1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Image construction methods real-time ultrasound,
interactive and filtered back-projection methods in
tomography, algorithms and software implementation.
Image enhancement methods colour coding, edge detection,
noise reduction, digital subtraction, entropy methods.
Interpretation of images image quality and contrast, system
MTFs, ROC curves, information theory.
Recommended reading
Webbs (ed.), The Physics of Medical Imaging, Bristol, lop, 1992
SP538 Clinical Engineering Management
12. 5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites :Must satisfy course entry requirements
Assessment: Examination and laboratory reports
A subject in the Masters of Engineering by coursework
(Biomedical Engineering)
0 biedives
To gain familiarity with current practices regarding
management of clinical engineering services within the
hospital system
Content
Equipment maintenance scheduling and preventative
maintenance. Equipment procurement. Electrical safety
standards and safety testing. Application of computer
databases. Budgeting and financial management. Casemix
funding and provision of biomedical engineering services.
Education roles of BME departments.
Recommended reading
Bruner, J.M.R. and Leonard, P.F., Electrical Safety and the Patient.
Chicago: Year Book, Medical Publishers, 1989
Webster, J.G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and
Instrumentation, New York: Wiley, 1988
Webster J.G., Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design,
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1992.
SP54 1 Signal Processing
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: University level mathematics subjects
Assessment: assignments
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Biomedical Instrumentation) and the Master of
Engineering by coursework (Telecommunications,
Computer Systems Engineering and Biomedical
Instrumentation)
Objedive
To provide a grounding in the fundamentals of signal and
-. image processing, and to examine a number of representative
applications, together with a brief discussion of tomographic
techniques.
Content
Signal Processing:
Interpolation and spectral approximation of signals. The
Fourier transform. Sampling and Discrete Signals. The Fast
Fourier transform. Linear Time-invariant Systems. Random
processes. Signal estimation and detection.
Image Processing:
Acquisition. Enhancement. Restoration. Segmentation and
Feature Extraction. Reconstruction. Encoding.
Recommended reading
Bracewell, R.N., The Fourier Transform and its Applications. New
York, McGraw Hill, 2nd rev. edn. 1986
Gonzales, R.C. & Wintz, P.W., Digital Image Processing. 2nd edn.
Reading, Mass, Addison-Wesley, 1987
Kay, S.M., Modern Spectral Estimation: Theory and Application.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1988
Oppenheimer, A.V. and Schafer, R.W., Discretetime Signal
Processing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1989
SP545 Instrument Programming and
Interfacing
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: practical work, reports,
assignments, examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma/Masters of Applied
Science (Biomedical Instrumentation)
Obiedive
The study interfacing of time critical signals to a computer.
To study the IEEE 488 Instrumentation Bus and theI2c Bus.
to show how instruments can be treated as computer
peripherals.
Content
Interfacing: The Forth language. Using I/O ports and basic
data acquisition functional blocks. Interface timing.
Multitasking. Interrupt handling.
Busses: An introduction to the IEEE 488 bus.
An introduction to the I2c bus.
Recommended reading
Hendtlasss, T., Real Time Forth, Mountain View Press, 1994
SP547 Instrument Electronics
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SP533 or equivalent Corequisites:
Assessment: examination, assignment and laboratory reports
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma/Masters of
Applied Science (Biomedical Instrumentation)
Obiedive
To develop expertise in the use of electronic circuits.
Content
Instrumentation transducers;
negative feedback techniques and applications;
non-ideal and high performance operational amplifiers;
reduction of noise and interference. isolation.
grounding, shielding and filtering;
phase locked loops;
analogue to digital and digital to analogue conversion.
Recommended reading
Millman, J and Grabel, A., Microelectronics, 2nd edn, N.Y.
McGraw-Hill, 1987