Bioinstrumentation

Teacher(s)

Germany Morrison Enrique Ignacio (compensates Verleysen Michel); Mouraux André; Verleysen Michel;

Language

English
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Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

With respect to the AA referring system defined for the Master in Biomedical Engineering, the course contributes to the development, mastery and assessment of the following skills : AA1.1, AA1.2, AA1.3 AA2.1, AA2.2, AA2.3, AA2.4 AA3.2 AA5.3 AA6.1, AA6.2, AA6.4

Content

• specifics of measurements and instruments in clinic and biology
• electric and magnetic stimulation and recording
• use of other energy types (indications, methods and interest)
• safety notions (patient and user protection, asepsis and sterilization, device compatibility)
• application examples, especially those requiring a mathematical analysis (ECG, EEG, evoked potentials, etc..)
• descriptive methods of data analysis
• single- and multi-variable analysis
• linear and non-linear regression
• classification
• principal components analysis
• frequency analysis of signals, spectrum and sampling

Teaching methods

• Ex-cathedra course. 
• Practical sessions on computers supervised by teaching assistants. 
• Meetings with biomedical instrument users and/or manufacturers (hospitals, pharmacology industry, and instrument manufacturers).
• Project to be carried out by group of 1-2 students aiming to apply concepts covered during the lessons and practical sessions. 

Evaluation methods

Language of assessment: English.
The assessment consists of two parts:

1. An assignment to be completed during the semester, which is discussed during the oral examination.
   
2. An oral examination covering the lectures and practical sessions.
   

Part (1) accounts for 20% of the final grade, and part (2) for 80%.
During the second examination session, the grade obtained for the assignment submitted during the first session is carried over and only the oral examination is reassessed, unless no assignment was submitted during the first session or the student explicitly requests to submit a new assignment. In the latter case, the student must contact the course coordinator.

Other information

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Online resources

Course: LGBIO2020 - Bioinstrumentation (uclouvain.be)

Bibliography

Le contenu présenté lors des exposés théoriques, de même que quelques articles scientifiques de référence, sont disponibles sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

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