Medical Informatics detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of medical informatics is as follows.
Preamble
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Introduction – Structure of Medical Informatics -Internet and Medicine -Security issues , Computer based medical information retrieval, Hospital management and information system, Functional capabilities of a computerized HIS, Health Informatics – Medical Informatics, Bioinformatics
Unit II
COMPUTERS IN CLINICAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL IMAGING
Automatedclinical laboratories-Automated methods in hematology,cytology and histology, Intelligent Laboratory Information System – Computerized ECG, EEG and EMG, Computer assisted medical imaging- nuclear medicine, ultrasound imaging, computedX-
raytomography, Radiation therapy and planning, Nuclear MagneticResonance.
Unit III
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Unit IV
COMPUTER ASSISTED MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING
Neuro computers and Artificial Neural Networks application,Expert system-General model of CMD, Computer-assisted decision support system-production rule system cognitive model,semantic networks,decisions analysis in clinical medicine-computers in the care of critically ill patients, Computer aids for the handicapped.
Unit V
RECENT TRENDS IN MEDICAL INFORMATICS
Virtualreality applicationsinmedicine, Virtual endoscopy, Computer assistedsurgery,Surgicalsimulation, Telemedicine – Tele surgery,Computerassisted patienteducationandhealth- Medical educationandhealthcareinformation, computer assisted instruction in medicine.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Explain the structure and functional capabilities of Hospital Information System.
- Describe the need of computers in medical imaging and automated clinical laboratory.
- Articulate the functioning of information storage and retrieval in computerized patient record system.
- Apply the suitable decision support system for automated clinical diagnosis.
- Discuss the application of virtual reality and telehealth technology in medical industry.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Kathryn J. Hannah, Marion J Ball, “Health Informatics”, 3rd Edition, Springer, 2006.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem, visit BME 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Biomedical Engineering results, visit Anna University BME all semester results direct link.