurement systems, classification of medical instrumentation. Mathematical analysis and equivalent circuits of biomedical measurement systems – electrical, mechanical, heat, and flow. Measurements of biological potentials, electrodes and circuits. Measuring temperature with a thermistor, thermocouple and by infrared radiation. Measurement of mechanical variables such as speed, acceleration, force, pressure and flow. Piazoelectric transducers, capacitive transducers. Principles of sensors based closed loop life support systems. Electrical safety medical measurement systems.

System classification: mechanical, electrical, thermal, hydraulic and hybrid systems with constant lumped elements. Construction of equivalent circuits, formulation of mathematical models. Examples of medical devices: equivalent circuits and mathematical models of a thermometer, membrane model, blood pressure, electrode. Analysis of continuous systems in the time domain: response to initial conditions, impulse response, convolution in response to arbitrary excitation. Thorough analysis of first-order and second-order systems. Analysis of medical devices control systems and measuring devices: Is a rigid catheter better than a flexible one? Why a trapped air bubble in medical measuring system is not only dangerous clinically, but also impair measurement quality? Laplace Transform and its applications; transfer f?unctions, poles and zeros in the frequency domain. Description of the state-space, presentation of state equations and their solution in time and frequency domains. Description of systems using block diagram. Frequency response. Difference equations and their solution, response to initial conditions and convolution.

Feedback systems, stability: Root Locus, Nichols chart.

Bode diagram.

Physiological control systems, and control systems interaction with physiological systems.

Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology Systems (50501)

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Aדpects of operating medical devices in hospitals and in the community. Structure and operation of a medical engineering department in a hospital and at an insurance company. Integration with the systems for medical infrastructure and information and computing.

Medical Informatics, computer integrated biomedical systems (diagnostics, treatment and follow-up).

Medical equipment procurement processes, liability of equipment and/or software manufacturers for medical uses. Maintenance of medical equipment. Topics in medical archive organization, communication systems, decision-making procedure, cost-effectiveness considerations in the development, purchase and operation of biomedical equipment.

Assessment of medical technologies. PMA approach versus ME TOO approach. Centralized (CDRH - FDA) and decentralized (European NB) approaches.

Life cycle of a device - idea, technical trials, IA trials, Helsinki trials, transition to large-scale production: GMP and ISO, registration and licensing of medical devices, post-marketing follow-up, recall from the market.

Clinical Trials (50502)

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Historical review and current definition of clinical trials in Israel. Basic concepts: IRB, Ethics Committee, informed consent. Regulatory control approaches. Clinical trials design and management. Analysis of experimental results and summary. Reasoning. Expansion in terms of experimental time and patient population. Ethical and legal questions in a clinical trial.

Ethics Information Security and Regulation in Clinical Engineering (68007)

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Various aspects of purchasing and using medical devices in hospitals and in sick (health) funds facilities. Structure and daily work of Medical Engineering Department at the hospital and in an insurer's facility (HMO). Combination with an infrastructure of medical and information and computing equipment. Medical information (Medical Informatics). Bio - medical integrated PC devices. Diagnostics devices, annual treatment and follow-ups. The process of purchasing medical equipment, manufacturer warranty. Maintenance schemes for medical equipment. Cost – benefit, cost-Effectiveness in the development, acquisition and operation of biomedical equipment .