- Docente: Ivan Corazza
- Credits: 1
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The student, at the end of the course, will know (a) why it is possible to acquire bioelectrical signal; (b) how it is possible; (c) how the standard ECG instrumentation works and (d) which are the limitations and the sources of errors of a standard electrocardiograph. Moreover, the student will know some basic algorithm for the ECG analysis.
Course contents
Signals acquisition (transducers, conditioning, AD conversion)
Fourier Theorem
Bioelectricity: from cellular contraction to vectocardiography
Bi and Uni-polar signal, standard 12-leads ECG
Resistance and capacitance between electrodes and skin
Electrical noise (50Hz and muscular)
Electrical patients safety (macro and microshock)
Signal analysis and HRV
Readings/Bibliography
Material provided by the teacher and available online (Virtuale).
Teaching methods
The course is made up of lectures with the support of Power Point presentations.
Assessment methods
The exam will be a multiple-choice quiz about all the content of the three modules of the whole course. The student will pass the examination by correctly answering to the 50%+1 of the questions.
Teaching tools
Office hours
See the website of Ivan Corazza