ETS 2424 Biomedical Electronics

This course starts with the introduction of the area of biomedical electronics and its importance to the medical field. A brief overview of various parts of the human body and systems are given. The course covers the basis of biomedical instrumentation and measurement techniques. Electrodes, sensors, and transducers used in biomedical field are analyzed in detail. The second half of the course covers a few most important human body systems and the corresponding electronic equipment used to measure different functions of these systems. The following functional systems are analyzed in some detail: the circulatory system, respiratory system, nervous system, and brain functions.

3 credits