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Workshop on Biomedical Imaging and Instrumentation Systems Course Contents: MRI and Functional MRI for Clinical Applications: (Dr. Ruwan Ranaweera) Fundamentals of MRI and fMRI, Clinical applications of MRI: Iron overload detection in Thalassemia patients, Clinical applications of fMRI: Pre-surgical mapping of brain tumors, Issues related to fMRI Clinical Applications of Signal Processing: (Dr. Janaka Wijayakulasooriya) Biosignal processing (Phonocardiography, ECG, EEG), Biomedical image processing. Evoked Potentials and Magnetic Stimulation of the Human Brain: (Prof. Vajira Weerasinghe) Introduction to Evoked potentials, and magnetic stimulation of the human brain Field Training and Demonstrations: Demonstration of T2* calculation for detection of iron overloading in cardiac muscle using MRI Low cost solutions in medical instruments: demonstration of low cost phonocardiography and ECG systems Biomedical sensors and computer interfacing Biomedical signal and image processing in Matlab (3D imaging using DICOM Files) Magnetic stimulation of human body