Principles of Bioinstrumentation

PART I: ANALOG INSTRUMENTATION.

Review of Electronic Devices.

Operational Amplifiers and Instrumentation Amplifiers.

Systems Theory.

PART II: ORIGINS OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS.

The Origin of Biopotentials.

Human Biopotentials.

Signals and Noise in Biological Systems.

PART III: BIOLOGICAL TRANSDUCERS.

Biopotential Electrodes.

Ion Sensitive and Amperometric Electrodes.

Mechanical Transducers.

Temperature Transducers.

Light Sources and Detectors.

Flow Transducers.

Analog Linearization Techniques.

PART IV: DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION.

Review of Digital Electronic Devices.

Talking to Computers.

Interfacing Computers to the Outside World.

Digital Signal Processing.

Safety Considerations in Bioinstrumentation.