Prerequisite Courses:
Course Language:
English
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Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to introduce students the concepts of medical instrumentation for physiological measurements.
Course Content:
Basic concepts of medical instrumentation. Principles of electrodes and transducers. Biopotential electrodes. Biopotential amplifiers. Electrocardiography. Basic principles related to physiological pressure measurements and phonocardiography. Measurement techniques of blood flow and volume of blood flow. Other cardiovascular measurements.Therapeutic and prosthetic devices, defibrillators, pacemakers, heart-lung pumps. Instrumentation for measuring brain functions, EEG and EMG Measurements. Human respiratory system and its measurements, respiratory therapy equipment. Intensive and coronary-care units. Operating rooms and electro-surgery systems.