| Mathematics, physics and information technology
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Integrated course aims to provide students with the basic notions of physics, statistics and computer science, the purpose of which is the logic of statistical thinking and its application in real practice. The exposition of the topics will be oriented to concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting with real situations taken from the medical literature.
The purpose of the integrated teaching of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (Medical Physics, Medical Statistics and Computer Science) is to provide students with the knowledge on the foundations of applied physics necessary for the performance of their future activity, the principles of information technology and the principles of physics, applied to their professional profile. In particular, the understanding of the physical principles underlying medical physics and the functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed.
At the end of the course, students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the scientific method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measurement of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe the physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and the operating principles of the equipment commonly used for
diagnostics and therapy, as well as providing the student with the skills necessary to understand the key role that Information Technology (IT) plays for today's society and, in particular, in the field of technical and health professions
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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| Module: Medical physics
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Integrated course aims to provide students with the basic notions of physics, statistics and computer science, the purpose of which is the logic of statistical thinking and its application in real practice. The exposition of the topics will be oriented to concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting with real situations taken from the medical literature.
The purpose of the integrated teaching of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (Medical Physics, Medical Statistics and Computer Science) is to provide students with the knowledge on the foundations of applied physics necessary for the performance of their future activity, the principles of information technology and the principles of physics, applied to their professional profile. In particular, the understanding of the physical principles underlying medical physics and the functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed.
At the end of the course, students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the scientific method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measurement of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe the physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and the operating principles of the equipment commonly used for
diagnostics and therapy, as well as providing the student with the skills necessary to understand the key role that Information Technology (IT) plays for today's society and, in particular, in the field of technical and health professions
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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3
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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FIS/07
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Contact Hours
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30
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Guerrisi MariaGiovanna
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Mechanics
Chapter 1: Introduction, measurement, estimation
1.4: measurement and uncertainty; Significant figures
1.5: units, standards and SI units
1.6: Conversion of units
1.8: Dimensions and dimensional analysis
Chapter 2: Description of motion: kinematics in one dimension
2.1: Reference and displacement systems
2.2: average speed
2.3: instant speed
2.4: acceleration
2.5: constant speed movement
Chapter 3: kinematics in two dimensions; Vectors
3.1: Vectors and scalars
3.2: Sum of vectors - Graphical methods
3.3: Subtracting vectors and multiplying a vector with a scalar
3.4: Sum of vectors by components
Chapter 4: Dynamics: Newton's laws of motion
4.1: Force
4.2: Newton's first law of motion
4.3: Mass
4.4: Newton's second law of motion
4.5: Newton's third law of motion
4.6: Weight: the force of gravity; and normal Force
4.7: Problem solving with Newton's laws: free body diagrams
4.8: Problems involving friction, inclinations
4.9: Troubleshooting: a general approach
Chapter 5: Circular motion; Gravitation
5.1: Kinematics of uniform circular motion
5.2: Dynamics of uniform circular motion
5.6: Newton's law of universal gravitation
Chapter 6: work and energy
6.1: Work done by a Constant Force
6.3: Kinetic energy and principle of the energy of work
6.4: Potential energy
6.5: Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces
6.6: Mechanical energy and its conservation
6.7: Troubleshooting using mechanical energy conservation
6.8: Other forms of energy: energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy
6.10: Power
Chapter 7: Linear moment
7.1: Moment and its relation to force
7.2: Preservation of the moment
7.8: Center of mass (CM)
7.10: Center of mass and translational movement
Chapter 9: Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and fracture
9.1: The conditions for equilibrium
9.2: Solving Statics Problems
9.3: Applications on muscles and joints
9.4: stability and balance
9.5: Elasticity; Stress and tension
9.6: Fracture
Thermodynamics
Chapter 13: Theory of temperature and kinetics
13.1: Atomic theory of matter
13.2: temperature and thermometers
13.3: Thermal equilibrium and Zeroth's law of thermodynamics
13.4: Thermal expansion
13.6: The laws of gas and absolute temperature
13.7: The ideal gas law
13.8: Solving problems with the ideal gas law
Chapter 14: Heat
14.1 Heat as energy transfer
14.2 Internal energy
14.3: specific heat
14.4: Calorimetry
14.5: Latent heat
14.6: Heat transfer: conduction
14.7: Heat transfer: convection
14.8: Heat transfer: radiation
Chapter 15: The laws of thermodynamics
15.1: The first law of thermodynamics
15.2: thermodynamic processes and the first law
Fluids
Chapter 10: Fluids
10.1: Phases of Matter
10.2: Density and specific gravity
10.3: Pressure in fluids
10.4: Pressure relative to atmospheric pressure
10.5: Pascal's principle
10.6: Pressure measurement; Calipers and barometer
10.7: Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle
Vibrations and waves
Chapter 11: Vibrations and waves
11.7: Wave motion
11.8: Types of waves: transverse and longitudinal
11.9: Energy carried by waves
11.10: Intensity relative to amplitude and frequency
Chapter 12: Sound
12-1 Sound characteristics
12-2 Sound intensity: decibels
12-7 Doppler effect
Electricity and magnetism
Chapter 16: Electric charge and electric field
16.1: static electricity; Electric charge and its conservation
16.2: Electric charge in the atom
16.3: insulators and conductors
16.4: Induced charge; the electroscope
16.5: Coulomb's law
16.6: Solving problems concerning Coulomb's law and vectors
16.7: The electric field
16.8: Field lines
16.9: electric fields and conductors
Chapter 17: Electric potential
17.1: Electric potential energy and potential differences
17.2: Relationship between electric potential and electric field
17.3: Equipotential lines
17.4: The Electronvolt, a unit of energy
17.5: Electric potential due to point charges
17.7: Capacity
17.8: Dielectrics
17.9: electrical energy storage
Chapter 18: Electric currents
18.1: The electric battery
18.2: Electric current
18.3: Ohm's law: resistance and resistors
18.4: resistivity
18.5: electricity
Chapter 19: DC circuits
19.1: EMF and terminal voltage
19.2: Resistors in series and in parallel
19.3: Kirchhoff rules
19.4: EMF in series and in parallel; Charging a battery
19.5: Circuits containing capacitors in series and in parallel
19.6: RC-Resistor and capacitor in series circuits
Chapter 20: Magnetism
20.1: Magnets and magnetic fields
20.2: Electric current produces magnetic fields
20.3: Force on an electric current in a magnetic field: definition of B.
