Spring 2008

Welcome to the homepage for BIOE 415: Biomedical Instrumentation Lab. The course can be found in the Course Catalog here.

Lecture meets Wednesdays, 12:00-12:50 pm, in Room 163 of Everitt Lab.
Labs meet Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, 1:00-3:50 pm, in Room 3107 of Digital Computer Lab.

Textbook: "Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition," John Webster, Editor (Amazon)
This is that same textbook used in BIOE 414.

Schedule
Week Lecture Lab Other Documents
1/14-1/18 Introduction and lab safety Introduction to lab. Print out Lab Rules and bring with you. Lab Rules (pdf)
1/22-1/25 Review of circuits and lab equipment No lab this week. Read Safety Document and email Safety Quiz answers to Ken by 5pm on 1/25. CDC electrical safety manual (pdf)
Safety Quiz
1/28-2/1 Frequency domain Lab 1: Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation Lab
2/4-2/8 Non-linear devices Lab 2: Passive Filters and Interference
2/11-2/15 Operational amplifiers Lab 3: Diodes, Transistors, and Photoplethysmography
2/18-2/22 Instrumentation amplifiers Lab 4: Operational Amplifiers
2/25-2/29 Sensors Lab 5: Instrumentation Amplifiers
3/3-3/7 Lab practical preparation Lab 6: Biomedical Sensors
3/10-3/14 Measuring biopotentials Lab Practical
3/17-3/21 Spring Break
3/24-3/28 Electrocardiography Lab 7: Biopotential Amplifier
3/31-4/4 Other cardiovascular instrumentation Lab 8: Electrocardiography I
4/7-4/11 Electromyography Lab 9: Electrocardiography II
4/14-4/18 Extra credit labs Lab 10: Electromyography
4/21-4/25 No lecture Extra credit labs
4/28-4/30 Final Exam preparation No lab
5/5-5/9 Final Exams