Technology and Data Acquisition

Overview

Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of a range of medical technologies and their applications by studying the principles of measurement science, data acquisition and analysis for the biomedical sciences

Requisites

Teaching Periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Semester 1

Hawthorn

26-February-2024
26-May-2024

10-March-2024

31-March-2024

12-April-2024

02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Describe the components and operating principles of medical technologies
Describe current and emerging technologies related to medical monitoring and treatment
Apply scientific and quantitative approaches to biomedical measurement and data acquisition
Acquire and analyse physiological signals using biomedical instrumentation
Critically evaluate a medical technology and its applications
Program Labview software for computer based data acquisition and display

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture	3.00	12 weeks	36
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial Labs	2.00	6 weeks	12
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Various	5.00	6 weeks	30
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning	6.00	12 weeks	72
TOTAL			150

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Assignment	Individual	20%	1,2,3,5
Examination	Individual	50%	1,2,3
Laboratory Log	Individual	30%	1,3,4,6

Content

Fundamentals physical sciences for physiological measurement
Fundamentals of biomedical instrumentation
Medical Technologies
Electronic circuits
Analogue and digital signals
Introduction to Labview software
Telemedicine and remote monitoring
Digital health and the future

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.