Biomedical instrumentation
T I H Brown
6 points * 3 hours per week * Irregular availability * Clayton * Corequisites: PHY2011 (Basic neurosciences) and PHY2022 (Basic systems physiology)
Transducers: theory of operation, basic principles, techniques and applications. Electrodes, tissue-electrode interface, long-term effects. Isolation techniques. Biological signals - efferent and afferent, amplification systems, signal processing systems - digital and analogue, optimistaion and cost. Clinical and laboratory equipment: extensive theoretical treatment of the principles, design considerations and applications; diagnostic, therapeutic and safety devices (eg ECG monitors and machines, defibrillators, electrosurgery units, infusion systems, ventilators, humidifiers, dialysers, EEG machines). Systems considerations including design, artefact protection, system integration, communication protocols, intersystem isolation, design for manufacture, intelligent systems, clinical applications and implications, tissue and body function reactions. A formalised period of training in clinical departments to gain an understanding of department function, operation and equipment. Predominantly a hands-on period in ICU, casualty, theatre, post-op, radiology, therapy etc.
Assessment
Practical work and continuous assessment: 100%
Prescribed Texts
Webster J G Medical instrumentation Houghton Mifflin, 1992