New Course: BME 305. Bioinstrumentation Laboratory

Engineering Faculty Document No. 23-03

Dec 3, 2003

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TO: The Engineering Faculty

FROM: The Faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering

RE: New Undergraduate-Level Course

The faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering has approved the following new course. This action is now submitted to the Engineering Faculty with a recommendation for approval.

BME 305 Bioinstrumentation Laboratory

Sem. 1. Class 1, Lab 3, cr. 2

Prerequisites: PHYS 241, MA 266, or equivalent

Co-requisite: BME 301

Introduction of laboratory instruments used to measure physiological events. Stimulation and conduction of electrical signals within the mammalian nervous system and other excitable tissues are demonstrated. Fundamental circuit elements and concepts include resistance, capacitance, inductance, op-amps, impedance, voltage, current, power, and frequency. Integrative design project addresses instrumentation amplifiers and filtering for obtaining an ECG, emphasizing the practical aspects of quantitative physiological measurements.

Reason: Laboratory experiences where students learn fundamental instrumentation concepts and measurement techniques for monitoring and quantifying aspects related to physiological events. This course ensures an understanding of the criteria for faithful reproduction of physiological events, which is an essential skill for practicing biomedical engineers.

George Wodicka

Professor and Head

Engineering Faculty Document No. 23-03

Dec 3, 2003

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Supporting Documentation:

1. Level: Undergraduate – junior year

2. Course Instructors: Ann Rundell

3. Course Outline:

Lecture / Lab 1: Introduction to basic circuit elements, concepts, and safety: resistance (R), impedance, voltage, current, power, voltmeters, ammeters, breadboards, voltage and current laws

Lecture / Lab 2: Basic nodal and mesh analysis, superposition, linearity, time varying signals and oscilloscopes

Lecture / Lab 3: Capacitors (C) and inductors (L), RC and RL step responses

Lecture / Lab 4: Steady state sinusoidal responses of RC and RL circuits

Lecture / Lab 5: Frequency response of linear circuits, labview primer

Week 6: Exam I

Lab 6: Circuit analysis in the s-domain, filters, frequency and time signal responses

Lecture / Lab 7: RLC circuits

Lecture / Lab 8: Bioelectrodes

Lecture / Lab 9: Pneumotachometer and respiratory parameters

Lecture / Lab 10: Single and compound action potentials, all-or-none and graded responses

Lecture / Lab 11: Stimulation of excitable tissue

Week 12: Exam II

Lab 12: Nerve signal propagation velocity

Lecture / Lab 13: Operational amplifiers, differential amplifiers, and common mode rejection ratio

Lecture / Lab 14: Design of instrumentation amplifier and mapping out the dipole field using ECG tank

Lecture / Lab 15: Recording of the ECG with electrodes and designed instrumentation amplifiers

Week 16: Cumulative Final Exam

4. Text: Engineering Circuit Analysis, W.H. Hayt Jr., J.E. Kemmerly, S.M. Durbin, McGraw-Hill, 6/ed., 2002. Supplemental: Principles of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation
L.A. Geddes and L.E. Baker, Wiley Interscience, 3/ed., 1989. Laboratory manual prepared by the instructors and technical staff.

5. Grading:

Pre-laboratory assignments 5%

Laboratory quizzes 15%

Weekly laboratory assignments 25%

Exams 30%

Cumulative final 25%