MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ECE 531E - BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION SENATE APPROVED SYLLABUS

Pre-requisites:

ECE 436E: Biomedical Sensors and Transducers

Course Purpose:

To familiarize students with the design of medical instruments including biomedical recorders and patient monitoring systems.

Expected Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, a student should be able to:

(i)    describe and characterize the sources of medical signals and needs of using medical instruments and their limitations;

(ii)   demonstrate understanding of PC-based medical instrumentation & regulation of medical devices;

(iii) describe and characterize medical instruments as per their specifications, static & dynamic characteristics and understand data acquisition system;

(iv) describe, analyze, characterize and design Bio-amplifiers;

(v)   describe, characterize and design various medical recording systems & their components; and

(vi) describe patient monitoring systems and its necessity in healthcare system.

Course Content:

Introduction: Sources of medical Signals, Basic medical Instrumentation system, Performance requirements of medical Instrumentation system, Microprocessors in medical instruments, PC based medical Instruments, General constraints in design of medical Instrumentation system, Regulation of medical devices. 

Medical Measurement systems: Specifications of instruments, Static & Dynamic characteristics of medical instruments, Classification of errors, Statistical analysis, Reliability, Accuracy, Fidelity, Speed of response, Linearization of technique, Data Acquisition System. 

Bioelectric signals and Bioelectric amplifiers: Origin of bioelectric signals, Electrodes, Electrode-tissue interface, Galvanic Skin Response, BSR, Motion artifacts, Instrumentation amplifiers, Special features of bioelectric amplifiers, Carrier amplifiers, Chopper amplifiers, Phase sensitive detector.

Biomedical recording systems: Basic Recording systems, General consideration for signal conditioners, Preamplifiers, Differential Amplifier, Isolation Amplifier, Electrocardiograph, Vector cardiograph, Phonocardiograph, Electroencephalograph, Electromyography, Biofeedback instrumentation, Electrostatic and Electromagnetic coupling to AC signals, Patient isolation and accident prevention. 

Patient Monitoring Systems: System concepts, Cardiac monitor, selection of system parameters, Bedside monitors, Central monitors, Heart rate meter, Pulse rate meter, Holter monitor and Cardiac stress test, Cardiac cauterization instrumentation, Organization and equipment used in ICCU & ITU.

Mode of Delivery:

Lectures, Class discussions, e-learning and laboratory tests.

Instructional Materials:

Handouts, textbooks, lecture notes, e-materials, Chalkboard, Whiteboard, LCD/Overhead Projector, Computer with simulation software.

Course Assessment:

Continuous assessment:             40%

Written Examination:                60%

Recommended book:

i. Hermann K P. Neubert , Instrument Transducer – An Intro to their performance and design,     

 ii. Harry N, Norton, Biomedical sensors – fundamentals and application, BN-13: 978-0815508908   

iii. Tatsuo Togawa, Toshiyo Tamma and P. Ake Öberg,  Biomedical Transducers and Instruments,. CRC Press, ISBN: 0-8493-7671-8

iv. Nandini K. Jog, Electronics in Medicine and Biomedical Instrumentation, Second Edition 2013.

Reference Books:

i. La Geddes and L.E. Baker, Principles of applied Biomedical Instrumentation, Wiley, ISBN:978-0-471-60899-8

ii. Fred. J. Weibell and Pfeiffer, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement, Leslie Cromwell, ISBN-13: 978-0130764485    iii. Richard Aston, (1990) Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement, Columbus Merril Publishing Co.

iv. Jacob Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors – Physics, Design and Application, AIP press.