B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Sensors and Actuators Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the Second Year Biomedical NEP 2020 syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The University also publishes a REV-2019 'C' Scheme syllabus for these same two semesters, which is what ATKT candidates of the earlier batches sit. Check which scheme your examination form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Sensors and Actuators
Module I: Sensors Introduction
- Generalized medical instrumentation system; Sensors characteristics: Accuracy, precision, resolution, reproducibility, sensitivity, drift, hysteresis, linearity, input impedance and output impedance
Module II: Displacement, Force and Pressure Sensors
- Strain gauges, L.V.D.T., capacitive sensors; Piezoelectric sensor, Diaphragms, Load cell, Bourdon tube, Medical Applications
Module III: Temperature and Radiation Sensors
- Thermistor, thermocouple, resistive temperature detector; IC-based sensor, IR sensor, Photomultiplier tube, Photo-resistive sensor, Medical Applications.
Module IV: Biopotential Electrodes
- Electrode circuit model, electrode-skin interface, Body surface electrodes; Internal electrodes: Needle and wire electrodes (different types); Microelectrodes: Metal and supported metal micropipette (metal filled glass and glass micropipette) electrodes.
Module V: Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
- pH, PCO2 , PO2 electrodes; ISFETs; Fiber optic sensor, Optical and piezoelectric Biosensor, Medical Applications
Module VI: Actuators
- Definition, linear; rotary Actuators, Pneumatic actuator, Hydraulic actuator , Diaphragm pump, Control valves; Micro Actuator, Relays, Principle of operation and its application: D. C. motors, Servo motors, Stepper motors, Medical applications
Text Books
- 1 Medical Instrumentation-Application and Design, John G. Webster, Wiley India Private Limited.
- 2 Instrument Transducers: An Introduction to Their Performance and Design, Hermann K. P. Neubert, Oxford University Press.
- 3 Biomedical Sensors: Fundamentals and Applications, Harry N. Norton, Noyes Publications.
- 4 Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications, Bansi Dhar Malhotra and Chandra Mouli Pandey, Smithers Rapra Technology.
- 5 W. Bolton-Mechatronics, Pearson Education Limited.
- 6 Control system components, B. Chatterjee, Khanna Publisher.
- 1 Principles of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation, L.A. Geddes and L.E. Baker, Wiley India Pvt Ltd.
- 2 Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, Leslie Cromwell, Erich A. Pfeiffer and Fred J. Wiebell, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
- 3 Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement, Richard Aston, Merril Publishing Company.
- 4 Measurement Systems, Application and Design, Ernest O. Doeblin, McGraw Hill Higher Education.
- 5 Robert H. Bishop-The Mechatronics Handbook, 2nd Ed., Mechatronic Systems, Sensors and Actuators, fundamentals and modeling.
- 6 Control system components, MD desai, PHI learning
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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