Biomedical Instrumentation 

credit hours
Fall Semester (Indianapolis campus)

Instructor: EJ. Berberi
	
 
Description
EE 595 Special Topics: Biomedical Instrumentation. Basic transducers;
 Amplifiers and filters; Biopotential electrodes; Biopotential signal
generators; the design of clinical systems; microprocessor based instruments. 

Textbook:
Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 2nd Edition John Webster,
 Editor, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1992 

Goals
This is an instrumentation course applied to the problems in medicine  and
 the life sciences. Students will learn some of the unique requirements of
  designing medical instruments.  

Prerequisites by Topic: 
1.	Laplace transform analysis of linear circuits. 
2.	Electronics including op-amps and active filters. 
3.	Computer programming for problem solving. 
4.	Digital signal processing and the design of digital filters. 
 
Topics: 
1.	Differential and Instrumentation Amplifiers: (3 classes) 
2.	Active Filters: (2 classes) 
3.	Transducers and Biosensors: (5 classes) 
4.	Origins of Biopotentials & Bioelectrodes: (3 classes) 
5.	The ECG & EEG: (4 classes) 
6.	Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation: (3 classes) 
7.	Measurements of Blood Pressure and Heart Sounds: (2 classes) 
8.	Measurements of Flow & Respiratory Measurements: (3 classes) 
9.	Computer Based Instruments: (4 classes) 
 
Projects: 
 
1.	Modeling of a bioelectric source and determining the waveform  
characteristics of the signal generated by varying the characteristics
of the source and recording electrode geometry.  In addition, the students
 will  design digital filters for processing the simulated biopotentials 
with the objective of automatic selection  of signal features.  Students
 must interpret the results of the simulation with respect to possible 
amplifier and  overall system  design.  This is a 3-4 week project. 
 
2.	Students are assigned a term paper project to research a specific
  medical device.  They must use library resources, manufactures manuals,
 and other materials to fully describe the use and operation of the  device.
  This is a semester long project with topics chosen within the first two
 weeks and a preliminary draft submitted for grading allowing for final
 draft editing before grading. 

For further information regarding the Biomedical Engineering Program at Purdue University contact the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Office at (317) 494-5730 bmeprogram@ecn.purdue.edu