Medical Sensors and Instrumentation

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explain the ethical framework governing medical technologies.
• Describe the regulations and standard that apply to medical technologies.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explain the use of electrical measurement and stimulus techniques in cardiology.
• Explain the principle of analysis and imaging using ultrasonic and optical techniques
• Describe the interactions of ionising radiation with biological material

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Non and minimally invasive patient monitoring systems.
• Medical imaging techniques and how they are applied in clinical practice.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Quantify the physical properties of various tissue (or tissue-mimicking) samples using ultrasound.

Medical imaging techniques

• MRI
• CT
• Ultrasonics
• Optical spectroscopy
• Applications and new technologies in clinical practice

Vital signs monitoring

• Pulse oximetry
• Plethysmography
• Blood gas analysis
• Smart plasters

Electrical measurement and stimulus techniques

• ECG
• EEG
• Pacemakers
• TMS

Ethics

CE marking and regulatory compliance

Ultrasound imaging practical laboratory

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

G. J. Webster (2009). Medical instrumentation: Application and Design. Hoboken: NJ Wiley.

C. R. Hill, J. C. Bamber, and G. R. ter Haar (eds.) (2004). Physical Principles of Medical Ultrasonics. NJ, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.

T. Szabo (2013). Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging: Inside Out. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.

K. Shung (2005). Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

J. D. Enderle (2012). Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. San Diego: Academic Press.

R. Cobbold (2007). Foundations of Biomedical Ultrasound. Oxford U.P.: New York.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External