B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Syllabus and Subjects 2024

Roumik Roy

The B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation syllabus deals with the study of all sorts of instruments included in the healthcare sector. The course educates the students with the measures required under such a situation. A degree in B.tech Biomedical Instrumentation helps students learn the research and development, manufacturing, software development, electronics, and handling of the instruments and equipment used in the medical sector.

Semester Wise B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Syllabus

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation is one of the most sought-after courses due to the high popularity of the job sector and increase in popularity. However, to broaden learning vision and manage several domains under biomedical. The subjects are allocated according to the current trends in biomedical Jobs and the companies' requirements.

The following subjects are included in the curriculum, which provides a basic understanding of engineering concepts and a deeper understanding of Biomedical and its elements.

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation First Year Syllabus
Semester I	Semester II
Mathematics 1 & 2	Physics
Chemistry	Material Sciences
Environmental sciences	Basics of civil and mechanical engineering
Basics of electrical and electronic engineering	Engineering Mechanics
Thermodynamics	Communicative English
Practical	Projects

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Second Year Syllabus

Semester III	Semester IV
Mathematics 3 & 4	Electric circuit analysis
Electronic circuits	Electric devices
Human Anatomy & Physiology	Switch theory and Logical Design
Electrical and Electronic Instruments	C++ & Data structure
Dynamics of Biofluids	Material strengths
Medical Instrumentation	Practical

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Third Year Syllabus
Semester V	Semester VI
Control System Engineering	Embedded systems in Medicine
Microprocessors	Principles of Diagnostics and Therapeutic Equipment
Linear integrated circuits	Medical informatics
Signals and Systems	Digital Image Processing
Biomechanics	Medical Instrumentation
Practical	Biomedical Signal Processing

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Fourth Year Syllabus
Semester VII	Semester VIII
Principles of radiological equipment	Advanced biomedical instruments
Biomaterials	Engineering economics
Hospital safety and management	Biotelemetry
Practical	-

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Subjects

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation subjects are classified as core and elective. Students can choose elective subjects based on their interests, career scopes, or future education goals.

Core Subjects:

Engineering Mathematics
Control Theory
Analog and Digital Electronics
Basic Clinical Science
Anatomy & Physiology

Elective Subjects:

Medical Imaging
Introduction to Computation Protein Structure
Mathematical Biology
Introduction to Genomics
Neuron Models

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Course Structure

In general, a B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation course is structured as a core and elective subject. The course is divided into eight semesters designed to integrate knowledge, understanding, intellectual, practical, and transferable skills across engineering and its interface with the life sciences. It focuses on the common principles and theories that are associated while making measurements in living organisms. The course structure is:

VIII Semesters
Core and Elective subjects
Internship
Project Submission

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Teaching Methodology and Techniques

Through this course, the students will understand, learn and use different engineering disciplines and apply these concepts in the medical and biological stream. The course delivery methods include lectures, lab work, industrial training, assignments, workshops, etc. During this course, students are also encouraged to take up a research project and industrial training. In the final assessment, the students are graded on theory paper, term work (assignments), lab work, and research project. In short, the teaching methodology and techniques are:

Assignments
Lab work
Industrial training
Workshops
Group Discussions
Seminars
Research Project
Viva

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Projects

Biomedical Instrumentation projects are taken up to enhance the student's engineering and biological training to solve problems related to health and healthcare globally relevant and based on ethically sound principles. Popular B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation projects are:

Introducing an e-Health Card for Developing Countries
Embedded Internet for Pulse Oximeters
Microcontroller Based Heart Rate Monitor
Microcontroller based Wireless Temperature and Heart Beat Read-out

B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation Reference Books

Listed below are essential books which can be used for reference in the course B.Tech Biomedical Instrumentation are:

Books	Authors
Medical Instrumentation – Application and Design	John G Webster
Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement	Richard Aston
Transducers for Biomedical Measurements: Principles and Applications	Richard S C Cobbold
Measurement Systems, Application, and Design	Ernest O Doeblin