AI in Bio-Medical Instrumentation

Definition – Future of Artificial Intelligence Characteristic of Intelligent Agents – Typical Intelligent Agents –Problem Solving Approach to Typical AI problems. Problem solving by Searching: Uninformed and informed strategies and implementation; Path planning; Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSP). Knowledge Representation: Logical Agents– Propositional and first order Predicate logic-– inference– Knowledge representation and Automated Planning– Uncertain Knowledge and Reasoning: Quantifying uncertainty– probabilistic reasoning;

Man- Instrumentation system Components, Problems encountered in measuring a living system. Basics of Anatomy and Physiology of the body. Bioelectric potentials: Resting and action potentials, propagation of action potential, The Physiological potentials – ECG, EEG, EMG, ERG, EOG and Evoked responses. Electrodes and Transducers: Electrode theory, Biopotential Electrodes- Surface electrodes, Needle electrodes, Microelectrodes, Biomedical Transducer.

Electrocardiography – ECG amplifiers, Electrodes and Leads, ECG –Single channel, Three channel, Vector Cardiographs, ECG System for Stresses testing, Holter recording, Blood pressure measurement, Heart sound measurement. Pacemakers and Defibrillators. Patient Care & Monitoring: Elements of intensive care monitoring, displays, diagnosis, Calibration & Reparability of patient monitoring equipment. Processing of physiological signals (ECG, EEG) using AI algorithms.

Physiology of Respiratory system. Measurement of breathing mechanism – Spirometer. AI powered Respiratory Therapy equipments: Inhalators, Ventilators & Respirators, Humidifiers, and Nebulizers & Aspirators. Nervous System Measurements using AI algorithms: Physiology of nervous system, Neuronal communication, Neuronal firing measurements.

Electroretinogram, Electro-oculogram, Ophthalmoscope, Tonometer for eye pressure measurement. Diagnostic Techniques using AI algorithms: Ultrasonic diagnosis, Eco-cardiography, Eco-encephalography, Ophthalmic scans, X-ray & Radio-isotope diagnosis and therapy, CAT-Scan, Emission computerized tomography, MRI