Biomedical Transducers

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Basic concepts and principles of instrumentation, static and dynamic characteristics, biostatistics, human-instrumentation system, development of medical devices, physiological signals, action potential, detection of physiological signals, electrodes and their types, EMG, EEG, ECG, EGG, ERG, EOG signals, transducers (strain gauges, piezoelectrical sensors, capacitive and inductive sensors, optical sensors, microorganism sensors and transducers, radioactivity sensors and transducers), biopotential amplifiers, electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram and other cardiac devices, electromyograph, electroneurogram, blood pressure and pulse measurement, doppler and blood flow measurements, respiratory support units, electroencephalogram.

Weekly Schedule

1) Basic concepts and principles of instrumentation
2) Static and dynamic characteristics, biostatistics
3) Human-instrumentation system, development of medical devices
4) Physiological signals, action potential, detection of physiological signals, electrodes and their types
5) EMG, EEG, ECG, EGG, ERG, EOG signals
6) Transducers (active and passive transducers, strain gauges, piezoelectrical sensors)
7) Capacitive and inductive sensors, optical sensors
8) Microorganism sensors and transducers, radioactivity sensors and transducers
9) Midterm examination/Assessment
10) Biopotential amplifiers
11) Electrocardiogram, phonocardiogram and other cardiac devices
12) Electromyogram, electroneurogram
13) Blood pressure and pulse measurement, doppler and blood flow measurements
14) Respiratory support units, electroencephalogram
15) Project presentations and evaluation
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Tıp Elektroniği, Ertuğrul Yazgan, Mehmet Korürek, İTÜ yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.
2- Elektrik ve Elektronik Ölçmeleri, Prof. Dr. Halit Pastacı, Haliç Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Lord Matbaası, İstanbul, 2010.
3- Algılama ve Ölçme Esasları, Prof. Dr. Sedat Özsoy, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2011.
4- Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Biyomedikal Cihaz Teknolojileri, Yapay Solunum (Ventilatör) Cihazları, Ankara, 2012.
5- Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Biyomedikal Cihaz Teknolojileri, Biyomedikal Algılayıcı ve Dönüştürücüler, Ankara, 2011.
6- Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Biyomedikal Cihaz Teknolojileri, Biyopotansiyel Yükselteçler, Ankara, 2012.
7- Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Biyomedikal Cihaz Teknolojileri, Elektrotlar, Ankara, 2011.
8- Medical Instrumentation Application and Design, John G. Webster, John Wiley & Sons, fourth edition, 2010.
9- Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation, R.S. Khandpur, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private, second edition.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Self Study
6) Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	50%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Midterm Examination 1 60% Quiz 1 40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	50%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required