Biomedical Instrumentation, 5 cr

Core content

• Sources of noise and interference. Elimination or minimizing noise coupling in medical electronic systems.
• Interfacing the medical devices with the human body: biopotential electrodes and recording of biopotentials.
• Measurement principles used in bioelectrical, hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring.
• Structures of the circuits used in biomedical measurement systems.
• Electrical safety requirements and design of electrically safe medical devices. 
• Computer-aided design in PCB schematics and layout design for the analog electronics needed in a biopotential amplifer
• Assembling the designed device
• Testing and characterization of (the designed) electrical circuit
• Reporting the experimental results

Complementary knowledge

• Protection of electronic devices against transient voltages and electromagnetic interference.
• Effect of the sensor-body interface on the electronic recording system.
• Benefits and drawbacks of different measurement principles.
• Analog Front End (AFE) circuits
• Debugging of (the designed) electrical circuit

_{Special knowledge}

• Operation principle of phase-locked measurement.
• Requirements of various types and classes of electrical medical devices.