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Knowledge for understanding the functioning and how to use sensors that can be used for the acquisition of physical quantities of interest in the field of bioengineering, and in particular in the sensors for biosignals.

PROGRAM

Introduction. Definition. Model. Main classifications. Metrological characteristics: sensitivity, measuring range. Static and dynamic characteristics. Operating principles: resistive, capacitive, inductive. Physical effects; sensors for the measurement of physical quantities. Position sensors: linear and angular. Sensors for force measurement, acceleration, pressure, torque. Sensors for the measurement of the human body movement. Piezoelectric sensors, encoders. Outline of ultrasonic sensors: measuring the time of flight, ultrasound, doppler effect: flow measurements. Brief introduction to electric field sensors: measurement of biological variables. Measurement of cardiac electrical activity. Instrumentation for electromyography. Sensor applications. The measuring equipment: techniques for the proper connection of the sensors to the measurement equipment. Notes to computational tools for the presentation of data acquired by the sensors. Sensors for robotic rehabilitation.