The fundamentals of interfacing microprocessor and microcomputers with physiological transducers. Practical circuit design problem are presented with biomedical applications. This course includes a laboratory and individual student projects. Each week a medical or dental implant or explant is highlighted from a textbook, the scientific literature and personal accounts. Problems of interfacing computers with biomedical devices and systems are studied.
Students collaborate to develop a new biomedical instrument.
Projects have included process control, data acquisition, disk system interfaces, and DMA interfaces between interconnected computers. The dynamics of blood flow in blood vessels is studied from the standpoint of modern continuum mechanics. Mathematical models of cardiac action and cardiovascular regulation are included. Advanced techniques for analyzing biomedical systems and signals are presented, including signal characterization, pattern recognition, and parameter estimation. Examples from biomedical literature are studied.