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Course Catalog 2009-2010

LTT-1126 Measurements of Physiological Systems, 4 cr

Person responsible

Juha Nousiainen

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Seminar work and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course you know the central physiological control systems of the body, how their functioning is described with different physical quantities and how these quantities can be measured. You also have a good command in physiological recording and instrumentation. In the exercise work you have went in more deeply into one recording application.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Physiological measurement systems, methods and instrumentations: sensors, signal conditioning, signal analysis.     
2. Measurements of essential physiological systems: cardiovascular system, neural system, respiratory and muscular system. Cellular level measurements.     
3. Ambulatory recording and patient monitoring.     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Summary of lectures   Lecture notes.              English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
BME-1156 Biomedical Engineering A Advisable    
LTT-1016 Human Anatomy and Physiology Mandatory    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
LTT-1126 Measurements of Physiological Systems, 4 cr BME-2106 Measurements and Analysis of Physiological Systems , 5 cr  
LTT-1126 Measurements of Physiological Systems, 4 cr LTT-1120 Measurements of Physiological Systems, 4 cr  

Additional information

LTT-1126 is alternative with LTT-1120.

Last modified29.05.2009
ModifierJuha Nousiainen