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Subject: Medical Instrumentations

Lecturer: MSc. Mohammed Tareq Fakhri


Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

Medical instrumentation System

Every instrumentation system has at least some of the functional


components shown in Figure (1). The primary flow of information is from left to
right. Elements and relationships depicted by dashed lines are not essential. The
major difference between this system of medical instrumentation and
conventional instrumentation systems is that the source of the signals in living
tissue or energy applied to living tissue.

Fig. 1 generalized medical instrumentation system

The sensor converts energy or information from the measurand to another form (usually
electric).This signal is the processed and displayed so that humans can perceive the
information. Elementsand connections shown bydashed lines are optional for some
applications.

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Subject: Medical Instrumentations
Lecturer: MSc. Mohammed Tareq Fakhri
Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

Measurand
Any quantity subject to measurement in the human body

 It may be Physical quantity, property, or condition that the system measures


 Accessibility: it may be internal, body surface, emanation from the
body, ortissue sample
 Category: biopotential, pressure, flow, dimensions, displacement,
impedance,temperature, and chemical concentration
 Localization: organ or anatomical structure

Sensor
 Transducer (sensor) is a device that converts one form of energy to
another(electric) , the transducer should be
- Specific
- Minimization of the extracted energy
- Minimally invasive
 It consist of two parts Primary sensing element and variable
conversionelement

Signal Conditioning
Amplification, filtering, impedance matching, A/D conversion, DSP, etc.

Fig. 2 Example for Signal Conditioning

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Subject: Medical Instrumentations
Lecturer: MSc. Mohammed Tareq Fakhri
Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

Output Display
It has many types

 Visual sense
- Numerical or graphical
- Discrete or continuous
- Permanent or temporary
 Auditory sense
 Tactile sense

Fig. 3 Examples of Output Display

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Subject: Medical Instrumentations
Lecturer: MSc. Mohammed Tareq Fakhri
Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

Auxiliary Elements
 Calibration

 Control and feedback

 Storage + Transmission

Its system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and
provides common services for computer programs in medical instrumentation
devices. There are many modes that use in medical issue such as.

Fig. 3 Examples of system modes

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Subject: Medical Instrumentations
Lecturer: MSc. Mohammed Tareq Fakhri
Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

Direct-Indirect Modes
 Accessible (noninvasive or invasive) direct mode
 Not accessible indirect mode
- Cardiac output (CO) by Fick method, dye dilution, or thermodilution
- Morphology of internal organs by X-ray shadows
- Pulmonary volumes by thoracic impedance plethysmography

Sampling and Continuous Modes

 Frequency content of the Measurand : temperature (sampling)


or ECG(continuous)
 Objective of the measurement
 Condition of the patient
 Potential liability of the physician

Generating and Modulating Sensors

 Generating sensor: measurand produces output from the energy taken


directlyfrom itself, like photovoltaic cell.
 Modulating sensors: measurand alters the flow of energy from an
externalsource, photoconductive cell

Analog and Digital Modes

 Analog: continuous in time and continuous in amplitude.


 Digital: discrete in time and take only a finite number of different values
- Greater accuracy
- Repeatability
- Reliability
- Noise immunity
- No periodic calibration
- Readability (in display)

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Subject: Medical Instrumentations
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Class: Second Class
Academic year: 2023-2024
Lecture: First lecturer

 Analog sensor, indirect digital sensor, and digital sensor


 Data conversions: ADC and DAC

Real-Time and Delayed-Time Modes

 Short processing time real-time mode


 Long processing time delayed-time mode

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