Sensors and Measurements detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of sensors and measurements is as follows.
Course Objectives:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit I
FUNDAMENTALS OF MEASUREMENTS 9 Measurement System – Instrumentation – Classification and Characteristics of Transducers – Static and Dynamic – Errors in Measurements and their statistical analysis- methods of error analysis,-uncertainty analysis-expression of uncertainty: accuracy and precision index, propagation of errors- Calibration -Primary and secondary standards.
Unit II
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit III
PHOTOELECTRIC AND PIEZO ELECTRIC SENSORS 9 Phototube, scintillation counter, photo multiplier tube (PMT), photovoltaic, photo conductive cells, photo diodes, phototransistor, comparison of photoelectric transducers. Optical displacement sensors and optical encoders. Piezoelectric active transducer- Equivalent circuit and its characteristics.
Unit IV
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Unit V
RECORDING DEVICES AND ADVANCED SENSORS 9 CRO – block diagram, CRT – vertical & horizontal deflection system, DSO, LCD monitor, PMMC writing systems, servo recorders, photographic recorder, magnetic tape recorder, Inkjet recorder, thermal recorder. Biosensors: transduction mechanism in a biosensor and Classification – Electronic nose.
Course Outcomes:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

Text Books:
- A.K.Sawhney, Electrical & Electronics Measurement and Instrumentation,10th edition, Dhanpat Rai & Co, New Delhi, 19th Revised edition 2011, Reprint 2014.
- John G. Webster, Medical Instrumentation Application and Design, 4th edition, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2015
- Ernest O Doebelin and Dhanesh N Manik, Measurement systems, Application and design, 6th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2012
Reference Books:
- Khandpur R.S, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, 3rd edition,Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2014.
- Leslie Cromwell, Biomedical Instrumentation and measurement, 2nd edition, Prentice hall of India, New Delhi, 2015.
- Albert D.Helfrick and William D. Cooper. Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, Prentice Hall of India, 1st edition, 2016.
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Biomedical Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit BME 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Biomedical Engineering results, visit Anna University BME all semester results direct link.