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MedE 205
New Frontiers in Medical Technologies
6 units (2-0-4)  | third term
Prerequisites: None but knowledge of semiconductor physics and some system engineering, basic electrical engineering highly recommended.

New Frontiers of Medical Technologies is an introductory graduate level course that describes space technologies, instruments, and engineering techniques with current and potential applications in medicine. These technologies have been originally and mainly developed for space exploration. Spinoff applications to medicine have been explored and proven with various degrees of success and maturity. This class introduces these topics, the basics of the technologies, their intended original space applications, and the medical applications. Topics include but are not limited to multimodal imaging, UV/Visible/NIR imaging, imaging spectrometry, sensors, robotics, and navigation. Graded pass/fail.

Instructor: Staff