Biomedical Devices and Systems

Објавено: July 20, 2023
1. Course Title Biomedical Devices and Systems
2. Code 4ФЕИТ05005
3. Study program 22-BE
4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) Second cycle
6. Academic year/semester I/1   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
8. Lecturer Dr Branislav Gerazov
9. Course Prerequisites
10. Course Goals (acquired competencies):

The goal of the course program is to allow students to acquire a wide knowledge of the techniques for the design of biomedical devices and systems. It is designed to bring close the various approaches and applications through studying the state-of-the-art.

11. Course Syllabus:

1. Basic concepts of medical instrumentation 2. Basic sensors and principles 3. Modeling of Physiological Systems 4. Fundamentals of Electrophysiology 5. Quantitative Physiology  6. Biopotential electrodes and amplifiers 7. Measurement of blood pressure, flow and volume 8. Measurement of respiratory system 9. Analog signal processing 10. Digital signal processing 11. Medical imaging systems 12. Therapeutic and prosthetic devices 13. Electrical safety

12. Learning methods:

Combined  learning: lectures with slides and visualisations and independent work on projects.

13. Total number of course hours 180
14. Distribution of course hours 3 + 3
15. Forms of teaching 15.1 Lectures-theoretical teaching 45 hours
15.2 Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 45 hours
16. Other course activities 16.1 Projects, seminar papers 30 hours
16.2 Individual tasks 30 hours
16.3 Homework and self-learning 30 hours
17. Grading
17.1 Exams 0 points
17.2 Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 50 points
17.3. Activity and participation 20 points
17.4. Final exam 30 points
18. Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points 5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points 6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points 7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points 8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points 9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points 10 (ten) (A)
19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Attendance of lectures.
20. Forms of assessment Project assignment and final exam.
21. Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Surveys, interviews and self-evaluation.
23. Literature
23.1.       Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1. J.G. Webster Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design Wiley 2014
2. Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson Medical Devices and Human Engineering CRC Press 2014
3.
23.2.       Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1.  Fries, Richard C., Johnson, Arthur Thomas, King, Paul H  Design of biomedical devices and systems  CRC Press  2014
2.  S. Grimnes und O.G. Martinsen  Bioelectricity and Bioimpedance Basics  Academic Press  2008