ECE 414
ECE 414 - Biomedical Instrumentation
Spring 2025
| Title | Rubric | Section | CRN | Type | Hours | Times | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Instrumentation | BIOE414 | B | 33725 | DIS | 3 | 1100 - 1150 | M W F | 4025 Campus Instructional Facility | Joseph Irudayaraj |
| Biomedical Instrumentation | ECE414 | B | 33724 | DIS | 3 | 1100 - 1150 | M W F | 4025 Campus Instructional Facility | Joseph Irudayaraj |
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Official Description
Course Information: Same as BIOE 414. See BIOE 414.
Subject Area
- Biomedical Imaging, Bioengineering, and Acoustics
Course Director
Description
Introduction to engineering aspects of the detection, acquisition, processing, and display of signals from living systems; biomedical transducers for measurements of biopotentials, ions and gases in aqueous solution, force, displacement, blood pressure, blood flow, heart sounds, respiration, and temperature; therapeutic and prosthetic devices.
Notes
Same as BIOE 414.
Goals
The goal of the course is to teach students about the principles, applications and design of medical instrumentation.
Topics
- Basic concepts of medical and clinical instrumentation
- Basic concepts of medical diagnosis and statistical analysis
- Biopotentials, biosensors, and amplifiers
- Action potentials, EMG, EEG, EOG, ECG, and average evoked potentials
- Electrical safety: how and why accidents happen. Injury mechanisms.
- Basic concepts of diagnostic ultrasound, plain x-ray, CT, MRI, PET, and SPECT
- Cardiac rhythm interpretation with relationship to defibrillation and pacing
- Tests used in medical care and research: cardiovascular, imaging, and blood analysis
- Blood flow measurement by ultrasound, laser, and electromagnetic methods
Detailed Description and Outline
The goal of the course is to teach students about the principles, applications and design of medical instrumentation.
Topics:
- Basic concepts of medical and clinical instrumentation
- Basic concepts of medical diagnosis and statistical analysis
- Biopotentials, biosensors, and amplifiers
- Action potentials, EMG, EEG, EOG, ECG, and average evoked potentials
- Electrical safety: how and why accidents happen. Injury mechanisms.
- Basic concepts of diagnostic ultrasound, plain x-ray, CT, MRI, PET, and SPECT
- Cardiac rhythm interpretation with relationship to defibrillation and pacing
- Tests used in medical care and research: cardiovascular, imaging, and blood analysis
- Blood flow measurement by ultrasound, laser, and electromagnetic methods
Same as BIOE 414.
Computer Usage
- Finding medical, biological, and engineering information on the internet and elsewhere will be discussed.
- Reading assignments from literature obtainable through the internet will be assigned, in addition to the main text.
Topical Prerequisites
- Basic Circuit theory
- Differential equations
- Basic time/frequency domain concepts
Texts
Webster, Biomedical Instrumentation, Wiley, 2004.
Dubin, Rapid Interpretation of EKGs, Cover Publishing, 2000.
Khandpur, Biomedical Instrumentaion, McGraw Hill, 2005.
Dubin, Rapid Interpretation of EKGs, Cover Publishing, 2000.
Khandpur, Biomedical Instrumentaion, McGraw Hill, 2005.
ABET Category
Engineering Science: 1 credit
Engineering Design: 2 credits
Engineering Design: 2 credits
Last updated
2/13/2013