SYSC-5302: Biomedical Instrumentation   (Fall term, 2004)

Instructor:  M. Frize, P. Eng. 
MC7084; tel. 8229; email: mfrize@connect.carleton.ca; 
web site: http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/frize.html

Course Outline  This course presents the principles of physiological measurements relating to diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring and principles of operation of the medical devices associated with these functions.  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 critical care for infants. 

Pre‑Requisites: Permission from the instructor.

Week by week schedule:

1st week:   Introduction, course outline, the human body. The heart and circulation (Cardiology): Study of measurements of physiological variables and of the instrumentation principles and design for diagnostics, therapy, and monitoring.  Electrocardiography, blood pressure measurements, cardiac output, pacemakers, defibrillators. 

2nd week: Conclude cardiology.

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

4th week: Characteristics of biological amplifiers (frequency response, gain, CMRR, etc)

5th week: Conclusion amplifiers

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

7th week: Cerebral function: electroencephalography; evoked potentials; brain scans.

8th week: Conclude Surgery. Infant intensive care units: incubators, transcutaneous blood gas monitors, radiant warmers,  bilirubinometers and light therapy, cardiac and respiratory monitors;

9th week:  Conclude infant monitoring and therapy. Ultrasound equipment and measurements.

10th week:  Conclude ultrasound equipment. 

11th week   Intensive, neuro, and coronory care units. Conclude critical care units.

12th week:  Computers in Medicine 

13th Week: Class presentations of term project's.

Take home exam or scheduled exam. 

Course Assessment and requirements:

There will be four assignments and one term project. All students must be prepared to describe their findings briefly during a class discussion on the topic of the assignment (by the date on which this is scheduled) and submit the assignment in writing one week later. The term project will be presented in class at the end of the term and submitted in writing one week later. A final exam will be given at an appropriately scheduled time. Each assignment counts for 10 percent of the final mark. The verbal presentation of the term project will be 5 percent and the written part will count for 15 percent. The exam will count for 40 percent of the total mark. Note: Assignments are expected to be approximately 4-6 pages with 1.5 or double spacing; the project is expected to be around 8-12 pages.

BOOK:  Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology, 3rd or 4th Edition, J.J. Carr and J.M. Brown, Prentice Hall, 1998.