BE 3600 BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY

Spring 2003


Teaching Assistants:

Amy Latimer
Office Hours: TBD
AMLatime@MTU.Edu

Ming Ling
Office Hours: TBD
MLing@MTU.Edu

General Information Regarding the BE 3600 Lab

Experiment Schedule:

Weeks of 13-17 and 20-24 January 2003: No lab.

Week of 27-31 January 2003
Experiment 1: Safety and Lab Procedures

Week of 3-7 February 2003
Experiment 2: Priciples of Biosensors
        Demonstration of resistive and capacitive sensors in vitro

Week of 10-14 February 2003: Winter Carnival

Week of 17-21 February 2003
Experiment 3: Build of Instruments
	Soldering Techniques

Week of 24-28 February 2003
Experiment 4: Sources of Biopotentials and Biopotential Amplifiers
        ECG Measurements

Week of 3-7 March 2003: Spring Break

Week of 10-14 March 2003
Experiment 5: Pressure and Sound Measurement Systems
        Blood Pressure Measurement Systems, and phono-cardiography

Week of 17-21 March 2003
Experiment 6: Flow Measurement Systems
        Doppler Ultrasound

Week of 24-28 March 2003
Experiment 7: Clinical Sensors
        IR Absorption and Pulse Oximeter

Week of 31 March - 4 April 2003
Experiment 8: Implantable Devices
        Cardiac Pacemakers and Programmers

Week of 7-11 April 2003
Experiment 9: Respiratory Measurements
        Inductance Plethysmography

Week of 14-18 April 2003
Experiment 10: Signal Processing
        ECG Filtering using a Digital Signal Processing Algorithm

Week of 21-25 April 2003
Experiment 11: Imaging Systems
        Computer Tomography Using an Optical System

Week of 28 April - 2 May 2003
Experiment 12: Image Analysis
         Image Analysis on a Computer


Lab Final (a written comprehensive exam): TBD