Biomedical Transducers and Measurements detail syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (Bme), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17BM45), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to
- Gain the knowledge of working principle and construction details of Biomedical Transducers.
- Acquire the knowledge of transducer applications to access the biological signals.
- Access the performance of various Biomedical Transducers.
Module 1
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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, ElectrolyteSkin 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
PRESSURE MEASUREMENT: Pressure Transducers-LVDT pressure transducers and Strain gauge pressure transducers. Physiological pressure ranges and measurement sites, Direct pressure measurement-catheters for pressure measurement, diaphragm displacement transducers, catheter tip pressure transducers, implantable pressure transducers and pressure telemetering capsules. Indirect pressure measurement-Indirect measurement of systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressure, Detection of Kortokoff sounds.
Module 4
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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:
After studying this course, students will able to:
- Understand the working principle and construction details of Transducers.
- Improve the measurement techniques through different approach.
- Practically can implement the technology in measurement field.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering knowledge
- Modern tool usage
- Engineer and society
- Environment& sustainability
- Lifelong learning
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have TEN questions.
- Each full question carry 16 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.
Reference Books:
- Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement – Leslie Cromwell, Fred J Weibell and Erich A. Pfeiffer, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall India Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
- Transducers and Instrumentation -D. V. S. Murty Prentice Hall India Pvt ltd. 2nd Edition
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