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
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
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)
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 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.
Last updated 1996-05-15