ECE 415 - Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Web Page http://www.bioen.uiuc.edu/courses/BIOE415/bioe415.htm
Subject Area Biomedical Imaging, Bioengineering, and Acoustics
Course Prerequisites Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 414
Course Directors Kenneth Gentry
Description Laboratory to accompany ECE 414. Design and analysis of medical instrumentation; transducers, biopotential amplifiers, computer interfacing, basic signal processing. Introduction to complete instrument development; design, fabrication, modeling, packing, and display.

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Notes Same as BIOE 415.
Credit 2 hours
Topics
  • Instrumentation amplifiers
  • Operational amplifier circuits
  • Vascular Doppler measurement of cardiac cycle parameters
  • Sensors
  • Heart rate monitor
  • EOG, EMG, and ECG amplifiers
  • Electrodes, the skin-electrode interface
  • Design exercises
Computer Usage Computer acquisition and control of biosignals
Lab Projects
  1. Weekly laboratory reports
  2. Course Notes
Course Prerequisites Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 414/BIOE 414.
Topical Prerequisities
  • Basic Circuit theory
  • Differential equations
  • Basic time/frequency domain concepts
Texts Khandpur, Biomedical Instrumentation, McGraw Hill, 2005.
ABET Category Engineering Science: 50%
Engineering Design: 50%