Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TBMT01 Biomedical Signal Processing, 6 ECTS credits.
/Analys av bioelektriska signaler/

For:   BME   D   IT   MED   TB   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112

  Area of Education: Medicine

Main field of studies: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course gives an in-depth analysis of the origin and processing of bioelectrical signals in humans. The analysis is related to differentiating between healthy and pathological conditions and emerges from clinical situations and issues. After completing the course the students are able to independently:
  • Describe, apply and evaluate physical, electrical and mathematical models for the origin of bioelectrical signals in the cell, and their conduction in nerves and in tissue.
  • Give an in-depth description of bioelectricity in the heart and in the central and peripheral nervous system.
  • Describe and evaluate the most important bioelectrical measurement methods: The ECG, the EEG and the EMG, in relation to normal and pathological condiitions.
  • Apply and evaluate different methods for signal processing of the ECG, the EEG and the EMG, with respect to time- and frequency domain analysis.
  • Describe, apply and evaluate Fouriertransform based methods for signal processing.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Biomedical engineering basics. Signal Theory, Anatomy and Physiology. Experience of Computer programming.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
Medical Imaging

Organisation:
The course is partly based on problem based learning and comprises lectures, problem solving individually and in various groups and laboratory work.

Course contents:
Signal analysis: time- and frequency, sampling, digital signals, Fouriertransform (FFT), estimation of the power spectrum, input windows, leakage, aliasing, convolution and correlation properties, z-transform, digital filters
Physiological and mathematical models of bioelectricity: cell membrane, resting- and action potentials, Nernst equation, volume conducting, forward- och inverse problems
Measurement of bioelectrical signals: electrode properties, measurement systems
Electrocardiography: origin of the ECG, ECG-leads, ECG analysis
Neurophysiology: nervous system, muscles, EEG, EP, EMG, ERG, EOG, signal analysis
Electrostimulation: defibrillation, pacemakers, electrostimulation
Laboratory experiment: biosignal processing


Course literature:
Sörnmo L. and Laguna P. Bioelectrical Signal Processing in Cardiac and Neurological Applications. Academic Press (Elsevier) 2005.
Malmivuo J. and Plonsey R.: Bioelectromagnetism, principles and applications of bioelectric and biomagnetic fields. Oxford University Press, NY, 1995.
Tortora G, Derrickson B. Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, Wiley, 13th ed. 2011 ISBN 9780470929186.


Examination:
Essay Assignement
Seminar assignments
Laboratory work
Tutorial sessions
4 ECTS
1 ECTS
0,5 ECTS
0,5 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IMT.
Director of Studies: Marcus Larsson
Examiner: Ingemar Fredriksson
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 06/30/2016