Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Western Main Campus

Medical Biophysics 3820B

PHOTONICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY


Lectures cover the theory, instrumentation, and application of light in pre-clinical and medical research with clinical applications for studying cancers, musculoskeletal conditions, cardiovascular diseases, and neuromonitoring. Specific themes include instrumentation; generation, transmission, and detection of light; optical microscopy; spectroscopy; and imaging of tissue metabolism, blood content, oxygenation, and flow.

Antirequisite(s): the former Medical Biophysics 3645A/B, the former Medical Biophysics 4710A/B.

Prerequisite(s): One of Calculus 1000A/B, Calculus 1500A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 1412A/B; one of Physics 1201A/B, Physics 1401A/B, Physics 1501A/B, the former Physics 1028A/B, the former Physics 1301A/B. Open only to students who are registered in Years 3 or 4.

Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: MEDBIO

This Course is Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages:

Western Main Campus Combined Degree Program  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | HONOURS BMSc INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES/HBA
Western Main Campus Honours Specialization  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | MAJOR IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)
Western Main Campus Specialization  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | SPECIALIZATION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES (IMS)
Western Main Campus Honours Specialization  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Biophysics | HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICAL BIOPHYSICS (Medical Science Concentration)*
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Biophysics | MAJOR IN MEDICAL BIOPHYSICS
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Biophysics | MINOR IN MEDICAL BIOPHYSICS
Western Main Campus Major  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Sciences - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | MAJOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES
Western Main Campus Minor  Faculty of Science/Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; including BMSc and Neuroscience | Medical Sciences - Basic Medical Sciences Undergraduate Education (BMSUE) | MINOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCES
Western Main Campus Combined Degree Program  Richard Ivey School Of Business | HBA Combined Programs | HBA/HONOURS BMSc INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDICAL SCIENCES