Course Catalog 2007-2008

LTT-2106 MEDICAL ELECTRONICS, 5 cr
Medical Electronics

Courses persons responsible
Juha Nousiainen
Juho Väisänen

Lecturers
Juho Väisänen

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - 2 h/week 2 h/week - -
Exercise - - 1 h/week 1 h/week - -
Exercise work - - 20 h/per 20 h/per - -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
To clarify special features related to the design of medical devices and recording systems.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. EMI/EMC in medical devices. Noise coupling and noise mechanisms. Noise rejection.       
2. Functional and safety requirements for medical devices.        
3. Biopotential electrodes and amplifiers.        
4. Examples of electronic medical devices and their applications.       

Requirements for completing the course
Active participation in the lectures, accepted ercercises and exercise works.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • week exercises 20%, exercises work 1 20%, exercises work 2 20%, exercises work 3 40%.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides Medical Electronics Several authors     On the Internet No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    ELE-2200 ELE-2200 Analog Circuit Design I 4 Recommendable
    LTT-1107 LTT-1107 Biomedical Engineering 4 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

    Other study material is announced on the course homepage.

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips
    - In interaction and discussion, such as online discussions, chat
    - In exams or assessment of knowledge and skill/learning
    - The course utilizes a learning platform, which? Moodle

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 30 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 60 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 48
    Exercises 18
    Assignments 63
    Information and communication technology 5
    Total sum 134

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • The main emphasis is in an independent adoption, acquisition and application of knowledge on medical electronics.

    • Additional information related to course
    LTT-2106 replaces the course LTT-2100.

    Correspondence of content
    LTT-2100 Medical Electronics

    Course homepage

    Last modified 31.05.2007
    Modified byJuha Nousiainen