This Project Involves Writing a Chapter for an Electronic Textbook on Biomedical Engineering

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (2001-2002) Dr. Amit Gefen

Instructions for Preparation of a Final Project

General Comments: This project involves writing a “chapter” for an electronic textbook on biomedical engineering. Each chapter will be written by a group of two to three students, and will be based on a specialized area of biomedical engineering or one of the body's systems or senses. Projects will be written as Word Documents and/or Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and will contain links to images (or movies, and even sound, if appropriate).

Reports may be submitted in Hebrew or English, and are limited to 15 pages maximum.

At the end of the semester, the best projects will be published on the World Wide Web (WWW).

Possible Topics:

Following are some suggestions – new ideas for a project are encouraged, but should be approved by the instructor

1. General 1.1. History and Overview of Biomedical Engineering 1.2. Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering 1.3. Career Development in Biomedical Engineering 1.4. OTHER ???

2. Cutting Edge Technology in Biomedical Engineering

1 In order to become acquainted with the fields of biomedical engineering appropriate for this course, each group may write a paper summarizing the latest developments on a cutting edge technology or an emerging field in Biomedical Engineering. The suggested source to start with is the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Magazine. This is a magazine that is published every two months, and is available in the Exact Science and Engineering Library of Tel Aviv University. It contains reviews in Biomedical Engineering.

3. Specialties in Biomedical Engineering 3.1. Medical Imaging 3.2. Biomedical Signal Processing 3.3. Measurement of Human Motion 3.4. Measurement of Cardiovascular Function 3.5. OTHER ???

If your topic involves a specialized area in biomedical engineering, describe the medical aspects of the biomedical engineering problem and why it is (or was) an important issue. Describe the patient population, i.e. who needs this device or measurement and why. Describe the history of the development of engineering solutions, e.g. pre-computer solutions. What was tried and what worked? When was the product or device first invented? When did it become available for patient use? What physiological signals were measured? What type of transducers and biosensors were used? What were the design considerations that were important? What were the patient safety issues? Describe any failures reported. How was the system calibrated? Not all of these questions may apply to your topic area. Other information may be included.

4. Body Systems and Senses 4.1. Mechanics of the Ankle, Knee, Hip, Elbow or any other joint (select one!) 4.2. The Cardiovascular System 4.3. The Respiratory System 4.4. The Reproductive System

2 4.5. The Urinary System 4.6. The Hearing Sense 4.7. The Taste Sense 4.8. The Vision Sense 4.9. OTHER ???

If your topic involves a body system, describe the anatomy, physiology, function, and medical relevance of your topic.

TIPS and HINTS: a) Make an extensive literature search. Do not limit it to the WWW – try to find relevant textbooks and scientific journals in the library for Exact Sciences and Engineering at Tel Aviv University. The following digital databases can be helpful: http://www.britannica.com (Search Encyclopedia Britannica) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (Search PubMed for Relevant Scientific Papers) http://igm.nlm.nih.gov (Search Medline for Relevant Scientific Papers) b) Indicate information sources in the body of the text by the last name of the author if there was only one, the last names of both authors if there were two, or the last name of the first author followed by et al. if there were three or more authors, a comma, and the year of publication. List the references in the bibliography in alphabetical order by author. The following can be used as an example:

R. E. Ideker, D. W. Frazier, W. Krassowska, N. Shibata, P.-S. Chen, K. M. Kavanagh, and W. M. Smith, "Experimental evidence for autowaves in the heart," in Ann. NY Acad. Sci., Vol 591, Mathematical Approaches to Cardiac Arrhythmias, J. Jalife, Ed. New York: New York Acad., Sci., 1990, pp. 208-218.

R. E. Ideker, W. M. Smith, S. M. Blanchard, S. L. Reiser, E. V. Simpson, P. D. Wolf, and N. D. Danieley, "The assumptions of isochronal cardiac mapping," PACE, vol. 12, pp. 456-478, 1989.

C. L. Nikias, J. H. Siegel, M. R. Raghuveer, and M. Fabian, "Spectrum estimation for the analysis of array ECG, " in Proc. 7th Ann. Int. Conf. IEEE Engi. Med. Biol. Soc., 1985, pp. 824-829.

W. K. Pratt, Digital Image Processing. New York: Wiley, 1978.

3 c) Do not include direct quotes. Rewrite ideas and information in your own words. d) Avoid first- and second-person sentences, i.e. ones that start with I, we, or you. e) Spelling and grammar count! f) In case where the report is submitted in English, it is especially important to use your computer's spell checker (do not use contractions, e.g. don't. The word "data" is a plural word. Use "1980s" not "1980's". In vitro and in vivo should be in Italics. Use gender-neutral language unless you are referring to a specific person).