Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Practical
Seminar
Module Offerings
4501ICBTBE-APR-PAR
4501ICBTBE-JAN-PAR
4501ICBTBE-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module is intended to provide learners about the basic biomedical concepts used in the field of biomedical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine: It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to improve healthcare diagnosis, monitoring and therapy.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify the divisions of biomedical engineering and the importance of biomedical engineers in the healthcare industry, demonstrating an understanding of professional and ethical conduct.
2.
Evaluate anatomical and physiological divisions of the human body.
3.
Explain the basic fundamentals of biomedical instrumentation.
4.
Investigate the working principle of different types of transducers used in medical devices.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1. Overview of Biomedical Engineering: Divisions of biomedical engineering, activities of biomedical engineers, ethical issues in biomedical engineering.
2. Overview of the Human Physiological Systems: Brief description of anatomical and physiological divisions of the human body, Human Cell structure and function Resting and Action Potentials, Bio electric Potentials, Source of Biomedical signals
3. Fundamentals of Biomedical Instrumentation: Basic Biomedical Instrument, Performance requirements of Medical Instrumentation systems, General constraints in design of Medical Instrumentation systems
4. Bioelectric signals and Electrodes: Recording Electrodes, Silver-silver Chloride Electrodes, Electrodes for ECG, Electrodes for EEG, Electrodes for EMG, Electrical Conductivity of Electrode Jellies and Creams, Microelectrodes
5. Basic Transducer and principles: Classification of Transducers, Performance Characteristics of Transducers, Displacement, Position and Motion Transducers, Pressure Transducers, Transducers for Body Temperature Measurement, Photoelectric Transducers, Optical Fibre Sensors, Biosensors, Smart Sensors
Additional Information:Learners will need access to appropriate laboratory, library and IT facilities.