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BME 463 Computers in Medicine
3 graduate credits
Instructor: Professor Willis J. Tompkins
Phone: 608/263-1581
E-mail: tompkins@engr.wisc.edu
Course objective:
Integration of concepts from prior analog and digital coursework into a course focusing on biomedical digital signal processing algorithms for medical instruments.
Course description:
Study of biomedical digital signal processing. Emphasis on real-time analysis of electrocardiograms. Labs and programming project involve design of signal processing algorithms.
Prerequisite:
Knowledge of linear system analysis; digital system fundamentals and MATLAB computer programming.
Homework:
Problems from the textbook are assigned but not graded.
Lab:
Lab experiments will be recorded and will include signal conversion and digital processing of biomedical signals. Labs meet every week.
Lab project:
Design of signal processing algorithms for electrocardiogram processing using MATLAB on a PC.
Computer software:
PC DOS software called UW DigiScope (version 2.0) used for labs, available for download from the course web site.
Textbook:
W. J. Tompkins (Ed.), Biomedical Digital Signal Processing: C Language Examples and Laboratory Experiments for the IBM PC. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993. Out of print; available at no charge from the course website. Bound copies are available; contact the Credit Courses at a Distance for information.
Course notes:
Will be sent upon receipt of enrollment.
