BM4102 Bio Medical Sensors, Instrumentation and Equipment Syllabus:
BM4102 Bio Medical Sensors, Instrumentation and Equipment Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the purpose of measurement, the methods of measurements, errors associated with measurements.
To obtain the knowledge of biosensors in medical field.
To gain the domain knowledge in bio potential and its measurements
To Study the design of bio amplifiers
Get familiarized with important medical equipment used in critical care.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO MEASUREMENT
Measurement System – Instrumentation – Classification and Characteristics of Transducers – Static and Dynamic – Errors in Measurements and their statistical analysis – Calibration – Primary and secondary standards.
UNIT II BIO SENSORS
Chemical sensors, characteristics, classes of chemical sensors, electrochemical cell, biochemical sensors, multisensory arrays, RTD materials & range, relative resistance vs. temperature characteristics, thermistor characteristics, Biomedical applications of temperature sensors. Active type: Thermocouple – characteristics.
UNIT III BIOPOTENTIAL AND ITS MEASUREMENTS
Origin of bio potential and its propagation. Electrode-electrolyte interface, electrode–skin interface, half-cell potential, impedance, polarization effects of electrode – non polarizable electrodes. Types of electrodes – surface, needle and micro electrodes and their equivalent circuits. Biosignals characteristics – frequency and amplitude ranges. ECG – Einthoven’s triangle, standard 12 lead system. EEG – 10-20 electrode system, unipolar, bipolar and average mode. EMG– unipolar and bipolar mode.
UNIT IV DESIGN OF BIOAMPLIFIERS
Need for bio-amplifier – single ended bio-amplifier, differential bio-amplifier, Impedance matching circuit, isolation amplifiers – transformer and optical isolation – isolated DC amplifier and AC carrier amplifier., Power line interference, Right leg driven ECG amplifier, Band pass filtering.
UNIT V MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Basics of Critical Care Equipment – Bedside monitors, ICU / CCU equipment – Defibrillator and its types, Pacemaker and its types. Ventilator and its types, Dialysers, Endoscopy, laparoscopy, Oxygenators.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to
CO1: Understand the science behind the measurement systems
CO2: Explain the different types of Bio sensors
CO3: Understand various bio signals and its measurements
CO4: Design a bio-amplifier
CO5: Describe various medical equipment used in critical care
REFERENCES:
1. Geddes LA and Baker L.E Principals of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and sons, New york 1989
2. Joseph J Carr and John Brown – Introduction to Biomedical equipment Technology- Pearson Education 4th edition New Delhi 2001
3. Khandpur R.S Hand Book of Biomedical Instrumentation – Tata Mc Graw Hill publication , New Delhi 3rd edition 2014
4. Webster J.G Medical Instrumentation application and design – John Wiley and sons New York 4th edition 2009
5. Leslie Cromwell, Biomedical Instrumentation and measurement, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2nd edition, 2015
6. Richard Aston, Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement, Merril Publishing Company, 2002