Classes at ETH Zurich | Department of Biomedical Engineering

BMC Classes at ETH Zurich

September 20	Aim of the lecture series – Nanotechnology for human health
September 27	Prerequisites to study and image the skin of crystals
October 4	The skin of crystals and their growth
October 11	Tailoring nanostructures: Island density and island size distribution
October 18	Island shapes: Quantification and related atomic processes
October 25	Strain-relieving defect structures during heteroepitaxial growth
November 1	Diffraction to evaluate nanostructures on surfaces
November 8	Combination of electron diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy
November 15	Visualization of the human body down to the atomic level using hard X rays
November 22	Nanostructures on polymer surfaces
November 29	Interactions of visible light with nanostructures (nanophotonics)
December 6	Nanotechnology-based smart materials for medical implants
December 13	Physical methods in cell biology and beyond; Mechanics of the cell and cell-materials interactions
December 20	Using physics to understand the human body down to the nanometer scale: Overview and repetition

February 23	Physics in Medical Research: From humans to cells - introduction and overview
March 01	X-ray-based computed tomography in clinics and related medical/dental research
March 08	Conventional microtomography for tissue and implant characterization, nondestructive imaging of unique objects
March 15	Synchrotron radiation-based tomography of medically relevant objects
March 22	Comparing microtomography in absorption- and phase-contrast modes
April 12	Tomographic imaging of organs, tissues, cells and subcellular structures
April 19	How to compare the performance of laboratory-based tomography
April 26	Physical approaches in medicine and medical imaging
May 03	Shape memory alloy-based medical implants
May 10	From open surgery to non-invasive interventions – role of medical imaging
May 17	Quantitative evaluation of medically relevant, three-dimensional data
May 24	Artificial muscles for treating severe incontinence
May 31	Applying physics in medicine: Benefitting patients