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13453
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
PL(30H)/T(30H)
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| Scientific area |
Biomedical Sciences
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
The main goals of this course unit are the introduction of optical geometrical and physical optics principles and their applications to the study of biological tissues and to non-ionizing radiation based medical diagnosis. By the end of this course unit the student should be able to describe, analyse, and interpret the physical optics phenomena as well as the interaction of light with biological tissue. The student should be able to make the connection between the phenomena and several biomedical optics diagnostic techniques. This course unit intents also to give to the student the ability to prepare and to carry out laboratorial experiments and to work in team in order to apply the acquired knowledge and competences to practice, showing a good understanding of the potentialities and limitations of each method.
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Syllabus |
1 - FUNDAMENTALS GEOMETRICAL OPTICS
a) Laws reflection and refraction
b) Image formation optical instruments
c) Optical instruments
2 - FUNDAMENTALS WAVE OPTICS
a) Interference
b) Diffraction
c) Polarization
3 - INTRODUCTION TO TISSUE OPTICS
a) Scattering, absorption and luminescence
b) Light propagation turbid media
c) Optical parameter measurement biological tissues
d) Propagation pulsed light
e) Diffuse photon density waves
f) Propagation polarized light
g) Photothermal and photoacoustic effects
h) Design and construction tissue phantoms
4 - OPTICAL FIBERS
a) Propagation light optical fibres
b) Fabrication techniques
c) Optical fibres for visible, UV and IR light
d) Endoscopy
e) Optical fibre sensors
5 - APLICATIONS BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS
a) Optical tomography
b) Photoacoustic tomography
c) Optical coherence tomography*
d) Digital holographic microscopy*
e) Polarimetric imaging techniques*
f) Scanning laser ophthalmology
g) Fluorescence Spectroscopy
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Main Bibliography |
1. ÓPTICA, Eugene Hecht, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1991
2. BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS, Tuan Vo-Dinh, ed., CRC Press, 2003
3. TISSUE OPTICS, Valerii Tuchin, 2th Edition, SPIE Press, 2007
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The teaching / learning activities of this course include practical classes and laboratory classes. Besides the class work, students must also learn the relevant skills through e-learning based scheduled activities, using the Moodle platform and other types of activities such as "peer instruction". In the end, students should be able to recognize the physical principles underlying the optical phenomena and their application to a wide range of diagnostic techniques in the context of biomedical photonics. Regarding laboratory practice, there is a strong focus on the diversity experimental activities as well as on demonstrations with modern equipment for research activities and on-going development in the University of Beira Interior.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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