Course Content
Brief introduction to human physiology. Biomedical transducers: displacement, velocity, force, acceleration, flow, temperature, potential, dissolved ions and gases. Bioelectrodes and biopotential amplifiers for ECG, EMG, EEG, etc. Measurement of blood temperature, pressure and flow. Impedance plethysmography. Ultrasonic and nuclear imaging. Prostheses and aids: pacemakers, defibrilla-tors, heart-lung machine, artificial kidney, aids for the handicapped. Safety aspects.
Text / References
- 1 W.F. Ganong, Review of medical physiology, 8th Asian Ed, Medical Publishers, 1977. J.G. Webster, ed., Medical Instrumentation, Houghton Mifflin, 1978. A.M. Cook and J.G. Webster, eds., Therapeutic Medical Devices, Prentice-Hall, 1982.