Lecture Plan 8
Lecture Plan 8
Lecture Plan 8
Course Objective
The Objective of the course is to teach students about various biomedical processes and the
primary role of a biomedical engineer.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
Understand the role of a biomedical engineer in a modern health care system.
Have knowledge about human anatomy and physiology.
Learn various biomedical processes.
Get acquainted with different bio-instrumental tools, used to address health-related issues
in our day to day life.
Reference Books:
1. Human Physiology - from cells to systems, L. Sherwood, Books/Cole, Cengage Learning.
2. Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, M. M. Domach, Prentice Hall, 2003.
3. Drug Delivery – Engineering principles for drug therapy, W. M. Saltzman, Oxford
University Press, 2001.
4. Tissue Engineering – Principles for the design of replacement organs and tissues, W. M.
Saltzman, Oxford University Press, 2004.
5. Introductory Biomechanics – From Cells to Organisms, C. R. Ethier, and C. A. Simmons,
Cambridge University Press, 2009.
6. Biomedical Imaging: Principles and Applications, Ed: Reiner Salzer, Wiley, 2012.
7. Introduction to medical imaging, N. B. Smith, A. Webb, Cambridge University Press, 2011.