Eng. 94.518 (ELG6118) Biomedical Instrumentation

Prof. M. Frize, P. Eng.

Course Outline

This course presents the principles of physiological measurements relating to diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring and principles and design of the medical devices associated with these. The applications will be mainly in cardiology, lung function, cerebral and muscular signals, surgery and anaesthesiology, ultrasound, and other more specialized devices used for infants and neonates.

Calendar Description: Principles of physiological measurements and related instrumentation with particular applications to cardiology, lung function, cerebral and muscle signals, surgery and anaesthesiology, ultrasound measurements, and infant care.

Pre-Requisites: Proper background and permission from the instructor.

Assessment and requirements: There will be five assignments worth 10 percent each; a term project worth 25 percent of final mark, and a take-home exam worth 25 percent of the total mark.

Week by week schedule:

Week 1: The heart and circulation (Cardiology): Study of measurements of physiological variables and of the instrumentation principles and design for diagnostics, therapy, and monitoring. Examples are: Electrocardiography, blood pressure measurements, cardiac output, pacemakers, defibrillators.

Week 2: Continue cardiology

Week 3: Lung function: Variables that assess lung function; overview and terms of ventilation; medical gases, oxygen therapy; artificial, mechanical ventilation; spirometry; and pulmonary function

Week 4: continue lung function

Week 5: Cerebral function: electroencephalography; evoked potentials (visual and auditory); brain scans;

Week 6: Surgery and anaesthesiology: Electrosurgery; anaesthetic machines; pumps, operating rooms.

Week 7: Infant intensive care units: incubators, transcutaneous blood gas monitors, radiant warmers, bilirubinometers and light therapy, cardiac and respiratory monitors;

Week 8: continue infant monitoring and therapy

Week 9: Intensive, neuro, and coronory care

Week 10: Ultrasound equipment and measurements

Week 11: Computers in medicine

Week 12: continue: computers in medicine