ECTS - Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation
Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation (EE428) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation | EE428 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| EE210 or EE234 or AEE 202 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Drill and Practice, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To make the engineering students familiar with fundamental biomedical concepts and gain a basic level of information that is helpful to them if they work in biomedical sector. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction to biomedical instrumentation and physiological measurement, the nature of biomedical signals, the origin of biopotentials and other biological signals, biopotential electrodes,tissue equivalent circuits, principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors, sources and characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise, |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Physiological Measurement, The origin of biopotentials and other biological signals | Glance at your notes |
| 2 | Biopotential electrodes and Tissue equivalent circuits | Review your lecture notes |
| 3 | Principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors | Read from your book |
| 4 | Principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors | |
| 5 | Characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise | Glance at this week's notes |
| 6 | Characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise Electrical characteristics of biopotential electrodes | Review last week's notes and glance at this week's notes |
| 7 | Electrical characteristics of biopotential electrodes Practical biopotential amplifier design and multilead ECG systems | |
| 8 | Practical biopotential amplifier design and multilead ECG Systems | Study on your course notes |
| 9 | Design, testing and analysis of a high quality isolated biopotential amplifier | Review your notes |
| 10 | Biological signal processing – filters | Glance at this week’s topics from the lecture |
| 11 | Biological signal processing | Review last week's notes and glance at this week's notes |
| 12 | Statistical algorithms for automated signal detection and analysis | Review the lecture notes |
| 13 | Statistical algorithms | |
| 14 | Circulatory system and the measurement of blood pressure and flow | Review your lecture notes |
| 15 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. John G. Webster, Medical Instrumentation - Application and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Willis J Tompkins, ED. Biomedical Signal Processing. Prentice-Hall, 1993. |
| 3. R E Chellis and R I Kitney, Biomedical Signal Processing, in IV parts, Medical and Biological Eng. and current Computing, 1990-91. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 80 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Ability to apply knowledge on Mathematics, Science and Engineering to advanced systems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Implementing long-term research and development studies in major areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | X | ||||
| 3 | Ability to use modern engineering tools, techniques and facilities in design and other engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 4 | Graduating researchers active on innovation and entrepreneurship. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to report and present research results effectively. | |||||
| 6 | Increasing the performance on accessing information resources and on following recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
| 8 | Increasing the performance on effective communications in both Turkish and English. | |||||
| 9 | Increasing the performance on project management. | |||||
| 10 | Ability to work successfully at project teams in interdisciplinary fields. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total Workload | 129 | ||