A course from Udemy about Biomedical Engineering I am skipping all pure electronics lecture and jump to biomedical instrumentation and bioelectric signals …

14. Biomedical Instrumentation

Active Transducers

  • Magnetic Induction Transducer
    • IOP sensor as an example to monitor the movement of the eye.
  • Piezoelectric Transducer
    • Sonar, acoustic
    • Most used and most famous one in medical
    • Crystal microphones
  • Photovoltaic Transducer
    • ion concentration mesaurement, hearbeat sensors from fingers
  • Thermoelectric Transducer
    • operate based on the Seebeck effect
    • voltage is generated because of temperature difference at thermocouple

Passive Transducers

  • Resistive
    • Strain Gauge
  • Capacitive
    • measures change in displacement
    • touch screens
    • weight measurement
    • body motion detection
  • Inductive