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BMES-822 Selected topics in Biomedical Engineering
Campus SMME
Programs PG
Session Spring Semester 2017
Course Title Selected topics in Biomedical Engineering
Course Code BMES-822
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes Only for Engineering Students
Course Objectives The primary objective of this course is to introduce various latest topics in Biomedical Engineering research and development. This course will cover the concepts for modeling an artificial medical system using computational softwares. The course is designed to cover all the invasive and non-invasive implant commercially available for different medical applications.
Detail Content
  • Introduction to Physiological Signals and sensors
  • Measuring Voltage and capacitance
  • Introduction to electrical stimulation
  • Basic semiconductor theory
  • Bipolar junction transistor switches for electrical stimulation
  • Types of electrical stimulators
  • Bone fixation devices
  • Upper Limb prosthesis
  • Lower Limb prosthesis
  • Spinal cord neurostimulators
  • Cardiovascular prosthetic devices
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Retinal prosthetic devices
  • Computational modeling of human organs
  • ODE’s and PDE’s in computational modeling
Text/Ref Books BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY and DEVICE HANDBOOK
by James Moore
Time Schedule Fall or Spring Semester
Faculty/Resource Person Umar Ansari
Discipline: Biomedical Engineering
Specialization: Medical device designing, Active implants