Introduction into selected topics of biomedical engineering as well as their relationship with physics and physiology. The focus is on learning the basic vocabulary of biomedical engineering and getting familiar with concepts that govern common medical instruments and the most important organs from an engineering point of view.

Two-week summer school organized by EXCITE (Center for EXperimental & Clinical Imaging TEchnologies Zurich) on biological and medical imaging. The course covers X-ray imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear imaging, ultrasound imaging, optoacoustic imaging, infrared and optical microscopy, electron microscopy, image processing and analysis.

The course introduces the foundations of noninvasive imaging including X-ray imaging, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Single Photon and Positron Emission Tomography, Ultrasound and Optical Imaging. Besides the physical and technical methodology, the assessment of imaging performance is covered to enable students to identify relative advantages and limitations.