Fall 2008
Welcome to the homepage for BIOE 414: Biomedical Instrumentation. The course can be found in the Course Schedule here.
Lecture meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00-11:50 pm, in Room 103 of Transportation Building.
Textbook: "Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition," John Webster, Editor (Amazon). Earlier editions of the text are similar, but may have different homework problems. The copy on reserve at the Grainger Libary may be an earlier edition.
Grades are maintained on Illinois Compass.
| Schedule (numbers refer to book chapters) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 8/25-29 | Introduction and 1 | Chapter 1, cont. | Chapter 1, cont. |
| 9/2-5 | No class | Chapter 2 | Chapter 2, cont. Homework 1 Due |
| 9/8-12 | Chapter 2, cont. | Chapter 3: op amps and op amp circuits | Chapter 3: instrumentation amps Homework 2 Due |
| 9/15-19 | Chapter 4: resting potential (animation link) |
Chapter 4: action potential (animation link) |
Quiz 1 Bring an 8.5x11 note sheet and a calculator. |
| 9/22-26 | Chapter 4: ENG, EMG, ECG | Chapter 4: ECG, cont. | Chapter 4: EEG, Chapter 5 Homework 3 Due |
| 9/29-10/3 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 Homework 4 Due |
| 10/6-10 | Chapter 7, cont. | Chapter 7 and literature searching | Chapter 8 Homework 5 Due |
| 10/13-17 | Chapter 8, cont. | Midterm exam review | Midterm exam |
| 10/20-24 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 9, cont. | Midterm answers Homework 6 Due |
| 10/27-31 | Chapter 10 Hemoglobin movie |
Chapter 10, cont. | Chapter 11 Homework 7 Due |
| 11/3-7 | Chapter 11, cont. | Nanotechnology for biosensors | Nanoparticles in medicine and AFM Homework 8 Due |
| 11/10-14 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 12, cont. | Quiz 2 |
| 11/17-21 | Chapter 12, cont. | Chapter 12, cont. | Chapter 12, cont. Homework 9 Due |
| 11/24-28 | Fall break | ||
| 12/1-5 | 13 | 13 | 14 Homework 10 Due |
| 12/8-10 | 14 | Final exam review | No class |
| 12/12-19 | Final Exam: 12/18 at 8:00am | ||