ETS 2436 Biomedical Instrumentation

This course focuses on the large-scale equipment used in hospitals, emergency rooms, intensive and coronary units, and operating rooms. Students are offered a broad overview of the electronics used in these facilities, their functional role and nodes of operations. Devices such as electrosurgery generators, EEG units, battery operated equipment and waveform display devices are covered in detail. A special emphasis is given to lasers and other optical devices used in medical institutions.

3 credits

Prerequisites

EET 1025C; pre/corequisite: ETS 2424