20-21 EE3060: Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering

In this module, you will learn about the biomedical application of engineering, specifically electronics and signal processing and how this has revolutionised modern healthcare practices.  We will look at the origin and nature of biomedical signals, such as Electrocardiogram (ECG), Electromyogram (EMG), Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Photoplethysmogram (PPG) (and how to pronounce them!).  We will learn how to acquire these signals from the human body, sample and process them for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.  We will also introduce medical imaging technologies such X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT) Scans and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and how image processing is used to enhance them.  Finally, we will learn about fundamental machine learning and pattern recognition techniques that could be applied to the biomedical data to design and build a complete working system in groups.