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Course Catalog 2011-2012

BME-2516 Electronics in Bioelectrical Applications, 6 cr

Person responsible

Juha Nousiainen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment



 



 
 2 h/week
 1 h/week
 20 h/per

+1 h/week
+40 h/per



 
BME-2516 2011-01 Monday 12 - 14, HB111

Requirements

Accepted weekly assignments and exercise work with a written report.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Student can explain the special features related to the electronics in medical applications, especially biopotential measurement. Student can explain how factors, such as electrode-tissue interface, electrical noise, amplifiers, and patient safety affect the design of biopotential measurement devices in theory and in practice. Student is able design, construct, and evaluate a biopotential amplifier.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The functionality of the instrumentation amplifier (IA) circuit and properties of an ideal and nonideal operational amplifier.   Suitability of a certain IA to bioelectric applications.    
2. Basics of EMI/EMC in medical devices in terms of noise sources, coupling and rejection.   Deeper understanding of noise sources and their rejection.    
3. Practical issues of biopotential electrodes.    Theoretical issues related to biopotential electrodes.    
4. Functional and safety requirements for medical devices used in bioelectrical applications.   Standards.   
5. Design, construction and evaluation of a biopotential amplifier.   Issues related to layout design and component selection.   
6. Examples of electronics design of other biomedical devices.  Examples of electronics design of other biomedical devices.    

Evaluation criteria for the course

The final grade of the course is determined based on the assessment of all part of the course. The weighting factor of each part is given at the beginning of the course. Grades 1-2: Learning outcomes have been achieved. Satisfactory command in core content of the course. Grades 3-4: Some learning outcomes have been exceeded qualitatively or quantitatively. Good command in core content and complementary knowledge of the course. Good or very good marks from all parts of the course. Grade 5: Most of the learning outcomes have been exceeded. Deep command in the whole content of the course. Almost maximum performance in all parts of the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Design with operational amplifiers and analog integrated circuits   Franco, Sergio   0-07-232084-2          English  
Book   Medical instrumentation: application and design   Webster, John G.   0-471-15368-0          English  
Lecture slides                English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
ELE-2050 Electronics Laboratory Advisable    
ELE-2201 Analog Circuit Design Advisable    

Additional information about prerequisites
To complete the course successfully you need to have adequate knowledge on analog electronics, CAD electronics design software and prototype manufacturing.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
BME-2516 Electronics in Bioelectrical Applications, 6 cr LTT-2106 Medical Electronics, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
BME-2516 2011-01       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified24.02.2011