MAS509 Biomechanical and biomedical instrumentation

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Mekatronikk, masterprogram

Undervisningsspråk

English

Innhold

This course will provide the students with necessary knowledge about biomedical sensors, biomechanical sensors and measurement methods to design assistive and health technology.

• Biomechanical sensors and measurement methods
• Biomechanical measurement in diagnostic, rehabilitation and training
• Biomedical sensors and measurement methods
• Human machine interface and event detection
• Signal acquisition processing, fusion and feature extraction methods
• Image processing and machine vision
• AI applied in assistive technology

Læringsutbytte

On successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• understand the basis in the theory of biomedical measurement systems, including sensors, signal conditioning methods, measurement techniques, patient interfacing and instrumentation used in assistive and healthcare technology
• understand the basis in the theory of biomechanical measurement systems, including motion, force sensors and visual motion capture system
• understand the basis in the theory of machine vision for human behavior analysis, fall and irregularity detection
• understand the basis in the machine vision an image processing related to assistive and health technology
• demonstrate how signals from biomechanical sensors can be fused for physical activity assessment and feature extraction
• demonstrate how wearable sensors and systems can be used in home monitoring, telemedicine and smart home control
• write a scientific report

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

Compulsory assignments must be approved in order to take the examination.

Information will be given in Canvas when the semester starts.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Lectures, compulsory laboratory exercises, assignments.

 

Estimated workload for the average student is approximately 200 hours.

Studentevaluering

Emneansvarlig i samråd med studenttillitsvalgt fastsetter evalueringsform og om emnene skal ha midtveis- eller sluttevaluering, jf. kvalitetssystemet kapittel 4.1. Informasjon om evalueringsform for emnet publiseres i Canvas.

Tilbys som enkeltemne

Ja

Eksamen

4 hours individual written exam. Graded assessment.