ECTS - Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation
Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation (EE428) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Biomedical Signals and Instrumentation | EE428 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| (EE210 veya EE234 veya AEE202) |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Drill and Practice, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To make the engineering students familiar with fundamental biomedical concepts and gain a basic level of information that is helpful to them if they work in biomedical sector. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction to biomedical instrumentation and physiological measurement, the nature of biomedical signals, the origin of biopotentials and other biological signals, biopotential electrodes,tissue equivalent circuits, principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors, sources and characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise, |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Physiological Measurement, The origin of biopotentials and other biological signals | Glance at your notes |
| 2 | Biopotential electrodes and Tissue equivalent circuits | Review your lecture notes |
| 3 | Principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors | Read from your book |
| 4 | Principles and operation of basic transducers and sensors | |
| 5 | Characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise | Glance at this week's notes |
| 6 | Characteristics of biological and instrumentation noise Electrical characteristics of biopotential electrodes | Review last week's notes and glance at this week's notes |
| 7 | Electrical characteristics of biopotential electrodes Practical biopotential amplifier design and multilead ECG systems | |
| 8 | Practical biopotential amplifier design and multilead ECG Systems | Study on your course notes |
| 9 | Design, testing and analysis of a high quality isolated biopotential amplifier | Review your notes |
| 10 | Biological signal processing – filters | Glance at this week’s topics from the lecture |
| 11 | Biological signal processing | Review last week's notes and glance at this week's notes |
| 12 | Statistical algorithms for automated signal detection and analysis | Review the lecture notes |
| 13 | Statistical algorithms | |
| 14 | Circulatory system and the measurement of blood pressure and flow | Review your lecture notes |
| 15 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. John G. Webster, Medical Instrumentation - Application and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Willis J Tompkins, ED. Biomedical Signal Processing. Prentice-Hall, 1993. |
| 3. R E Chellis and R I Kitney, Biomedical Signal Processing, in IV parts, Medical and Biological Eng. and current Computing, 1990-91. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 80 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Accumulated knowledge on mathematics, science and mechatronics engineering; ability to apply the theoretical and applied knowledge to model and analyze mechatronics engineering problems. | |||||
| 2 | Ability to identify, define and formulate problems related to the field and to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods to solve these problems. | |||||
| 3 | Ability to design a complex system, product, component or process to meet the requirements under realistic constraints and conditions; ability to apply contemporary design methodologies; ability to implement effective engineering creativity techniques in mechatronics engineering. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include economics, environment, sustainability, producibility, ethics, human health, social and political problems.) | |||||
| 4 | Ability to develop, select and use modern techniques, skills and tools for application of mechatronics engineering and robot technologies; ability to use information and communications technologies effectively. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to design and perform experiments, collect and analyze data and assess the results for investigated problems on mechatronics engineering and robot technologies. | |||||
| 6 | Ability to work effectively on intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability for individual work; ability to communicate and collaborate/cooperate effectively with other disciplines and scientific/engineering domains or working areas, ability to work with other disciplines including electrical & electronics and computer engineering. | |||||
| 7 | Ability to express creative and original concepts and ideas effectively in Turkish and English language, oral and written, and technical drawings. | |||||
| 8 | Ability to reach information on different subjects required by the wide spectrum of applications of mechatronics engineering, criticize, assess and improve the knowledge-base; consciousness on the necessity of improvement and sustainability as a result of life-long learning; monitoring the developments on science and technology; awareness on entrepreneurship, innovative and sustainable development and ability for continuous renovation. | |||||
| 9 | Consciousness on professional and ethical responsibility, competency on improving professional consciousness and contributing to the improvement of profession itself. | |||||
| 10 | Knowledge on the applications at business life such as project management, risk management and change management and competency on planning, managing and leadership activities on the development of capabilities of workers who are under his/her responsibility working around a project. | |||||
| 11 | Knowledge about the global, social and individual effects of mechatronics engineering applications on the human health, environment and security and cultural values and problems of the era; consciousness on these issues; awareness of legal results of engineering solutions. | |||||
| 12 | Competency on defining, analyzing and surveying databases and other sources, proposing solutions based on research work and scientific results and communicate and publish numerical and conceptual solutions in the field of mechatronics engineering. | |||||
| 13 | Consciousness on the environment and social responsibility, competencies on observation, improvement and modify and implementation of projects for the society and social relations and be an individual within the society in such a way that planning, improving or changing the norms with a criticism. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Total Workload | 129 | ||