PV184 Scientific Instruments

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Vařecha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Jiří Sochor, CSc.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: Mgr. Miroslav Vařecha, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:50 C525
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 36 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to introduce various interesting instruments in popular form; to understand basic principles of function of instruments; to learn the application of instruments in common life; to learn the application of instruments in various scientific fields to analyze various physical, chemical, and biological parameters; to learn about evaluation of acquired data.
Syllabus
  • Principles of function and application of various instruments such as laser, photomultiplier, CCD camera, optical fibre, magnetic resonance spectrometer, optical and electron microscopy, near-field and atomic force microscopy, mass spectroscopy, use of ultrasound in medicine, EKG and EEG, brain MRI, roentgen tomography (also known as CT) etc.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PROSSER, Václav. Experimentální metody biofyziky. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1989, 712 s. ISBN 8020000593. URL info
  • Leoš Navrátil, Jozef Rosina a kolektiv: Medicínská biofyzika. Grada Publishing, a. s., 2005.
  • Biofyzikální učebnice online. http://web.archive.org/web/20030801213606/www.biophysics.org/btol/
  • FyzWeb Univerzita Karlova: Fyzikální stránky pro každého. http://fyzweb.cuni.cz
Teaching methods
Lectures with PowerPoint presentations and discussions with students.
Assessment methods
Final written exam. It is a test with 20 questions and each question has 4 possible answers. Only one answer is the correct one. To successfully pass the test, it is necessary to have at least 10 correct answers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
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