For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBE5022 | Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ⅰ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) aims to provide an advanced understanding of MRI systems from the technological and mathematical perspectives. Hence, basic knowledge of MRI is a prerequisite for taking this class and we also recommend to first take the classes of Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1, 2 we are providing at the graduate program. Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1 extensively covers the principles and applications of various RF pulses and gradients for a better understanding of their practical use and implementation. | |||||||||
| GBE5023 | Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ⅱ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) aims to provide an advanced understanding of MRI systems from the technological and mathematical perspectives. Hence, basic knowledge of MRI is a prerequisite for taking this class and we also recommend to first take the classes of Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1, 2 we are providing at the graduate program. Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 covers the principles and applications of data acquisition, image reconstructions, and a variety of pulse sequences at an advanced level. | |||||||||
| GBE5024 | Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ⅰ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| The Subject of Bioengineering MathematicsⅠis being introduced into the basic calculation for differential equations and Laplace transform etc.. This course provides mathematical background to the students so that they can be able to grasp the engineering subjects, which they will come across in their higher classes properly. The course will give them the insight to understand and analyse the engineering problems scientifically based on bioengineering Mathematics. | |||||||||
| GBE5025 | Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ⅱ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) aims to provide an advanced understanding of essential principles and various applications of MRI from the physical and mathematical perspectives. Physical Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2 introduces a variety of pulse sequences with diverse medical and/or research purposes, covering the basic concepts and principles needed to better understand them. | |||||||||
| GBE5026 | Advanced Medical Imaging Systems | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Advanced Medical Imaging Systems aims to provide an advanced and deeper understanding of the system, working mechanisms, and functional characteristics of various imaging modalities. Representative examples of the imaging modalities to be covered are CT, X-ray, ultrasound, PET, SPECT, PET-CT, and PET-MRI. | |||||||||
| GBE5027 | Biomedical Image Processing | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course is to introduce the fundamental principles of multi-dimensional digital image processing including: image enhancement in the spatial domain, image enhancement in the frequency domain, image restoration, and Fourier and other transforms. | |||||||||
| GBE5028 | Advanced Biopolymer for Biomedical Engineer | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course is a course in soft condensed matter physics emphasis on biological physics. It will explore the physical ideas involved in the experimental and theoretical understanding of biological and synthetic macromolecules and materials. This course is for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics, other sciences, or engineering. The fundamental ideas of probability and statistics will be used freely. Applications include the behavior of polymer chains including rubber and DNA, cell mechanics, molecular motors, and membrane mechanics. | |||||||||
| GBE5029 | Advanced Biophotonics | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| Biophotonics is the science of generating and harnessing light (photons) to image, detect and manipulate biological materials. The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the principles of optics and lasers, the basics of biology, the interaction of light with cells and tissues, and the applications of various optical imaging and sensing techniques in biomedicine. This course is highly interdisciplinary and is suitable for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. This course is also designed to bring together students with various engineering or physics backgrounds. | |||||||||
| GBE5030 | Advanced bio&nano materials | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course is intended to provide an advnaced bionanomaterials used in medical applications. It is intended for advanced graduate students who have a basic background in organic/polymer chemistry, physics, biochemistry and materials science. The nature of the subject is such that the course must integrate both materials science and biology. It is the purpose of this course to provide the student an understanding of the fundamental principles associated with current biomaterials research and to understand the issues associated with medical applications of these materials. The goal is to enable students in the course to read the nanobiomaterials literature with critical understanding. | |||||||||
| GBE5031 | Advanced Tissue Engineering for Biomedical Engineer | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This course will provide an overview of cell biology fundamentals, an extensive review on extracellular matrix and basics of receptors, followed by topics on cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions at both the theoretical and experimental levels. Subsequent lectures will cover the effects of physical (shear, stress, strain), chemical (cytokins, growth factors), and electrical stimuli on cell function, emphasizing topics on gene regulation and signal transduction processes. Tissue engineering will be introduced by reviewing tissue structure and function and the clinical need for tissue repair. An overview of scaffold design and processing for tissue engineering will be reviewed and the application of tissue engineering to specialized tissues and organs will then be addressed in depth. Specific organ systems include skin, muscular skeletal system (vascular grafts, blood substitutions, cardiac patch, and heart valve), nervous system (peripheral and central nervous systems), liver, pancreas, and kidney. | |||||||||
| GBE5032 | Advanced Bioelectronics for Biomedical Engineer | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| The student will learn the basic principles and development of bio-analytical systems and biosensors with a special emphasis on different transduction technologies, biorecognition layers, biomolecular detection and the coupling of the biorecognition elements on the transduction system to obtain a functional bio-analytical device. The students learn to critically interprete and to communicate about the bioelectronics field. | |||||||||
| GBE5036 | Sensory and Motor System | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| 'Sesnory and motor system’ covers advanced topics in systems neuroscience, focusing on visual and motor systems. Given that brain’s one of fundamental functions is making responsive behaviors to incoming sensory information, understanding roles, neural representations, and modifications of the representations in sensory and motor systems are important. Different types of neural codes in visual system will be introduced, and will be compared with those in motor system. Through saccade and pursuit eye movement system, and arm reaching system, students will learn how sensory representations are transformed into motor commands, and modulated by cognitive factors, such as attention. | |||||||||
| GBE5037 | Vision and cognition | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Vision and cognition is an advanced course that covers important research studies in visual neuroscience. Visual information processes in the visual system are under the influence of a variety of cognitive factors. The main focus of this class will be on how such cognitive factors interact with and modulate the information processes in visual cortical areas. | |||||||||
| GBE5039 | MRI EngineeringⅠ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This class deals with the engineering aspects of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Focus is placed on the hardware technologies of modern high-field MRI equipments. Students will be able to learn physical principles of operation of MRI field generating units, and their engineering and physiological limitations of performance. | |||||||||
| GBE5040 | MRI Engineering Ⅱ | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | - | No | |
| This class will cover novel and unconventional MRI methods including ultra-low-field MRI, compact and hybrid scanners, and alternative signal detection technologies. Students will be given time to review recent publications on emerging MRI methods in consultation with the instructor. Students are expected to analyze and understand the merits and limitations of the proposed methods. | |||||||||