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Overview and Course Goals
I intend to cover topics that are related to wireless sensor
measurements and their analysis. Specific applications in the following areas will be presented:
- Electronic implants (e.g., neural implants, cardiac pacemakers)
- Smart surgical instruments (e.g., instruments with pressure
sensors)
- Electronic health care (e.g., wireless pulse and ECG
measurements)
Topics:
- (Micro) sensors, MEMS
- Passive telemetry
- Bluetooth and other transmission protocols
- Signal processing
I plan to give this course in English (verbal presentations, slides,
handouts, exams). However, I am open to include some summaries in
German. A course in English is a great opportunity for you to apply and
improve your English. During the exam (as well as before), I will
provide help in case that you do not understand something because of the
English language.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or
suggestions. In particular, I would greatly appreciate your feedback on
topics that you find interesting. I am quite flexible and will strongly
consider curriculum changes based on such input from you.
Dates, Topics, Files
The documents, animations, videos etc. on this page are copyright
protected. They can be used for teaching purposes only. Please do not
distribute them.
01) February 20, 2009
Topics: overview
(electronic implants)
Files:
presentation,
problem set
02) February 27, 2009
Topics: an example biomedical engineering project (distractor)
Files:
presentation,
problem set
03) March 6, 2009
Topics: sterilization
Files: presentation,
problem set
04) March 13, 2009
Talk: Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids, by Simon Gutmann [slides]
Talk: Surgical Navigation, by Stephen Villiger [slides]
Other topics: origin of biosignals (resting and action potentials, nerve conduction,
electromyography)
Files: presentation,
problem set
05) March 20, 2009
Talk: Neural Implants, by Matthias Darioli [slides]
Talk: Defibrillators, by Dawei Chen [slides]
Other topic: intracorporeal energy harvesting
Files: presentation,
problem set
06) March 27, 2009
Talk: Future Electronic Implants, by Cédric Antille [slides]
Talk: Retinal Implants, by Priska Rindlisbacher [slides]
Talk: Wearable Electronics for Healthcare Applications, by Reto Hirsig
[slides]
Other topics: MRI and fMRI introduction
Files: presentation,
problem set
Links:
MRI
link 1,
MRI link 2
07) April 3, 2009
Talk: Cardiac Pacemakers, by Raphael Gränicher [slides]
Talk: Smart Instruments, by Andreas Richard [slides]
Other topic: brain imaging application using fMRI
Files: presentation,
problem set
08) April 17, 2009
Talk: Measuring Heart Cells with Multi-Electrode Arrays
by Jonas Reber, Etienne de Coulon, and
Christian Dellenbach [slides]
Other topic: electromyography (contd.)
Files: presentation
09) April 24, 2009
Midterm Exam
Topics: EMG signal analysis
Files: presentation
10) May 1, 2009
Topics: EMG signal decomposition, biosignal acquisition
Files: presentation
11) May 8, 2009
Talk: Sensors to Measure Breathing, by Mathieu Amiet [slides]
Talk: RFID, by Corrado Mario Wagner [slides]
Talk: Transmission Protocols for Wireless Sensors, by Lukas Frei [slides
- not relevant for the exam]
Other topics: ethics
Files: presentation
12) May 15, 2009
Talk: Electronic Hip and Knee Prosthetics, by Patric Eichelberger [slides]
Talk: Nanotechnology in Biomedical Engineering, by Virginien Perrenoud [slides]
Other topics: electrodes
Files: presentation,
problem set
(Note of May 22, 2009: This is the final problem set. It now
includes questions on RFID and nanotechnology. The talk of Lukas Frei is
not relevant for the exam.)
May 22, 2009
No class ("Auffahrt")
13) May 29, 2009
Final Exam
Talk: Intracorporeal Energy Harvesting, by Vinzenz Bandi [slides are
confidential]
Topics: electrodes
Files:
presentation
14) June 12, 2009
Topics: exam results, personal project examples, project breathing
measurement (with demo)
Files:
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Grading
- Grading
- 10 % student presentations
- 40 % midterm exam
- 50 % final exam
- Student presentations
- Each student prepares a 15-minute presentation
- After the presentation, there is a 5-minute time slot for
questions and discussions.
- I will provide individual one-to-one confidential feedback
regarding the presentation.
- I encourage all students to use this opportunity to give their
talks in English. Remember, I will not grade your presentations.
- Please hand in a problem and a sample solution to this problem
for each talk (MS Word or plain text format). I will integrate these
problems into my problem sets.
- Students receive either 0 % or 10 %.
- Requirements to get 10 %:
- "Decent" 15-minute talk, preferably in English
- Slides (to be handed in on the day of the talk)
- Problem (to be handed in on the day of the talk)
- Problem solution (to be handed in on the day of the talk)
- Midterm exam
- April 24, 2009, 15:05 - 15:50
- The exam problems will be in German/French.
- Written, closed-book exam (no aids)
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Final exam
- May 29, 2009, 15:05 - 15:50
- The exam problems will be in German/French.
- Written, closed-book exam (no aids)
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Relevant topics: day 9 (April 24, 2009) - day 12 (May 15,
2009)
- How to prepare for the exams?
- Find the solutions to the problem sets on your own and make sure that you understand them
and that you can solve them without aids.
- Study the slides, understand the topics, and be able to
explain the important concepts.
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