Medical Physics Instrumentation Laboratory

Code:

F4007

Acronym:

F4007

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Medical Physics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:FM	8	Study plan since 2013/2014	1	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The successful attendance of this UC shall provide the student with the capability to understand what is instrumentation and its role in the process of interaction of the Human Being with his surrounding, to recognize the particular importance of electronic based instrumentation, to understand the principle of minimum perturbation in the measurement, to realise the relevance of the concepts signal/noise ratio, spectral analysis, synchronous detection and signal transmission with propagation impedance matching, be able to project amplification blocks with high level noise rejection and adequate compromise gain versus bandwidth, to have the sensibility to consider instrumentation in the time domain or in the frequency domain depending on the situation in analysis, in synthesis to show knowledge and competences which are a good starting point to deal with Medical Physics instrumentation needs.

Learning outcomes and competences

See before

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Graduation  in a related degree

Program

The program is organized in a series of work blocks in a sequence aiming, in a first stage, to uniformize fundamental concepts, followed by a theoretical and laboratorial approach to new concepts in electronics and Instrumentation.

The laboratorial component is associated to experimental works thought to emphasize fundamental physical phenomena, which point to important aspects, for the design and operation of advances electronics circuits and instruments

The blocks considered are: electrical circuits, fundamental concepts and functionalities in electronics/instrumentation and instrumentation techniques.

After the exploration and consolidation of the fundamental concepts and instrumentation techniques, an experimental group work involving the creative application of the studied concepts will implemented in the context of a signal acquisition challenge.

Mandatory literature

Horowitz Paul; The art of electronics. ISBN: 0-521-23151-5 (hardcover)

Complementary Bibliography

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O.Dell T. H.; Circuits for electronic instrumentation. ISBN: 0-521-40428-2
Webster John G. 340; Medical instrumentation. ISBN: 0-395-25411-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Mix theoretical/laboratorial

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	15,00
Trabalho laboratorial	85,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Trabalho escrito	0,00
Trabalho laboratorial	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Ver documento anexo

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification of individual report:         25%

Classification of work group report and presentation: 35%

Logbook:      25%

Continuous evaluation:                         15%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Implemented if required

Internship work/project

Não aplicável

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

A considerar se necessário

Classification improvement

Não aplicável