Biomedical Transducers and Instrumentation detailed Syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all the other VTU BME 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Biomedical Engineering 6th Sem 2018 Scheme.
For all the (Open Elective-A) subjects refer to Open Elective-A Scheme. The detail syllabus for biomedical transducers and instrumentation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Module 1
Fundamental Concepts & Basic Transducers: Introduction, Classification of Transducers, Measurement, Signals and Noise in the measurement-Measurement, signals and noise, signal to noise ratio, different types of noise. Characteristics of Measurement system-Transducer and measurement system, static characteristics, dynamic characteristics, standard and calibration, accuracy and error.
Module 2
Bioelectric Signals and Electrodes: Sources of Biomedical Signals, Origin of Bioelectric Signals, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electromyogram (EMG), Electrooculogram (EOG), Electroretinogram (ERG), Recording Electrodes-Electrode-tissue interface, Electrolyte-Skin interface, polarization, skin contact impedance, motion artifacts, Silver-Silver Chloride electrodes, Electrodes for ECG, Electrodes for EEG, Electrodes of EMG, Electrical conductivity of electrode jellies and creams, microelectrodes.
Module 3
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Module 4
Temperature Measurement, Transducers and Sensors: Requirements for measurementranges, Temperature transducers-Thermistors, thermocouples, wire and thin film thermo-resistive elements, P-N junction diodes and transistors, infrared radiation thermometers, infrared thermography. Clinical thermometer probes, tympanic thermometers, telemetering capsules. Photoelectric Transducers: photovoltaic cells and photoemissive cells. Biosensors and Smart Sensors
Module 5
Flow Measurement: Requirements for measurement ranges-blood flow in a single vessel, tissue blood flow, and respiratory gas flow. Electromagnetic flowmeters-principle, methods of magnetic field excitation, perivascular probes, intravascular probes. Ultrasonic blood flowmeters- propagation of ultrasound in the tissue, ultrasonic Doppler flowmeters, blood flow measurement through Doppler imaging. Indicator dilution method -principle and working, thermodilution method, Fick method, thermistor velocity probe, impedance cardiography.
Course Outcomes:
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Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have TEN questions.
- Each full question carry 20 marks
- There will be TWO full questions (with maximum of THREE sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer FIVE full questions, selecting ONE full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Biomedical Transducers and Instruments-Tatsuo Togawa, Toshiyo Tamura and P. Ake Oberg, CRC Press, 1997.
- Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation- R S Khandpur, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003.
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