Biosignal Acquisition and Processing

In this course, students learn about different physiological signals of electrical type such as Electrocardiography (ECG), Electroencephalography (EEG), Electromyography (EMG), and of non-electrical type such as blood pressure, blood flow-rate, cardiac output, cardiac rate, heart sound, respiratory rate, blood PH, plethysmography, blood gas analysis, etc. Students learn the origins of the biosignals, how they are collected and measured, what kind of sensor technology is required, and how they are analyzed. Signal processing techniques for different types of biosignals are discussed, including preprocessing for the removal of artifacts, coding, feature extraction, and modeling. The course includes hands-on sessions aiming to program these techniques in Matlab/Python, apply them to biomedical signals, and critically evaluate their performance.