Medical Sensors & Measurement Technique
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Medical Sensors & Measurement Technique Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Medical Sensors & Measurement Technique (subject code 4330302) as prescribed for ELECTRICAL · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 21 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4330302)Unit 1 Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentat ion
- 1.1. 'Man-Instrumentation system':
- 1.1.1. Components and their functions.
- 1.1.2. Measurement,Measu rand, Transducer, Sensor, Actuator and Electrode.
- 1.1.3. Characteristics of the Measurement System: Accuracy, Precision, Resolution, Sensitivity and Errors (Gross, Systemic and Random).
- 1.2. Problems encountered in measuring a living system: such as inaccessibility, variability, lack of knowledge, interaction among physiological systems, effect of transducer on measurement, artifacts, energy limitation.
Unit 2 Basic transduction principles
- 2.1.1. Classification of transducers Active and Passive transducers
- 2.2. Transduction principles
- 2.2.1. Active transducers: piezoelectric transducers, thermoelectric transducers, and photoelectric transducers.
- 2.2.2. Passive Transducers: resistive transducers, inductive transducers, capacitive transducers. Medical Sensors and Measurement Techniques Course Code: 4330302
Unit 3 Pressure and flow measuremen t
- 3.2. Transducers for Blood pressure measurement:
- 3.2.1. Catheter end type transducers
- 3.2.2. Fiberoptic tip type transducer
- 3.3. Transducers for Blood Flow measurement: Electromagnetic blood flow meter, ultrasonic blood flow meter
- 3.4. Transducers for Respiratory gas flow measurement: Elastoresistive type transducer
Unit 4 Temperature and Level Sensors
- 4.1. Systemic and Skin surface temperatures and Units of temperature measurement.
- 4.2. Thermometers: Mercury, Digital thermometer with thermistorand Infrared.
- 4.2.1. Mercury thermometers vs Digital thermometers
- 4.2.2. Working principle of Infrared thermometers
- 4.3. Level sensors
- 4.3.1. Basic working principle of Manometer type level sensor
- 4.3.2. Basic working principle of ultrasonic type level sensor Medical Sensors and Measurement Techniques Course Code: 4330302 Note:The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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