Course Syllabus

College: Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT)

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Program: Biomedical Engineering
Academic Year: 2021-2022
Semester: Fall ☐ Spring

1.
Course Title: Bio-signal Processing Course Code BME401

Number of Credit Hours, Contact Hours, and Prerequisites:

Credit Hours: Theory: 3 Lab: 1 Tutorial: 0
Contact Hours: Theory: 3 Lab: 2 Tutorial: 1
Prerequisite(s) (if any): Signals and Systems (BME303)
Co-requisite(s) (if any):

2. Instructor’s Name and Contact Information:

Name: Rabah Mohammed Al abdi Office No.: 285-10
[email protected] Office Tel.: -
E-mail:

3. Catalog Course Description:

• Nature of Biomedical Signals:
Reasons for studying Biomedical signal processing, What is a signal?. Some typical sources of
Biomedical signals. Why do we process signals. Types of signals, deterministic, stochastic. Types of
noise?
• Discrete signals:
Types of discrete signals, signals representation by impulses, discrete signals operations,
• Discrete systems:
Discrete systems operation, linearity, time invariance, causality, digital filters (FIR and IIR)
realization digrams.
• Digital Convolution:
Analytical evaluation of discrete convolution, convolution of finite sequences
• Frequency Response:
Discrete Time Fourier Transform(DTFT), Discrete Fourier Transform ( DFT), Fast Fourier Transform
(FFT).
• Z-transform:
Z-transform of discrete signals, region of convergence, stability, realization of filters using
difference equation and impulse response.
• Design of Digital Filters:

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 IIR filter design by approximating a CT filter, IIR filter design by impulse invariance, IIR filter design
by bilinear transformation. Biomedical examples of IIR digital filter design, IIR Filter design by
minimization of an error function, FIR filter design, Frequency-Band transformations, Biomedical
applications of digital filtering.
• Nonlinear Models of Biomedical Signals:
Introductory exercise: EEG analysis. Random processes, Introduction, white noise, mean and
autocorrelation function of a random process, Stationarity and Ergodicity. General linear processes,
Yule-Walker equations.
• DSP Programing exercises using Matlab.

4. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
Corresponding Program
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Describe the nature of various Biomedical signals (Deterministic and

1
stochastic) and calculate the energy and power of signals.
2. Express discrete signals and systems using difference equations and
1
test systems for linearity, Time variance, and causality.
3. Calculate discrete convolution using various methods. 1
4. Develop realization diagrams for FIR and IIR filters. 2
5. Perform frequency domain transformation of biomedical signals using
1
Z-transform, FT, DFT, and FFT.
6. Design digital filters for various applications. 1, 2
7. Signal processing using DSP software (MATLAB). 1, 2, 6

5. Week-by-week Course Topics and Contents (Theory Class):

Week Topics and Contents Corresponding CLOs (#)

Nature of Biomedical Signals: 1

Reasons for studying Biomedical signal processing, What is a
1 signal? Some typical sources of Biomedical signals. Why do we
process signals. Types of signals, deterministic, stochastic. Types of
noise?

Discrete signals 2
2 Types of discrete signals, signals representation by impulses,
discrete signals operations,

Discrete systems 2
3 Discrete systems operation, linearity, time invariance, causality,
digital filters (FIR and IIR) realization digrams.

Digital Convolution 3
4 -5 Analytical evaluation of discrete convolution, convolution of finite
sequences

6–7 Frequency Response: Discrete Time Fourier Transform(DTFT), 4

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 Discrete Fourier Transform ( DFT), Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).

Z-transform 5
Z-transform of discrete signals, region of convergence, stability,
8 realization of filters using difference equation and impulse
response.

Design of Digital Filters 6

IIR filter design by approximating a CT filter, IIR filter design by
impulse invariance, IIR filter design by bilinear transformation.
9 - 11
Biomedical examples of IIR digital filter design, IIR Filter design by
minimization of an error function, FIR filter design, Frequency-
Band transformations, Biomedical applications of digital filtering
12 - 14 Applications of DSP on biomedical signals 7
15 Revision

6. Week-by-week Experiment Topics and Contents:

Week Experiment # Experiment Title

Familiarization with MATLAB, Selection Structures – Using If-Else in MATLAB,
2. 1
Repetition Structures – Loops
3. 2 User Controlled Inputs and Outputs
4. 3 Manipulating Images and Graphics
5. 4 Using GUI on MATLAB
Generation of unit step, impulse, ramp, exponential, sinusoidal and cosine
6. 5
function
7. 6 Stability test
8. 7 Sampling theorem
9. 8 Convolution – Discrete and Circular
10. 9 Autocorrelation and Discrete correlation
11. 10 Filters
12. 11 Butterworth analog low pass filters, high pass filters,
13. 12 Butterworth bandpass filters
14. 13 Processing and analysis of ECG signal

7. Out-of-Class Assignments:

# Assignment Title Submission Due Date

1
2
3

8. Course Assessment:
Course Assessment Tools:
Assessment Tool1 Weight (%)
First Test 10

1
You may add other assessment tools, as appropriate for your course.
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 Mid-Term Exam 20
Out-of-class Assignments 5
Second Test 10
Lab Work & Lab Exam 25
Final Exam 30

9. Teaching and learning methodologies, including any use of online instruction:

15 weeks (3 hours/week) of classroom lectures and discussion
14 weeks (2 hours/week) of laboratory experiments and Tutorial

10. Course texts, recommended readings, instructional material and learning resources .
a. Course Text book
Title: Biomedical Signal Processing and Signal Modeling
Author(s): Eugene Bruce
Edition: 2001 Edition
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publications
Publishing Year: 2001
ISBN: ISBN: 0471345407

b. Reference books or recommended readings

• Oppenheim A. and Schafer R., Discrete-time Signal Processing, 2nd Edition, 1999, Prentice Hall.
• William J. Tompkins, Biomedical Digital Signal Processing, Prentice-Hall Publications.
• Rangaraj M. Rangayyan , Biomedical Signal Analysis, A case study approach, IEEE-Wiley.
• Brozino Biomedical Engineering Handbook, , 2nd Edition, CRC/IEEE Press 2000.
• John L. Semmlow, Biosignal, and Medical Image Processing, Second Edition (Signal Processing and
Communications) , Publisher: CRC Press; 2 edition (October 24, 2008).

Instructor’s Signature: Rabah Al abdi Date: August-28-2022

Head of Department’s Signature: Date:

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