Génie biomédicalvignette|Exemple d'application du génie biomédical : la pompe à insuline Le génie biomédical (GBM) est une application des principes et des techniques de l'ingénierie dans le domaine médical visant au contrôle des systèmes biologiques ou au développement d’appareils servant au diagnostic et au traitement des patients. Ce domaine est un mélange de médecine, de biologie, d'ingénierie et de physique.
Photon countingPhoton counting is a technique in which individual photons are counted using a single-photon detector (SPD). A single-photon detector emits a pulse of signal for each detected photon. The counting efficiency is determined by the quantum efficiency and the system's electronic losses. Many photodetectors can be configured to detect individual photons, each with relative advantages and disadvantages. Common types include photomultipliers, geiger counters, single-photon avalanche diodes, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, transition edge sensors, and scintillation counters.
Imagerie hyperspectralevignette|Projection bi-dimensionnelle d'une image hyperspectrale d'une région de la Terre prise depuis l'espace. vignette|Image hyperspectrale de plusieurs pierres permettant d'identifier les éléments qui les composent. vignette|L'imagerie hyperspectrale comparée à l'imagerie spectrale. vignette|Les différentes techniques d'acquisition d'une image hyperspectrale. L'imagerie hyperspectrale ou spectro-imagerie est une technologie permettant d'obtenir l'image d'une scène dans un grand nombre (généralement plus d'une centaine) de bandes spectrales à la fois étroites et contigües.
Active-pixel sensorAn active-pixel sensor (APS) is an , which was invented by Peter J.W. Noble in 1968, where each pixel sensor unit cell has a photodetector (typically a pinned photodiode) and one or more active transistors. In a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) active-pixel sensor, MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) are used as amplifiers. There are different types of APS, including the early NMOS APS and the now much more common complementary MOS (CMOS) APS, also known as the CMOS sensor.
Back-illuminated sensorA back-illuminated sensor, also known as backside illumination (BI) sensor, is a type of digital that uses a novel arrangement of the imaging elements to increase the amount of light captured and thereby improve low-light performance. The technique was used for some time in specialized roles like low-light security cameras and astronomy sensors, but was complex to build and required further refinement to become widely used. Sony was the first to reduce these problems and their costs sufficiently to introduce a 5-megapixel 1.
NeuroprostheticsNeuroprosthetics (also called neural prosthetics) is a discipline related to neuroscience and biomedical engineering concerned with developing neural prostheses. They are sometimes contrasted with a brain–computer interface, which connects the brain to a computer rather than a device meant to replace missing biological functionality. Neural prostheses are a series of devices that can substitute a motor, sensory or cognitive modality that might have been damaged as a result of an injury or a disease.
Plan (mathématiques)En géométrie classique, un plan est une surface plate illimitée, munie de notions d’alignement, d’angle et de distance, et dans laquelle peuvent s’inscrire des points, droites, cercles et autres figures planes usuelles. Il sert ainsi de cadre à la géométrie plane, et en particulier à la trigonométrie lorsqu’il est muni d’une orientation, et permet de représenter l’ensemble des nombres complexes. Un plan peut aussi se concevoir comme partie d’un espace tridimensionnel euclidien, dans lequel il permet de définir les sections planes d’un solide ou d’une autre surface.
Fluid solutionIn general relativity, a fluid solution is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the gravitational field is produced entirely by the mass, momentum, and stress density of a fluid. In astrophysics, fluid solutions are often employed as stellar models. (It might help to think of a perfect gas as a special case of a perfect fluid.) In cosmology, fluid solutions are often used as cosmological models.
Intel CoreIntel Core is a line of streamlined midrange consumer, workstation and enthusiast computer central processing units (CPUs) marketed by Intel Corporation. These processors displaced the existing mid- to high-end Pentium processors at the time of their introduction, moving the Pentium to the entry level. Identical or more capable versions of Core processors are also sold as Xeon processors for the server and workstation markets. The lineup of Core processors includes the Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, and Intel Core i9, along with the X-series of Intel Core CPUs.
Via traversantDans le domaine de l'industrie des semi-conducteurs, un via traversant (en anglais through-silicon via) est un contact électrique réalisé dans la verticalité du substrat, permettant d'établir une connexion entre les deux faces. Ainsi les contacts peuvent être repris sur la face du substrat opposée à la face active où se trouvent les dispositifs microélectroniques ou électromécaniques. Le principal intérêt de l'utilisation de via traversants est de pouvoir interconnecter une puce sur une autre, ou sur un substrat (circuit imprimé), par rapport de puce, sans avoir recours à un câblage par fil.
