Syllabus

Module 1: INTRODUCTION:
Generalized Medical Instrumentation System, Roles of Engineering in Healthcare systems, Biometrics, Problems encountered in measuring physiological parameters. (6 hrs.)

Module 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL TRANSDUCERS:
Various types of transducers for measurement of temperature, pressure, flow etc. and their selection for medical applications, Different types of electrodes. (6 hrs.)

Module 3: ELECTRIC SIGNALS AND ELECTRONICS:
Origin of bio-electric signals, Bioelectric potentials, Biopotential electrodes, Measurement of electrical activities in heart, muscles and brain: Electrocardiograph, Electroencephalograph, Electromyograph and their interpretations. (8 hrs.)

Module 4: CARDIOVASCULAR MEASUREMENT:
Electrocardiograph, Measurement of ECG, ECG electrodes, ECG Amplifiers, Common mode interference reduction circuits, Cardiac pacemaker, Phonocardiograph, Measurement of heart rate, Plethysmography. (10 hrs.)

Module 5: DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEM:
Blood pressure measurement, BLOOD FLOW METERS: Electromagnetic blood flow meter, Ultrasonic blood flow meter, Doppler flow meter, Measurement of temperature, Respiratory System Measurement: Respiration rate measurement, Lung Volume and Capacity, Spirometer, Ventilators, Instrumentation for Clinical laboratory: BLOOD GAS ANALYZERS: Blood pH Measurement, Pulse oximeter, BLOOD CELL COUNTERS: Coulter counters, Automatic recognition and differential counting of cells, GSR measurement Medical Imaging: Ultrasonography, X-ray. (10 hrs.)

To understand the necessity of Electronics Engineering in health care system and to comprehend different physiological transduction mechanisms to develop the medical equipments.

To understand the origin and characteristics of different bio-potential signals.

To grasp knowledge on different physiological parameters measurement systems.

To grasp knowledge on different monitoring / imaging systems used for health care domain.

After the completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO1: explain the transduction mechanism and the basic architecture or the block-diagram of instrumentation system used for biomedical signal acquisition.
CO2: describe the different basic physiological activities and their characteristics, such as generation of the different bio-potential signals, blood flow in human body, activities of heart, blood pressure, etc.
CO3: understand the design principle of capturing different electrical and non-electrical physiological parameters and medical imaging techniques.
CO4: design the basic electronics system to acquire the different physiological parameters.
CO5: analyse the critical requirements and find the solution to design the necessary electronics.

L. Cromwell, F. J. Weibell, E. A. Pfeiffer, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, Pearson Education

J. G. Webster, Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Wiley

R. S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, Tata Mc Graw Hill

J. G. Webster, Bioinstrumentation, Wiley Student Edition

IEEE Transaction of Biomedical Engineering

EMBC conference