Activities of the Biomedical Engineering Institute

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Activities of the Biomedical Engineering Institute

• Yorgo Istefanopulos
• Director, Biomedical Engineering Institute
• Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Goals of Bogaziçi University Biomedical
Engineering Institute (BUBME)

• Graduate Level Education (M.S., Ph.D.) ?
• Biomedical Engineering degree (Engg Background)
• Biomedical Sciences degree (Life science
  Background)
• Research Activities ?
• Technology Transfer Activities ?
• Consultations
• RD Activities
• Healthcare technology management
• Conferences, workshops, seminars, publications

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Establishment History

• 1982 Only institute throughout the nation
• Founding Director Prof. Dr. Necmettin Tanyolaç
• Leader in interdisciplinary studies
• Establishment of Kilyos Campus with a joint
  funding from UNESCO-SPO (3M (NPO), Funding
  Starts1986)

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Mission Statement-I

• To provide graduate level education and research
  facilities to engineering, basic and life science
  graduates
• To develop novel healthcare systems, instruments
  through collaborations and research projects with
  researchers in engineering, life and basic
  sciences

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Mission Statement-II

• To provide consultations and technical support to
  hospitals, healthcare organizations and medical
  device manufacturers.
• To establish the preventive maintenance concept
  with periodic calibration and measurement of
  medical instruments

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Mission Statement-III

• Disseminate the latest advances in the fields of
  healthcare and biomedical engineering by
  publications and via web
• Organize national and international conferences
  and workshops to improve the public awareness on
  biomedical engineering and maintain the leader
  position

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Faculty Members
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Courses offered under Bioelectronics Track

• Medical Instrumentation and Measurement
• Medical Imaging systems
• Microcontrollers in medical instrumentation
• Medical Ultrasound
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic systems
• Lasers in medicine
• Biophotonics
• Biosensors
• Impedance Tomography
• Cardiac Imaging

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Courses offered under Biomechanics and
Biocybernetics - I

• A) Biomechanics
• Applied Biomechanics
• Tissue mechanics
• Biological control systems
• Biosystems and biodynamics

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Courses offered under Biomechanics and
Biocybernetics - II

• B) Physiological biocybernetics
• Medical Physiology
• Biologic system analysis
• Sensory systems
• Analysis of nervous system
• Signal transduction in CNS
• Computational neuroscience (new)

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Courses offered under Biomechanics and
Biocybernetics - III

• C) Biomedical signal and image processing
• Medical imaging
• Biomedical signal processing
• Biomedical time series analysis
• Artificial neural networks
• Biotelemetry
• Computerized Tomography
• Quality management in medicine
• Bioinformatics in the post-genomic era (new)
• Clinical engineering
• Modeling of biological systems

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Courses offered in Prosthetic Materials and
Artificial Organs

• Biological materials
• Prostheses and artificial organs
• Biocompatibality in materials

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RD Foci of BUBME
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New Research Initiatives (Nov. 15, 2002)
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Research Infrastructure
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Research Labs
Laboratories
Biomedical Instrumentation
Biomedical Signal Processing
Biomedical Optical Imaging and Sensors
Computer
Cellular Imaging and Electrophysiology
Robotics
Funding as of 2002 220,000 Expected to Come in
2003 68,000
Biophotonics
Medical Imaging
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Biophotonics Lab

• Faculty Murat Gülsoy, Ata Akin
• Areas
• Neurosurgery by diode laser (MG)
• Tissue characterization by laser-tissue
  interaction (MG)
• Characterization of cancer cells by light-tissue
  interaction (AA)
• Collaborators
• R. Canbeyli, I. Çilesiz (ITÜ), A. Kurt (KÜ),

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Biomedical Optical Imaging and Sensors Lab

• Faculty Ata Akin
• Areas
• Quantifying human performance by optical imaging
  methods (AA)
• Modeling of neurovascular coupling in health and
  disease
• Novel optical technologies for early detection of
  cancer (AA)
• Collaborators
• Y. Kahya, K. Ülgen, B. Kirdar, O. Çiçekoglu, S.
  Derman, B. Sankur, A. Ertüzün, I. Çilesiz (ITÜ),
  A. Kurt (KÜ), B. Onaral (DU), B. Chance (UPenna),
  G. Dündar, T. Dalbasti (EÜ)

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Biomedical Instrumentation Lab

• Faculty Y. Ülgen, H. Ö. Gülçür, A. Akin
• Areas
• Student Labs (YÜ)
• Electrical characterization of blood properties
  (YÜ)
• Medical data acquisition systems (HÖG, AA)
• Electrogastrogram and gastric stimulator (AA)
• Intelligent stethoscope (Y. Kahya)
• Collaborators
• Y. Kahya, Serhat Bor (EÜ), H. Coskun (SEH)

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Biomedical Signal Processing Lab

• Faculty H. Ö. Gülçür, A. Güvenis, A. Ademoglu,
  M. Özkan, Y. Istefanopulos
• Subjects
• Computerized readers for the visually impaired
• Photorefractive plastic surgery with lasers
• Analysis of EEG for diagnosis of epilepsy,
  Alzheimers, and schizophrenia.
• Physiological modeling

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Medical Imaging Lab

• Faculty C. Öztürk, M. Özkan, A. Güvenis
• Areas
• Tissue classification by temperature sensitive
  MRI
• Expert systems for diagnosis of heart,
  respiratory and hematological diseases
• Telemedicine systems
• Estimation of Bone age
• Collaborators Siemens Medical Solutions, Univ.
  of Patras (Greece), NIH Bioimaging group, Johns
  Hopkins Univ.

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Cellular Imaging and Electrophysiology Lab

• Faculty H. Saybasili, A. Ademoglu, Y. Tan, C.
  Öztürk, A. Akin
• Areas
• Identifying and monitoring cellular dynamics by
  imaging intra and inter cellular signaling
• Environmental pollution and toxifications
  (pharmacotoxilogy),
• Metabolic pathway and stochiometric analysis
• Cellular signal and image processing
• Drug discovery
• Collaborators
• Kuyas Bugra, Betül Kirdar, Kutlu Ülgen, Resit
  Canbeyli, Peter Lelkes, Isil Aksan, Levent Kurnaz

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Contact info
Bogaziçi Üniversitesi Biyo-Medikal Mühendisligi
Enstitüsü 34342 Bebek, Istanbul, TÜRKIYE Tel
0212 358 15 40 / 1438 Fax [phone]
www.bme.boun.edu.tr bme_at_boun.edu.tr