BM1302 BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION SYLLABUS B.E. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI: CHENNAI – 600 025
B.E DEGREE PROGRAMME :B.E. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(Offered in Colleges affiliated to Anna University)
CURRICULUM 2004 SEMESTER V/05

BM1302 BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION

AIM
To give a complete exposure of various recording mechanism and physiological parameters measured for diagnostic application.

OBJECTIVES
• To study different types of electrodes used in biopotential recording.
• To understand the characteristics of bioamplifiers and different types of recorders.
• To understand how to measure various biochemical and nonelectrical parameters of human system.
• To study the instrumentation concerned with measuring the blood flow volume, velocity and number of particles in the blood.

1. BIO-POTENTIAL ELECTRODES 9
Electrode electrolyte interface, half-cell potential, polarisation and non- polarisable electrode, calomel electrode, needle and wire electrode, microelectrode-metal micropipete.

2. RECORDING SYSTEM 9
Low-Noise preamplifier, main amplifier and driver amplifier, inkjet recorder, thermal array recorder, photographic recorder, magnetic tape recorder, X-Y recorder, medical oscilloscope.

3. BIO-CHEMICAL MEASUREMENT 9
pH, pO2, pCO2, pHCO3, Electrophoresis, colorimeter, spectro photometer, flame photometer, auto analyser.

4. NON-ELECTRICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS 9
Respiration, heart rate, temperature, pulse blood pressure, cardiac output, O2, CO2 measurements.

5. BLOOD FLOW AND BLOOD CELL COUNTING 9
Electromagnetic and ultrasonic blood flowmeter, indicator dilution method, thermodilution method, manual and automatic counting of RBC, WBC and platelets.

TOTAL : 45
TEXT BOOK
1. Leslie Cromwell, “Biomedical Instrumentation and measurement”, Prentice hall of India, New Delhi, 1997.

REFERENCES
1. John G. Webster, “Medical Instrumentation Application and Design”, John Wiley and sons, New York, 1998.
2. Khandpur R.S, “Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation”, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1997.
3. Joseph J.carr and John M. Brown, “introduction to Biomedical equipment technology”, John Wiley and sons, New York, 1997.

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