EECE 4512 — Healthcare Technologies: Sensors, Systems, and Analysis
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLecture
Examines healthcare technologies using both theory and hands-on approaches. Testing, imaging, and data collection are essential tools medical specialists use to treat patients and the primary contribution of engineers to healthcare.Covers the physics and physiology behind the newly defined concept of digital biomarkers; the electronics needed to collect these biomarkers; analysis techniques for processing and interpreting the data; and invasive (swallowable/implantable), on-body (wearable), and contactless systems for data collection. Examines safety issues, ethics, and regulatory hurdles from both an industry and research perspective. In the hands-on labs, offers students an opportunity to follow the steps of creating a startup or conducting new research and assembling a microcontroller-based sensor system for collecting digital biomarkers.