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Department of BME, REC

OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course students will be able to
• Describe the working principle of various medical imaging equipment.
• Explain the principle of radio therapy techniques.
• Outline the methods of radiation safety.
• Elaborate the concept of tomographic techniques
• Analyse the radiation measurement techniques.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Steve Webb, “The Physics of Medical Imaging”, Adam Hilger, Philadelpia, 1988
2. R.Hendee and Russell Ritenour “Medical Imaging Physics”, Fourth Edition William, Wiley-
Liss,2002.

REFERENCES:
1. Gopal B. Saha “Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine”- Third edition Springer,
2006.
2. B.H.Brown, PV Lawford, R H Small wood , D R Hose, D C Barber, “Medical physics
andbiomedical Engineering”, - CRC Press, 1999.
3. Myer Kutz, “Standard handbook of Biomedical Engineering and design”, McGraw Hill, 2003.

BM17704 BIOMATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS L T P C
3 0 0 3

OBJECTIVES
• To study the characteristics of Biomaterials and its reaction in the host and understand its
degradation mechanism
• To understand different metals and ceramics used as biomaterials
• To study the different polymeric materials and their application in Ophthalmology and
membrane synthesis.
• To study the different types of soft and hard tissue implants.
• To understand the concept of biocompatibility and the methods of biomaterial testing

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO BIO-MATERIALS 9
Definition and classification of bio-materials, Characterization of biomaterials: mechanical
properties, surface properties, viscoelasticity. Host reactions to biomaterials: Inflammation, Wound
Healing and Foreign Body Response, Failure mechanisms: corrosion, fracture, degradation of
Implanted materials in the biological environment.

UNIT II METALLIC AND CERAMIC MATERIALS 9
Metallic implants: Stainless steels, co-based alloys, Ti-based alloys, shape memory alloy,
applications. Ceramic implant: bioinert, biodegradable or bio resorbable, bioactive ceramics,
applications.

UNIT III POLYMERIC IMPLANT MATERIALS 9
Polymerization, factors influencing the properties of polymers, polymers as biomaterials: Nylon,
acrylates, rubber, biodegradable polymer, Bio polymers: Collagen, Elastin and chitin.
Applications: Medical Textiles, Materials for ophthalmology: contact lens, intraocular lens,
Membranes for plasma separation and Blood oxygenation.

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