Course Director:

Lei Ding, Ph.D.
DEH 342
Office phone: 405-325-4577
leiding@ou.edu

ECE5973 Bioinstrumentation

Description:

A comprehensive coverage of topics related to principles, applications, and design of medical instruments widely used in hospitals and clinical researches. Emphasis is placed on general design concepts, discussions on a great variety of medical devices, and medical device safety issues. Materials cover different levels and various aspects of human systems, such as heart, brain, circulation, respiration, and so on. The course will also provide reading projects to cover the state-of-the-art developments in advanced medical devices.

Prerequisite:

Electrical and Computer Engineering Circuits Laboratory (3773) or Electronics (G4813), or permission

Textbook:

Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 3rd Edition. John G. Webster, John Willey & Sons, Inc., 1997.

Or

Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 4th Edition. John G. Webster, John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2009.

References:

Biomedical Instrumentation: Technology and Applications, Ed. RS Khandpur. McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Bioinstrumentation, 1st Edition. John G. Webster, John Willey & Sons, Inc., 2003.

Topics:

Basic Concepts of Medical Instrumentation

Basic Sensors and Principles

Amplifiers and Signal Processing

Electrodes and Amplifiers for Biopotentials

Devices of the Circulation System

Devices of the Respiratory System

Medical Imaging Systems

Medical Stimulators

Electrical Safety

Advanced Medical Devices

Computer Languages

Matlab, or any language fulfilling the tasks of projects

ECE4973/5973 Biomedical Signals and Systems

Description:

The course will give a comprehensive coverage of topics related to biological signals arising in the living human. Such biological signals range from the microscopic levels (generated by single cell, multiple cells, etc.) to macroscopic levels (generated by an organ, a system, etc.). The main emphasis is on how to use engineer tools to interpret those signals and to understand the underlying physiological principles and mechanisms. The course will emphasize on emerging engineering technologies, physiological knowledge, and clinical applications. The course will also provide hand-on computer projects to solve some practical problems faced in medical device industry.
The course will open for both graduate students and senior undergraduate students. The graduate students will be asked for more and deeper problems during the project assignments and final exam.

Prerequisite:

Electrical Circuits II (G3723) and Signals and Systems (G3793), or equivalent courses on electrical circuits and signal processing, or permission of instructor

Textbooks
Bioelectromagnetism: Principles and Applications of Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Fields, Jaakko Malmivuo & Robert Plonsey, by Oxford University Press, 1995.Free online: http://www.bem.fi/book/index.htm
Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Kayvan Najarian & Robert Splinter, by CRC, 2006.

References:
Bioelectricity and Biomagnetism, Ramesh M. Gulrajani, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998.
Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling, Suresh R. Devasahayam, by Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2000.

Topics:

Introduction

The Origin of Bioelectricity

Resting and Action Potentials of Cells

Extracellular Potentials

Biomagnetism

Electromyography

Electrocardiography

Electroencephalography

Biomagnetism

Electromyography

Blood Pressure and Sound

Blood Flow and Volume

Signals of the Respiratory System

Signals of Biological Stimulations

Professional Responsibilities and Ethics

Computer Languages:

Matlab, C, C++, or any language fulfilling the tasks of projects