Biomedical Instrumentation

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Omer T Inan

Prerequisites: ECE 3030 [min C] or ECE 3040 [min C] or ECE 3710 [min D]

Catalog Description

A study of physiological sensing topics from a systems viewpoint. Pertinent physiological and electro-physiological concepts will be covered. Crosslisted with CHE and ME 4781

Course Outcomes

Analyze op amp based circuits and systems for biomedical sensing 

Describe challenges in real-world biomedical sensing problems such as motion artifacts, skin-electrode interface, and low signal to noise ratio

Develop strategies for mitigating these real-world challenges including through the design of multi-modal sensing systems and high performance circuit design

Design biomedical sensing systems based on discrete analog and embedded systems hardware 

Communicate the design of biomedical sensing systems to a diverse audience of engineers and / or clinicians via written and oral presentation

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Basic Concepts of Biomedical Circuits and Systems
  2. Applied Biomedical Systems: Orthotics and Prosthetics
  3. Fundamentals of Transducers and Interface Circuits
  4. Membrane Biophysics
  5. Action Potentials
  6. Biopotential Electrodes
  7. Electrophysiology of the Heart and Neuromuscular System
  8. Miscellaneous Electrophysiology
  9. Biomedical Transducers
  10. Wearable Sensing
  11. Measurement of Hemodynamics and Respiration