20.4: Force on an electric charge moving in a magnetic field
20.5: magnetic field due to a long and straight cable
20.8: Ampere's Law
Chapter 21: Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law
21.1: EMF induced
21.2: Faraday's law of induction; Lenz's law
21.3: EMF induced in a moving conductor
21.4: The change in magnetic flux produces an electric field
Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
22.1: the change in electric fields produces magnetic fields; Maxwell's equations
22.2: Production of electromagnetic waves
22.3: Light as an electromagnetic wave and the electromagnetic spectrum
22.5: Energy in EM waves
Chapter 24: The Wave Nature of Light
24.4: Visible spectrum and dispersion
Chapter 25: Optical instruments
25-11: X-rays and X-ray diffraction
25-12: X-ray imaging and tomography.
(reference books)
Douglas C. Giancoli "PHYSICS: Principles with applications" Third edition or later, Ambrosiana Publishing House.
The textbooks shown are for reference only. Students are allowed to adopt the book (s) of their choice. Additional material will be provided by the teacher.
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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| Module: Medical statistics
(objectives)
Integrated course aims to provide students with the basic notions of physics, statistics and computer science, the purpose of which is the logic of statistical thinking and its application in real practice. The exposition of the topics will be oriented to concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting with real situations taken from the medical literature.
The purpose of the integrated teaching of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (Medical Physics, Medical Statistics and Computer Science) is to provide students with the knowledge on the foundations of applied physics necessary for the performance of their future activity, the principles of information technology and the principles of physics, applied to their professional profile. In particular, the understanding of the physical principles underlying medical physics and the functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed.
At the end of the course, students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the scientific method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measurement of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe the physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and the operating principles of the equipment commonly used for
diagnostics and therapy, as well as providing the student with the skills necessary to understand the key role that Information Technology (IT) plays for today's society and, in particular, in the field of technical and health professions
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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3
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/01
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Contact Hours
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30
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Pletschette Michel
(syllabus)
The first part of the medical statistics module will introduce the logic of statistics and experimental design.
The concepts of probability calculus and combinatorics will be introduced or recalled which, although in theory already in the possession of the student, are fundamental and will be used later in the course. In this phase we will deal with the main probability distributions including the binomial distribution, the Poisson distribution and the standard Normal and Normal distributions, but even more than the single mathematical process we will want to transfer to the student the
profound motivation for the existence of medical statistics as a science and its application, as well as the risks of its incorrect understanding.
In the second part of the module, descriptive statistics and its methodology will be addressed.
It will be shown how to recognize the type of data and how to summarize them in appropriate indexes.
The student will learn how to calculate the measures of position (mean, median, mode), variability (variance, standard deviation), the coefficient of variation (CV), percentiles and their use. Extensive use will also be made of practical examples to define good descriptive statistics and poor or misleading statistics.
In the third part of the course, the general principles of statistical inference will be treated.
The concepts of sampling distribution, type I and II error, power of a test will be introduced
and operating curve.
The following will therefore be treated:
parametric tests - Student's t test, ANOVA at 1 and 2 classification criteria. non-parametric tests: - Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Friedman test, median test, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test. The basic concepts of regression and analysis of time dependent variables will also be provided with a mention of Kaplann Meyer functions, log rank and Cox regression.
In the final part, the various topics of diagnostic correctness of laboratory tests will be treated such as specificity, sensitivity, predictive value etc. In addition, the meaning of the ROC curve and the methods of verifying the reliability of a test will be discussed (figure by Bland-ALtmann)
(reference books)
1) Notes of the lessons
2) Stanton A. Glantz: Statistics for Bio-medical disciplines - ed. McGraw-Hill
3) Sidney Siegel, N. John Castellan Jr.: - Non-parametric statistics - ed. McGraw-Hill
4) Resources and links from the Internet with particular reference to the use of the PubMEd portal.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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| Module: Information technology
(objectives)
Integrated course aims to provide students with the basic notions of physics, statistics and computer science, the purpose of which is the logic of statistical thinking and its application in real practice. The exposition of the topics will be oriented to concrete problems of analysis and research, starting from schematic examples and then confronting with real situations taken from the medical literature.
The purpose of the integrated teaching of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (Medical Physics, Medical Statistics and Computer Science) is to provide students with the knowledge on the foundations of applied physics necessary for the performance of their future activity, the principles of information technology and the principles of physics, applied to their professional profile. In particular, the understanding of the physical principles underlying medical physics and the functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed.
At the end of the course, students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the scientific method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measurement of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe the physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and the operating principles of the equipment commonly used for
diagnostics and therapy, as well as providing the student with the skills necessary to understand the key role that Information Technology (IT) plays for today's society and, in particular, in the field of technical and health professions
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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2
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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INF/01
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Contact Hours
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20
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Montanari Paolo
(syllabus)
Introduction to IT systems.
The hardware of IT systems (CPU, memory, Input / Output)
IT systems software: system software (operating system and utility programs), application software (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, etc.)
(reference books)
Deborah Morley and Charles S. Parker, Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow (16th edition) - Cengage Learning
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Oral exam
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