Body Area Networks detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities 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 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of body area networks is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION
Definition, BAN and Healthcare, Technical Challenges- Sensor design, biocompatibility, Energy Supply, optimal node placement, number of nodes, System security and reliability, BAN Architecture – Introduction.
Unit II
HARDWARE FOR BAN
Processor-Low Power MCUs, Mobile Computing MCUs ,Integrated processor with radio transceiver, Memory ,Antenna-PCB antenna, Wire antenna, Ceramic antenna, External antenna, Sensor Interface, Power sources- Batteries and fuel cells for sensor nodes.
Unit III
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Unit IV
COEXISTENCE ISSUES WITH BAN
Interferences – Intrinsic – Extrinsic, Effect on transmission, Counter measures- on physical layer and data link layer, Regulatory issues-Medical Device regulation in USA and Asia, Security and Self-protection-Bacterial attacks, Virus infection, Secured protocols, Self-protection.
Unit V
APPLICATIONS OF BAN
Monitoring patients with chronic disease, Hospital patients, Elderly patients, Cardiac arrythmias monitoring, Multi patient monitoring systems, Multichannel Neural recording, Gait analysis, Sports Medicine, Electronic pill.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Comprehend and appreciate the significance and role of this course in the present contemporary world.
- Design a BAN for appropriate application in medicine.
- Assess the efficiency of communication and the security parameters.
- Understand the need for medical device regulation and regulations followed in various regions.
- Extend the concepts of BAN for medical applications.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Zhang, Yuan-Ting, “Wearable Medical Sensors and Systems’’, Springer, 2013.
- Guang-Zhong Yang(Ed.), “Body Sensor Networks’’, Springer, 2006.
- Annalisa Bonfiglio, Danilo De Rossi, “Wearable Monitoring Systems”, Springer, 2011.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem, visit BME 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Biomedical Engineering results, visit Anna University BME all semester results direct link.