Hospital and Medical Instrumentation

Recommended Prerequisites

Electronics.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is based on theoretical-practical classes where the fundamentals and applications of the more common instrumentation in hospitals are presented, and on seminars in which several professionals in the medical instrumentation field present their professional experience or the results of their research.

Students will visit clinical services to know the current status of hospital institutions, in terms of medical instrumentation, and the views of medical personnel on this instrumentation. Clinical professionals will also be invited to present talks in line with the course syllabus.

Learning Outcomes

General knowledge on the most common medical instrumentation and their operating principles.

Ability to read and understand the data and specification sheets from medical and hospital instrumentation manufacturers.

Ability to interface between hospital and medical personnel and medical instrumentation companies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Basic concepts of medical instrumentation
2. Sensors: principles and basic concepts
3. Biopotencials: origin and measurement instrumentation
4. Measurement of blood pressure
5. Measurement of blood flow and volume
6. Measurements of the respiratory system
7. Measurement of blood gases and glucose
8. Audiology
9. Clinical laboratory instrumentation
10. Instrumentation for diagnosis in ophthalmology
11. Therapeutic devices
12. Prosthetic devices
13. Electrical safety

Head Lecturer(s)

Fernando Domingues Amaro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 15.0%
Report of a seminar or field trip: 15.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, John G. Webster, 5^th Edition 2020

Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Its Applications, Sudip Paul, Academic Press, 2022, 1st Ed.

Mesut Sahin, Howard Fidel, Raquel Perez-Castillejos, Instrumentation Handbook for Biomedical Engineers, Springer, 2022

R. S. Khandpur, Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation (4th Edition, 2021)

Introdução à Instrumentação Médica. JH Correia; JP Carmo. Lidel 2013

Biomedical Photonics Handbook, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Routledge, 2015, 2nd Edition

Artigos de revistas científicas/papers in scientific journals.