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EE 520 TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Credit: 1 Area: Biomedical Engineering (BE) PIC: Geddes Prerequisite: Admission by consent of instructor. (May be repeated for credit.) Description: This course is designed to present a broad spectrum of examples illustrating how electrical engineering is used in the basic life and medical sciences. Each week, life-science research and medical-practice problems are presented by a speaker who is an authority in his/her field. The speakers are drawn from engineering, veterinary medicine, biology, and industry. This is an interdisciplinary course of value to the undergraduates and graduates. Three reports are required on topics selected from those presented by the speakers. EE 522( PROBLEMS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL EVENTS (BIOL 563, VPH 522) Credit: 4 Area: Biomedical Engineering (BE) PIC: Biomedical Engineering Staff Prerequisite: Consent of instructor must be obtained at least one year prior to registering for the course. Description: Lectures devoted to the methods used to measure physiological events with demonstrations and laboratory exercises to emphasize the practical aspects of quantitative measurements on living subjects. The systems covered are cardiovascular, respiratory, central and peripheral nervous, gastrointestinal and renal. Text: L.A. Geddes and L.E. Baker, Principles of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation, John Wiley, 3rd Edition, 1989. (0-471-60899-8) Outline: Weeks 1. Events of the Cardiac Cycle 1.0 2. Mechanical Aspects of Respiration 1.0 3. Indirect Blood Pressure  4. The Strength-Duration Curve of Excitable Tissue 1.0 5. Record Analysis and Examination 1.0 6. Nerve Propagation Velocity 1.0 7. Pulse Wave Velocity 1.0 8. Electrocardiographic Trainer 1.0 9. The Electrocardiogram of the Turtle 1.010. Anesthesia and Blood Pressure in D