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Course Detail

Course Name Biomedical Signal Processing
Course Code 15ECE325
Program B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Year Taught 2019

Syllabus

Unit 1

Signal processing: Review of Discrete time signals and systems – LTI systems – Response of LTI systems – Convolution – Difference equation representation of discrete systems Z transform – Transform analysis of LTI system – DFT. STFT – Introduction to wavelets – CWT and DWT with Haar wavelet. Introduction to biosignals: Computers in medicine. Human anatomy and physiology – Cell structure – Origin of bioelectric potentials – Biomedical signals – The Brain and its potentials. Electrophysiological origin of brain waves. EEG signal and its characteristic- ECG signal origin and characteristics.

Unit 2

Neurological signal processing: EEG analysis – Parametric modelling – Linear prediction theory; Autoregressive (AR) method; Recursive estimation of AR parameters. Cardiological signal processing: ECG parameters and their estimation – Arrhythmia analysis monitoring – ECG data reduction techniques

Unit 3

Adaptive interference / Noise cancellation: Types of noise in biosignals; Digital filters – IIR and FIR – Notch filters – Optimal and adaptive filters. Weiner filters – steepest descent algorithm – LMS adaptive algorithm – Adaptive noise canceller – cancellation of 50 Hz signal in ECG – Cancellation of maternal ECG in foetal electrocardiography.

Text Books

  1. D. C Reddy, “Biomedical Signal Processing, Principles and Techniques”, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited, First Edition, 2005
  2. Willis J Tompkins, “Biomedical Digital Signal Processing”, Prentice Hall India Private Limited, First Edition, 2006.

Resources

  1. Rangaraj M Rangayyan “Biomedical Signal Analysis – A case study approach” IEEE press series in biomedical engineering, First Edition, 2002.
  2. John G Proakis, Dimitris and G. Manolakis, “Digital Signal Processing Principles algorithms, applications” PHI Third Edition. 2006

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