Course Topics:
- Basic Concepts of Medical Instrumentation:
- Basic components
of an instrument
- Static characteristics (accuracy, precision,
gain/senstivity, etc)
- Dynamic characteristics (time and frequency
response of 1st and 2nd order systems)
- Biostatistics: correlation,
instrument calibration
- Basic Sensors Concepts:
- Potentiometers, Wheatstone
bridge
- Strain gauges
- Thermocouples/thermistors
- Capacitive sensors
- Amplifiers and signal processing/filtering:
- Ideal op-amp assumptions;
circuit analysis
- Inverting/non-inverting amp circuits; integrator/differentiator
- Active
filters
- Non-ideal op-amp considerations (Gain-BW product, slew
rate, etc)
- Bioelectrical signals:
- Nernst potential; excitable membranes;
action potentials
- Extracellular
potentials (peripheral nerve stimulation, ENG, ECG)
- Genesis
and interpretation of ECG
- Basic concepts of EEG
- Biopotential electrodes:
- Half-cell potentials, (non)polarizable
electrodes
- Ag-AgCl electrode, impedance and circuit models
- Surface
electrodes, internal electrodes, practical notes
- Biopotential
amplifiers:
- Basic requirements (ECG example)
- ECG recording problems/solutions
- Special amplifiers; signal
averaging, signal-noise ratio
- Blood pressure and sound:
- Blood pressure sensor types and dynamics
- Circuit model of
pressure sensor
- Indirect blood pressure measurement (cuff)
- Heart sounds
- Introduction to optics and microscopy (MTF;
refraction index; etc)
- Measurements
of Flow:
- Dilution
techniques
for measuring cardiac
output
- Electromagnetic
and
ultrasound flowmeters
- Impedance
plethysmography
- Respiratory System
Measurements: models,
variables, and
measures (2
hours)
- Chemical Biosensors:
- Blood-gas and
acid-base physiology
- Electrochemical sensors
(pH, pCO2,
pO2)
- Optical-based sensors
(fibrosensors, pulse
oximetry)
- Blood glucose
sensors
- Medical Imaging:
- X-Ray, CAT
- Ultrasound
- Magnetic
resonance
imaging
- Therapeutic
and
prosthetic
devices:
- Pacemakers
- Cochlear
implants/Neuroprosthetics
|
|
