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Course Name: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves for Biomedicine
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Lecturer: Prof. Natan T. Shaked
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Level: Undergraduate (3rd year BSc)
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Course Number: 0555-3115-01
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Course Grade: Homework (no grade): Must submit at least 70% to be eligible for exam. Final exam: 100% of final grade (must pass at 60).
Course Subjects:
1. Introduction: Electromagnetic (EM) waves in nature; Examples of using EM theory in biomedicine; EM spectrum; History of EMs in biomedicine; Vector analysis – reminder (vector operations, gradient, divergence, curl, divergence theorem, Stokes theorem, null identities)..
2. Electrostatics: Electric force, field, potential; Column, Gauss, Lorentz, and Kirchhoff voltage laws; Dialectic materials; Capacitance; Poisson and Laplace equation; Boundary conditions; Electrocstatic fields in biomedicine.
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3. Magnetostatics: Magnetic force, field and moment; Magnetic dipole; Biot–Savart, Faraday and Ampere laws; Magnetic materials; Inductance.
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4. Time-varying fields: Maxwell equations in free space and in materials; Boundary contidions; Plane waves; Polarizations; Reflectance and transmission of plane waves.
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5. Transmission lines: Dispersion; ideal transmission line; wave guides; optical fibers. Examples in biomedicine.
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Books:
- Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, 1992.
- Ulaby, Electromagnetics for Engineers, 2005.
- Vander, Rosen, and Kotsuka, RF/Microwave Interaction with Biological Tissues, 2006.
- Malmivue and Plonsey, Bioelectromagnetism, 1995.
NEW COURSE: 2022/2023, Second semester
Lecture 1
OLD COURSE: 2021/2022, Second semester
Lecture 1
Lecture 2 Meaning of curl
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lectures 6-7
Lectures 8-9
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer:
videoLectures 10-11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
OLD COURSE: 2020/2021, Second semester
Lecture 1
Lecture 2 Meaning of curl
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lectures 6-7
Lectures 8-9
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer:
videoLectures 10-11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
OLD COURSE: 2019/2020, Second semester
Lecture 1
Lecture 2 Meaning of curl
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lectures 6-7
Lectures 8-9
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer: video
Lectures 10-11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
Slinky-spring demonstrations:
- Video 1 (transverse waves, like EM)
- Video 2 (transverse waves, like EM)
- Video 3 (longitudinal waves, like US)
Old COURSE: 2018/2019, First semester
Lecture 1 Meaning of curl
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lectures 5-6
Lectures 7-8
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer:
videoLectures 11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
OLD COURSE: 2017/2018, First semester
Lectures 1 and 2 Meaning of curl
Lectures 3 and 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6 slides
Lecture 7-8 slides
Group/phase velocities: video 1, video 2
Lectures 11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
OLD COURSE: 2016/2017, First semester
Lectures 1 and 2 Meaning of curl
Lectures 3 and 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6 slides
Lecture 7-8 slides
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Dermatoscope:
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer:
Lectures 9-10 slides
Group/phase velocities: video 1, video 2
Lectures 11 slides
Lectures 12 slides
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OLD COURSE: 2015/2016, First semester
Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer: video
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OLD COURSE: 2014/2015, First semester
Dermatoscope: Biomedical device that uses light polarization to diagnose skin cancer: video
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OLD COURSE: 2013/2014, First semester
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OLD COURSE: 2012/2013, First semester
Syllabus (Hebrew)