Fall 2008
Welcome to the homepage for BIOE 415: Biomedical Instrumentation Lab. The course can be found in the Course Schedule here.
Lecture meets Wednesdays, 12:00-12:50 pm, in Room 243 of Mechanical Engineering Building.
Labs meet Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 1:00-3:50 pm, in Room 3107 of Digital Computer Lab.
Textbook: There is no required textbook, but you may find "Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition," John Webster, Editor (Amazon) to be helpful. This is the same textbook used in BIOE 414.
Grades are maintained on Illinois Compass.
| Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Lecture | Lab | Other Documents |
| 8/25-29 | Introduction and lab safety | Lab 1: Basic Measurements and Oxygen Sensors | Syllabus |
| 9/2-5 | Review of op amps | No lab this week. Sign up for practice lab time if needed. | Read CDC electrical safety manual and email Safety Quiz answers to Ken by 5pm on 9/5. Safety Quiz |
| 9/8-12 | Passive and active filters | Lab 2: Operational amplifiers | |
| 9/15-19 | Instrumentation amplifiers | Lab 3: Passive and active filters | |
| 9/22-26 | Temperature and pressure sensors | Lab 4: Instrumentation amplifiers | |
| 9/29-10/3 | Lab practical review | Lab 5: Temperature and pressure sensors | |
| 10/6-10 | Diodes, transistors, and photoplethysmography | Lab practical | |
| 10/13-17 | Measuring biopotentials | Lab 6: Photoplethysmography | |
| 10/20-24 | Electrocardiography | Lab 7: Biopotential amplifiers | |
| 10/27-31 | Other cardiovascular instrumentation | Lab 8: Electrocardiography | |
| 11/3-7 | Electromyography | Lab 9: Cardiovascular instrumentation | |
| 11/10-14 | Glucometry | Lab 10: Electromyography | |
| 11/17-21 | No lecture | Lab 11: Glucometry | |
| 11/24-28 | Fall break | ||
| 12/1-5 | Final review | Lab makeup | |
| 12/8-10 | Final exam Please contact me ASAP if you cannot take the final on 12/10. |
No lab | |
| 12/12-19 | Optional final exam date is 12/12. | ||