Indicative contents

• Introduction to computers in medicine (10%).
  Characteristics of medical data, Evolution of microprocessor-based system, microcomputer based medical systems, Electrocardiography system (as an example)
• Signal Conversion (10%)
  Sampling basics, conversion requirements for biomedical signals, signal conversion circuits
• Time and frequency domain techniques (10%):
  The fourier transform, correlation, Convolution, power spectrum estimation, frequency domain analysis of ECG
• Basics of Digital filtering (10%):
  The z-transform, elements of digital filter, types of digital filter, transfer functions of digital filters, z-plane pole-zero pot.
• FIR filter (10%):
  Characteristics of FIR filter, smoothing filter, notch filter, window design, frequency sampling, minmax design, FIR filter design
• IIR filter (10%)
  Equations of IIR filter, simple one-pole example, integrators, design methods for 2-pole filter, IIR filter for ECG analysis
• Adaptive Filter (10%)
  Principle noise canceller model, 60-Hz noise cancelling using a sine wave model, applications of adaptive filter, 50 Hz adaptive filter
• Signal Averaging (10%)
  Basics of signal averaging, Signal averaging as digital filter, a typical averager, software for signal averaging, limitations of signal averaging,
• Data Reduction Techniques (10%)
  Tuning point algorithm, AZTEC algorithm, Fan algorithm, Huffman coding,
  Case Study: Complete ECG system
   

Recommended reading

• Books
  1. Willis J Tompkins; Biomedical Digital Signal Processing; PHI, 2001.
  2. Emmanuel C Ifeachar & Barrie W Jervis, Digital Signal Processing-A practical approach, Pearson education, 2002.
  3. Sanjit K Mitra, Digital Signal Processing- A computer based approach, Tata McGraw-Hill edition, 2001.
  4. John G. Proakis & Dimitris G. Manolakis , Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms and Applications, 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 1996.
  5. Alan Oppenhein & Ronald Schafer, Discrete-Time Signal Processing, 2nd ed.
  6. Prentice Hall, 1999.
  7. Hanselman & Littlefield, Mastering MATLAB 6, Prentice-Hall, 2001.

   

• Journals
  1. Digital Signal Processing: A review Journal

   

• Magazines
  1. IEEE Signal Processing

   

• Internet Sites
  1. http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rms
  2. www.ti.com
  3. http://www.eg3.com/dsp
  4. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk

   

• Laboratory:
  1. Hardware : PC with MATLAB tool
  2. Software : MATLAB 7
  3. Software Manuals : MATLAB User Manual