Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

The course touches the following topics:

• Definition, genesis, classification and indication of specific parameters related to significant biomedical signals (EMG, EEG, ECG, PCG, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, motion, pH, temperature, SpO2, sweating, etc.), their clinical/non-clinical interest and use in man-machine interfacing (eg. gaming, haptic controls, etc.).
• Definition and classification of sensors and electronic instrumentation for the acquisition of considerable biomedical signals, indication of the general problems related to the design (choice of sensors, conditioning electronics) and characterization.
• Sensors and instrumentation for clinical applications, electro-medical equipment and their state of the art, with particular focus towards integrated multiparameter systems and EEG and EMG systems used in clinical diagnosis.
• “Smart” sensors for mobile health application for health and wellness/fitness, wireless body area networks and their state of the art, with particular focus towards the use of sensors for human motion analysis.
• The process of design and development of biomedical instrumentation and electromedical systems, reference to the regulations and standards and the safety aspects.

Lectures want to cover from a theoretical point of view all the topics, which are also treated during exercises/laboratories, providing the foundation needed to understand the genesis of the data, the processing methods and the synthesis of the information required by specific applications.