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FY2024 Doctoral program summary
Basic Biomedical Engineering and Applied Biomedical Engineering
Students must select at least 16 credits, including 2 credits for “Advanced Seminar on
Biomedical Engineering” AND 8 credits for ”Doctor Course Seminar on BiomedicalEngineering.”
LectureAdvanced Course for Biomedical
Measurements and Diagnostics

Language Requirement Credit
ES

2

Advanced Course for Materials and Energy

ES

2

Advanced Course for Biological Systems

ES

2

JE1S2ES2ES2J
Domestic Internship Training BJInternational Internship Training BE
Medical Device Innovation International Internship BE
Advanced Seminar on Biomedical Engineering
JDoctor Course Seminar on Biomedical Engineering JSSSSRR

1~21~2
1~21~228Up to 4

Advanced Course for Biomedical Engineeringfor Health and Welfare
Advanced Course for Medical Device
Innovation
Advanced Course for Medical Diagnosis andTreatment
Special Lecture on Biomedical Engineering B

Related lectures: Students can select lectures recognized as related by the FacultyCommittee.

Language:
J= Lectures offered in Japanese
E= Lectures offered in English
All materials such as lecture slides, report assignments and exam questions areprovided in English.
JE1 = Lectures offered in Semi-English
Lectures will be given in Japanese in principle, but questions will be accepted inEnglish. All materials and exam questions will be provided in English.
Requirement:
R= Required
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Lecture Summary
Advanced Course for Biomedical Measurements and Diagnostics
WBI-BME701E
Tatsuo Yoshinobu, Makoto Kanzaki, Hiroshi Watabe, Noriyasu Homma,
Kenichi Funamoto, Ayumi Hirano
In this lecture, students will acquire broad and deep expertise in the fundamental
principles of measurement technologies to obtain biological information and diagnostic
methods based on the measured physical and chemical quantities. The lecture also
encourages students to think about current problems in biomedical measurements anddiagnostics from both engineering and medical perspectives and cultivate the ability tofind and set up problems.
Advanced Course for Materials and Energy
WBI-BME702E
Shin Yabukami, Kazutaka Murayama, Takayuki Narushima, Masaya Yamamoto,
Hidemi Kato, Kenta Yamanaka
An omnibus-style lecture on the latest trends in research in the field of materials andenergy in medical engineering. Materials science such as biomaterials, metalmaterials, composite materials, electromagnetic materials, and polymer materials,
which form the basis of medical engineering, will be explained. Learn about the use of
nuclear, mechanical, thermal, optical, electromagnetic, and other energies in medicalengineering.
Advanced Course for Biological Systems
WBI-BME703E
Tetsu Tanaka, Takuji Ishikawa, Takaaki Abe, Matsuhiko Nishizawa,
Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Norihiro Sugita, Akio Ishiguro
In this lecture, students will gain an overview of biological systems from an engineering
perspective, learn about the latest research and development trends in the field, anddevelop problem-solving skills.
Advanced Course for Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare
WBI-BME704B
Takashi Watanabe, Mami Tanaka, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Takeshi Okuyama, Koji Ikeda
Students will learn about medical equipment and nursing care equipment used bypatients, disabled persons, and their families in hospitals, facilities, and homes,
including their purposes, types, usage from a medical perspective, and theirdevelopment methods, and their development methods and productization processes
from an engineering perspective.

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Advanced Course for Medical Device Innovation
WBI-BME705E
Yoshifumi Saijo, Yuji Matsuura, Yoichi Haga, Mototaka Arakawa, Masayoshi Mizutani,
Masatoshi Saito, Makoto Ohta, Kazushi Ishiyama
To develop each student's research leading to innovative medical devices byomnibus lectures given by professors of Division of Medical Device innovation.
1. Bio-medical engineering for the super aging society
2. Fundamental of powder jet processing
3. MEMS for medical devices 1
4. MEMS for medical devices 2
5. High resolution ultrasound/photoacoustic imaging
6. Blood flow measurement with ultrasound7. Development and application of the artificial placenta 1
8. Development and application of the artificial placenta 2
9. Biophotonics 1
10. Biophotonics 2
Advanced Course for Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
WBI-BME706E
Yukio Katori, Kuniyasu Niizuma, Tetuya Kodama, Noriko Himori, Hiroyasu Kanetaka,
Shin Yoshizawa, Tomoyuki Yambe
The three leading causes of death in Japan, namely cancer, heart disease, andcerebrovascular disease, will be explained, and their prevention and treatment
strategies will be taught. The course is designed to cultivate the insight to identify basic
research issues from the clinical viewpoint.
Special Lecture on Biomedical Engineering B
WBI-BME791J
All facultyThis lecture is a special course on the latest academic research in biomedicalengineering or on the creation and development of disciplines related to the field ofbiomedical engineering.
Domestic Internship Training B
WBI-BME792J
All faculties
The purpose of this lecture is to understand the structure and function of organisms
and living bodies at the level of molecules, cells, organs, and the environment of theentire body, and to grasp the current status and trends in the development of medical
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research institutes, medical institutions, and companies with which Tohoku University
has a cooperative research and education relationships. Students are required tosubmit a training report after the training.
International Internship Training B
WBI-BME793E
All faculties
In this course, students are expected to take the initiative in understanding the current
status of medical engineering research at Tohoku University, planning future researchpolicies, and disseminating information both domestically and internationally in light oftrends in medical engineering research in Japan and abroad. In this course, students
will study abroad at universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and othercountries using the study abroad system based on the university exchange agreementof the University of Tokyo, with the aim of understanding the trends and directions of
medical engineering research at the university, the country of study, and the world.
Students will be required to write an English report after the training.
Medical Device Innovation International Internship B
WBI-BME796E
All faculties
Short-term to medium-term visits to overseas research facilities to acquire practicalskills through promotional activities related to the medical devices they havedeveloped. Students will be required to write an English report after the training.
Advanced Seminar on Biomedical Engineering
WBI-BME794J
All faculties
PBL (Problem-Based Learning) education by multiple supervisors from different
disciplines, which fosters the ability to set problems as a researcher through thesystematization and synthesis of high-level specialized knowledge.
Doctor Course Seminar on Biomedical Engineering
WBI-BME795J
All faculties
Experiments and exercises, including research presentations and discussions, will be
conducted in each specialized field of medical engineering.

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