Tutorial courses in the fields of bioelectromagnetism, biosensors, and biomedical signal and image processing will be arranged at the Tampere University of Technology, Tampere , Finland in connection to the 10th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and 1st International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism. The Tutorial Courses are primarily aimed at graduate students and young researchers and comprised of four separate 2-day course that are Bioelectromagnetism, Biomedical Signal Processing I, Biosensors and Biomedical Signal Processing II. The Tutorial Courses will be lectured at Tampere University of Technology in lecture rooms 1 and 2. The registration fee is 1400 FIM per course. The registration fee covers the course material, coffees and lunches during the course.

Registration Form (printable)

Thursday June 6 - Friday June 7, 1996

• BIOELECTROMAGNETISM The conceptual basis of bioelectromagnetism, volume conductor and source models, bidomain concept, lead vector and lead field theories, reciprocity, inverse problem. Recording of bioelectric and biomagnetic signals.

  Course material: Textbook "Malmivuo J, Plonsey R: BIOELECTROMAGNETISM:, Oxford University Press, 1995, 482 pages". A complimentary hardcover book is given for every participant.

  Lecturers: Prof. Jaakko Malmivuo, Ragnar Granit institute, Tampere University of Technology, Prof. Robert Plonsey, Duke University, NC, USA.

Thursday 06.06.1996
09:00 ->        Registration + coffee
10:00 - 10:15   Opening ceremony of the TUTORIAL COURSES
10:15 - 11:00   Introduction
11:15 - 12:00   Anatomical and physiological basis of bioelectromagnetism
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
13:00 - 13:45   Volume source and volume conductor
14:00 - 14:45   Source-field models
14:45 - 15:15   Coffee
15:15 - 16:00   Bidomain model of multicellular volume conductors
16:15 - 17:00   Theoretical methods for analyzing volume sources and volume conductors

Friday 07.06.1996
09:00 - 09:45   Theory of biomagnetic measurements
09:45 - 10:15   Coffee
10:15 - 11:00   Electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography
11:15 - 12:00   Electrocardiography, vectorcardiography, magnetocardiography
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
13:00 - 13:45   Electric and magnetic stimulation of neural tissue
13:45 - 14:15   Coffee
14:15 - 15:00   Cardiac pacing
15:15 - 16:00   Impedance measurements
16:00 - 16:15   Closing remarks and issue of certificates

• BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING I: Linear Signal Processing, Median Type Filtering in Biomedical Signal Processing, Image Processing Methods

  Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes

  Lecturers: Prof. Jaakko Astola and Prof. Tapio Saramaki, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, Tampere University of Technology, DrTech Pauli Kuosmanen, and MSc Sakari Alenius Digital Media Institute, Tampere University of Technology

Thursday 06.06.1996
09:00 ->        Registration + coffee
10:00 - 10:15   Opening ceremony of the TUTORIAL COURSES
10:15 - 12:00   How to filter an continuous-time signal with the aid of a digital filter (Saramaki)
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
13:00 - 13:45   Basic tools for analysing and synthisizing digital filters (Saramaki)
14:00 - 14:45   Filter design and winite wordlength effects (Saramaki)
14:45 - 15:15   Coffee
15:15 - 17:00   Fundamentals of median type filtering (Astola)

Friday 07.06.1996
09:00 - 09:45   Image perception (Kuosmanen)
09:45 - 10:15   Coffee
10:15 - 12:00   Median type filters in biomedical signal processing (Astola)
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
13:00 - 13:45   Image enhancement (Kuosmanen)
13:45 - 14:15   Coffee
14:15 - 15:00   Image restoration (Kuosmanen)
15:15 - 16:00   Image reconstruction - an example case (Alenius)
16:00 - 16:15   Closing remarks and issue of certificates

Saturday June 8 - Sunday June 9, 1996

• BIOSENSORS: Biosensor concept, biochemical sensing element, immobilization and surface characterization, detection methods and transducers, applications, examples of commercial devices, future trends.

  Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes

  Lecturers: Prof. Anthony P.F. Turner, Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, UK, Docent Jukka Lekkala, Ragnar Granit Institute, Docent Janusz Sadowski, Lic.Phil. Inger Vikholm, Lic.Tech. Jyrki Kimmel, VTT Chemical Technology, Tampere

Saturday 08.06.1996
09:00 ->        Registration
10:00 - 10:45	Introduction to biosensor concept (Lekkala)
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee
11:00 - 11:45	Biosensing (Vikholm)
11:45 - 12:30	Formation of protein layers (Vikholm)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:15	Electrochemical methods (Albers)
14:30 - 15:15	Optical sensing by evanescent methods (Sadowski)
15:15 - 15:45	Coffee
15:45 - 16:30	Optical fibre sensors (Kimmel)
16:45 - 17:30	Piezoelectric sensors (Lekkala)
                                
Sunday 09.06.1996
09:00 - 09:15	Introduction (Lekkala)
09:15 - 10:00   Applications of biosensors (Turner)
10:00 - 10:15   Coffee
10:15 - 11:30	The "top ten" of commercial biosensors (Turner)	
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 13:15	Demonstration of biosensors (Lekkala, Turner)
13:15 - 13:45	Coffee
13:45 - 14:30	The future of biosensor research (Turner)
14:30 - 14:45	Closing remarks and issue of certificates (Lekkala)

• BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING II: Time-frequency and wavelet transforms, fractals, fuzzy logic, learning algorithms.

  Course material: Edited booklet based on lecturing notes

  Lecturers: Prof. Metin Akay, Biomedical Engineering Department, Rutgers University, NJ, USA, Patrick Flandrin, ENS Lyon, France, Prof. Andrew Laine, Computer Information Science Department, University of Florida, FL, USA, Prof. Klaus-Peter Adlassnig, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria

Saturday 08.06.96
09:00 ->	Registration
10:00 - 10.45	Fuzzy Logic and Knowledge Based System (Adlassnig)
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee
11:00 - 12:30	Time-Frequency and Wavelets (Flandrin)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:15	Implementation of 2-D Wavelets (Laine)
15:15 - 15:45	Coffee
15:45 - 17:30	Wavelets and Biomedical Signal Processing (Akay)

Sunday 09.06.1996
09:00 - 09:45 	Wavelets and Medical Imaging (Laine)
09:45 - 10:00	Coffee
10:00 - 11:30	Fuzzy Logic and knowledge Based Systems in Medicine (Adlassnig)
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 13:15	Recent Advances in Time-Freq and Wavelets (Flandrin)
13:15 - 13:30	Coffee
13:30 - 14:15	Hybrid Signal Processing (Akay)
14:15 - 14:30	Closing and issue of certificates

For the participants of tutorial courses we have reserved following hotels with reduced conference prices. The prices apply providing that you contact the hotel directly and use the indication "NBC96" when making your reservation.

Hotel Victoria: Located in the vicinity (100m) of the congress center (Tampere Talo). Good bus connection to the Tampere University of Technology (about 25 min). RR: Single room FIM 350, Double room FIM 420. Tel.+358-31-2425111 Fax. +358-31-2425100

Hotel Hermica/Hervanta: Located in the vicinity (400m) of the Tampere University of Technology. RR: Single room FIM 190, Double room FIM 240. Tel. +358-31-255 0000, Fax. +358-31-255 0009.

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Last updated 1996-05-15