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Department of BME, REC

UNIT I TIME VARYING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS 10
Faraday’s law, Transformer and Motional Induction, Maxwell’s equation from Faraday’s law, Self
and Mutual Inductance, Displacement current, Maxwell’s equation from Ampere’s law and its in
consistency, Boundary relation, Poynting Vector, Comparison of field and circuit theory, Circuit
application of Pointing Vector.

UNIT II ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ITS INTERACTION WITH BIOLOGICAL
SYSTEMS 10
Electrical properties of human system – conductivity, permittivity, impedance; human body as
volume conductor, source field models, inductive power transfer in implanted devices,
RF/microwave interaction mechanism with human system and its effects, therapeutic applications
of microwaves.

UNIT III ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND COMPATIBILITY IN MEDICAL
EQUIPMENTS 10
EMI-EMC definitions and Units of parameters; Sources and victim of EMI; Conducted and
Radiated EMI Emission and Susceptibility, EM coupling, EMI control -Shielding, filtering and
grounding, Standards for medical devices - ISO 14117:2012, IEC 60601-1-2, testing Case study on
EM interference during MR imaging
TOTAL: 30 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course students will be able to
• Apply the principles of EMF in real time
• Identify various causes and effects of EM interference in living body
• Design compatible circuits that could prevent medical devices from showing wrong results

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Clayton R.Paul, “ Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility”, John Wiley Publications,
2008
2. Bioelectromagnetism–“Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields”
by Jaakko Malmivuo, Oxford University press, 1995

REFERENCES:
1. John D. Kraus & Keith R. Carver, “Electromagnetics”, McGraw-Hill Inc. 1973
2. Edward Conrad Jordan, Keith George Balmain, “Electromagnetic waves and radiating
systems”, Prentice Hall, 1968.
3. Andre Vander Vorst, Arye Rosen, Youji Kotsuka, John Wiley & Sons,“RF/Microwave
Interaction with Biological Tissues”, Inc., 2006.

BM17E26 VIRTUAL REALITY IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS L T P C
2 0 0 2
OBJECTIVES
• Understand the basics of a virtual reality and AR
• Know the different types of modalities used
• Understand the various prototypes used

UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 11
What is VR/AR/HR/MR.? - state and history of VR - VR concepts – applications - gaming &
entertainment - business & enterprises - visualization - AEC & MFG. VR types - cve, non-

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