{"id":480,"date":"2024-02-28T14:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe-draft\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2024-02-28T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T19:28:13","slug":"course-descriptions-bme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe\/academics\/course-descriptions-bme\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Descriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Descriptions<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Courses\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-courses\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-503\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-503\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe\/academics\/course-descriptions-bme\/\">Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-504\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-504\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ecbe\/academics\/course-descriptions-bme\/ele\/\">Electrical\/Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biomedical Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali\">\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 181<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Engineering Seminar I<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1 cr.) Seminar series given by instructor, invited experts, and students with focus on biomedical electronics, medical devices, rehabilitation engineering, medical instrumentation, and biomedical ethics. (Seminar) Pre: credit or concurrent enrollment in MTH 141 or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 207<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Introduction to Biomechanics<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Engineering analysis of the human body in equilibrium, biological tissue mechanics (stress and strain), elementary beam theory (bending and torsion) applied to bones. (Lec. 3) Pre: (MTH 142 and PHY 204 and (credit or concurrent enrollment in BIO 220)) or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 281<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Engineering Seminar II<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1 cr.) Seminar series given by instructor, invited experts, and students with focus on physiological system modeling, biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, artificial organs, and biosensors; assignments involving design and 3D printing. (Seminar) Pre: BME 181 or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 307<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Bioelectricity<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Quantitative analysis of electrical phenomena in biological cells, tissues, and organs. Action potentials and propagation in neurons, cardiac and skeletal muscle.  (Lec. 3) Pre: ((ELE 212 or 220) and (MTH 243 or 362)) or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 360<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomeasurement<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Principles of biomeasurement, basic electronics, sensors, patient safety, embedded system design with microcontrollers, programming with assembly and C languages, introduction to physiological signals,  introduction to filters. (Lec. 3) Pre: ELE 212. Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 361 required or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 361<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomeasurement Laboratory<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1 cr.) Constructing and experimenting with electronics and embedded systems using microcontrollers, assembly, and C languages, constructing an electrocardiogram (ECG) amplifier, timers, and interrupts embedded signal processing, and implementing QRS detection and heart rate meter. (Lab. 1) Pre: Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 360 is required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 362<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Instrumentation Design<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Overview of bio-measurements, Fundamentals of diagnostic and therapeutic devices, engineering standards, and regulations for medical devices; safety, noise rejection,  biomedical signal processing using computer programming, design of embedded and handheld systems. (Lec. 3) Pre: (BME 360 and BME 361) or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 363<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Instrumentation Design Laboratory<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1 cr.) Hands-on applications of electronics, embedded and handheld devices to biomedical instrumentation systems. Computer software application design for collecting, processing, and displaying signals recorded using the handheld device.  (Lab. 3) Pre: Concurrent enrollment or credit in BME 362 or permission of the instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 391<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Special Problems<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1-4 crs.) Independent study of special engineering problems. Topic and number of credits determined in consultation with the instructor.  (Independent Study)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 461<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Physiological Modeling and Control<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (BME), ELE461. Principles of physiological modeling and control of linear and nonlinear systems, stability analysis, root locus, Bode plots, linearization. (Lec. 3) Pre: ELE313, or permission of instructor. Not open to students who have credit in ELE561.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 464<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Medical Imaging<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Engineering and clinical applications of medical imaging systems including X-ray, computed tomography, radioisotope imaging, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging; picture archiving and communication system and medical image processing. (Lec. 3) Pre: (BME207 and BME360 and ELE313) or permission of instructor. Not open to students who have credit in ELE564.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 465<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Medical Image Processing Laboratory<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1 cr.) Development of medical imaging processing algorithms with graphical user interface in C++ under the Windows operating system; smoothing and sharpening filters, morphological filters, area measurement and edge tracer. (Lab. 1) Pre: credit or concurrent enrollment in BME464. Not open to students who have credit in ELE565.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 466<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomaterials Engineering<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Cross-listed as (BME), CHE 466. A biomaterial is any material designed to interact with a biological system. This course will examine the structure, properties, and processing of biomaterials in a wide variety of biomedical applications. (Lec. 3) Pre: (CHM 124 or CHM 227 and MTH 244 or 362) or permission of instructor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 468<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Neural Engineering<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Principles and technologies of neuroengineering and clinical applications; brain stimulator, spinal cord stimulation, functional electrical stimulation (FES), neural-machine interface for motor prosthesis control, artificial visual\/auditory devices for augmented sensory perception.  (Lec. 3) Pre: BME360 or permission of instructor.  Not open to students who have credit in ELE568.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 473<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Brain Signal Processing and Applications<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(4 crs.) Presents advanced techniques in brain signal processing including time-frequency analysis (e.g., wavelet), spatial filters (e.g., Laplacian filters), data reduction techniques (e.g., PCA), and machine learning algorithms (e.g., LDA). (Lec. 3, Rec. 1) Pre: {(MTH243 or equivalent), and (MTH451 or STA409 or ISE311 or equivalent), and (ELE314 or equivalent), and Matlab programming} or by permission of instructor. Familiarity with topics in ELE501, ELE506, and ELE509 is highly recommended. Not open to students who have credit in ELE573.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 484<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design I<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(3 crs.) Applications of engineering skills; team projects in biomedical areas such as neuroengineering, assistive technology, cardiopulmonary measurements, medical imaging, and modeling of physiological systems. First of a two-course sequence. (Lec. 2, Lab. 3) Pre: (BME 207 and 362) or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. (D1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 485<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design II<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(2 crs.) Applications of engineering skills; team projects in biomedical areas such as neuroengineering, assistive technology, cardiopulmonary measurements, medical imaging, and modeling of physiological systems. (Lec. 1, Lab. 3) Second of a two-course sequence.  Pre: BME 484 or permission of instructor. Not for graduate credit. (D1)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uri-kuali-course\">\n  <div class=\"uri-kuali-course-header\">\n    <span class=\"uri-kuali-course-code\">BME 491<\/span>\n    <h3 class=\"uri-kuali-course-title\">Special Problems<\/h3>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"uri-kuali-course-description\">(1-4 crs.) Independent study of special engineering problems. Topic and number of credits determined in consultation with the instructor.  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