Computer Technologies Course Overview

Course Title and Description

• Computer Application In Biomedical Engineering
• Specialist degree
• Taught by Dr. Wael Abouelwafa
• Part of King Tut: Tutoring Through Time

Course Staff

• Instructor: Dr. Wael Abouelwafa
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: +2-010-010-1700
• +20-011-0101-700
• Lab coordinator: Eng. Mazin Yasen
• Biomed Dep. Coordinator: Eng. Mostafa Khalil

Course Information

• Communication: Announcements, questions on section or lecture
• Staff email: Dr. Wael Abouelwafa ([email protected]), Eng. Mohamed Salah ([email protected])
• Office hours: Dr. Wael Abouelwafa and Eng. Mohamed Salah (Sunday ... PM)
• Work: Projects (10), homework (5 + 5), midterm (10), final (110), attendance (5+5) up to 75% (be nice!)

Online Policies

• For online lectures: Cameras off, mics off, ask questions using "Hand Up" or chat, occasional splitting into zoom rooms for collaborative problem-solving, staff available to help, observe academic integrity policies (no plagiarism), and do not exclude other students from information.

Textbook and Resources

• Textbook: Includes information on IoT with Packet Tracer (14 videos)
• Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2
• Packet Tracer Tutorials (49 episodes)
• Packet Tracer in Depth (135 episodes)

Course Description

• 3 hours course
• Modules include Health Network, the internet of medical things, healthcare standards, and AI in healthcare.

Course Goal

• Equip students with knowledge and practical skills in applying computer technologies within healthcare.
• Include an understanding of healthcare network infrastructure, IoT applications in medical settings, healthcare data standards, and AI in healthcare.
• Students will be capable of designing, implementing, and managing secure and efficient healthcare IT systems.
• Utilize AI-driven technologies for enhanced decision-making and patient care.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Upon successful course completion students will:
  • Understand and explain the structure and functions of healthcare networks.
  • Design and configure network topologies in a healthcare setting.
  • Describe the role of IoT in healthcare.
  • Address security, privacy, and ethical challenges related to IoT devices.
  • Understand and apply health data standards, such as DICOM and HL7.
  • Understand PACS
  • Analyze and implement AI-driven solutions for medical imaging.
  • Understand New technologies in AI with healthcare

Evaluation of Grades

• Assignments are tools to assess learning objectives
• Frequent low-stake assignments help reduce test anxiety
• Participation-Lecture Quizzes (10%)
• Homework Sets (15%)
• Test I (Module 1), Test II (Module 2), Test III (Module 3) (5% each)
• Final Exam (110%)

Topics Covered in Module 1

• Network Topology and Component
• IP Addressing and Network Classification
• Subnetting
• Transmission Media
• OSI Model
• Cryptography in Biomedical Informatics

Network Fundamentals

• Lectures cover topics including networks Definition, elements, categories, topologies, and transmission media.
• Additional topics will include networking issues such as data standards and AI in Health

Network Classification

• According to covered areas: personal area network, local area network, metropolitan area network, wide area network
• Model: client/server, peer-to-peer
• Topology: bus, star, ring, hybrid, mesh, extended star, hierarchical

Devices Used in Networking

• Network Interface Card (NIC)
• Switch
• Router
• Repeater
• Modem
• Patch Panels

Hub, Switch, Router Layers

• The diagram shows the layers of the HUB, SWITCH, and ROUTER, and their function levels in Networking systems

Common Data Network Symbols

• Presents various types of symbols used to represent different devices found on a network system (e.g., desktop, laptop, server, IP phone, LAN switch, firewall, router, wireless router, LAN media, cloud, WAN media)

Network Topology and Component (Detailed)

• Introduction to ARPANet (first computer network)
• ARPANet overview including founders, protocols, institutions and dates
• Basic Network Elements: Hardware (NIC, Router, Switches, Bridges, Hubs), Software (Protocols) and Transmission media.
• Network Classifications (PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN) with examples
• Additional notes include different device functions within network systems
• Device differences in the Networking system

IP Addressing

• IPv4 address (32 bits)
• IPv4 octet structure and conversion to decimal
• IPv6 address (128 bits) and hexadecimal notation
• Conversions between decimal and binary
• IP address classifications (e.g., class A, class B, class C, class D, class E) for different applications like LAN and WAN.

IPv4 and IPv6 Addresses

• The difference in bits and bytes between IPv4 and IPv6
• Comparisons of the different methods used to present and manage Networking system information
• Additional notes related to practical functions of IP addressing

Subnetting (First Look)

• Subnets and the importance of the subnet mask in determining the number of hosts.
• Examples of subnet masks for different classes (e.g., /8, /16, /24).

Transmission Media

• Types include: Twisted pair (STP, UTP), Coaxial cable, Fiber optic, Wireless media (Infrared, Microwave)
• Strengths, weaknesses, usage, and important applications or examples.
• Cable type usage with RJ 45 connections
• Diagrams showing connection types

Bandwidth

• The amount of data transmission, which is affected by various factors (e.g., signals, transmission equipment)
• Measure of data transfer (e.g., bps, kbps, Mbps, Gbps)
• Practical significance and implications (e.g., data transfer time calculation, performance)
• Diagrams showing bandwidth analogies
• Calculating data transfer time based on bandwidth and transfer time

Data Transfer Calculations

• Formula for calculating data transfer time based on the size of the data and available bandwidth
• Importance of considerations with real-world scenarios
• Examples working with different types of transmission systems

IEEE Identifiers

• Categorization of types of cabling (e.g., 10BaseT)
• Types of Ethernet network systems (e.g., Thicknet, Thinnet)
• Cable types and limitations
• Data rates and maximum lengths
• Different types of signals (baseband, broadband)

OSI Model

• OSI Reference Model (7 layers)
• Major networking protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, IP, TCP/IP)
• Devices used in networking
• Functions within each layer (e.g., physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, application)
• Diagrams showing functionality and steps of layers

Protocols

• HTTPS, FTP, DNS, RIP, OSPF

Networking Command Line Tools

• IPCONFIG: viewing TCP/IP configuration in Windows
• IFCONFIG: viewing TCP/IP configuration in Unix, Linux, and macOS
• PING: checking connectivity between devices (eg., 192.168.10.1, google.com)
• TRACERT/TRACEROUTE: viewing the whole path of a message (eg., tracert google.com)
• ARP: address resolution protocol; viewing and managing ARP cache
• NSLOOKUP: query a domain name to get IP address
• NETSTAT: displaying statistics and connections, can be used for troubleshooting
• NBTSTAT: displaying NetBIOS statistics for resolving name resolution issues
• ROUTE: for displaying and managing the routing table

Additional Topics

• Steganography and Cryptography
• Cryptography in Biomedical Informatics, its types and use/importance
• Frequency Analysis and examples of ciphertext, their frequencies (and letters and other figures), example of word substitutions
• Protecting data when at rest or transferring data
• Network devices diagrams to show communications