Module ME2100 T

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor MES 2020, Module part of a compulsory module, medical engineering science
• Bachelor Biophysics 2016, Module part of a compulsory module, physics
• Bachelor MES 2014, Module part of a compulsory module, medical engineering science

Classes and lectures:

• Introduction into Biomedical Optics (lecture, 2 SWS)
• Biomedical Optics/Excercises (exercise, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 20 hours exam preparation
• 55 hours private studies and exercises
• 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Absorption and light scattering in biological tissues (Mie, Rayleigh)
• Measurement of optical tissue parameters, Mathematical description of light propagation
• Fundamentals of photophysics
• Spectroscopy, fluorescent markers, and flow cytometryof photophysics
• Lasers for biomedicine
• Fundamentals of photochemistry and photobiology
• Thermal effects on biomolecules and tissue, photocoagulation
• Pulsed laser tissue ablation
• Nonlinear absorption and plasma-mediated dissection of transparent tissues
• Intraocular photodisruption, laser lithotripsy, refractive surgery, and cell surgery
• Fundamentals of light, fluorescence, and laser scanning microscopy

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students are able to name and describe the fundamental physical phenomena and laws regarding light propagation and absorption in tissue.
• They can explain the interaction of light and tissue and describe it mathematically.
• They attain an overview of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in the field of biomedical optics and can list, describe and compare them.
• They acquire an overview of optical instruments for biomedical applications and are able to explain their function.
• They are able to assess the capabilities and limits of microscopic imaging.
• They are able to transfer their knowledge to practical applications.
• The students have the professional, social and communication skills to discuss and solve Biomedical Optics exercises in tutorial groups.

Grading through:

• Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Responsible for this module:

• Siehe Hauptmodul

Teacher:

• Institute of Biomedical Optics
• Dr. rer. nat. Norbert Linz

Literature:

• H.P. Berlien, G. Müller (eds) : Applied Laser Medicine Springer 2003
• M. Niemz : Laser-Tissue Interactions 3rd Edition, Springer 2007

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

05.09.2021