MSc Biomedical Devices

The profile Biomedical Devices offers a specialisation profile for students following either the Microelectronics or Signal & System tracks. The specialisation focusses on: Biosensors, BioMEMS and Microsystem Integration or Biomedical Circuits and Systems when choosing it as a part of the Microelectronics track or Biomedical Signal Processing when choosing it as a part of the Signals andSystems track.

Biomedical Devides are devices for medical diagnosis, monitoring and treatment. They can be fixed, portable, wearable, implantable and injectable. Biomedical Devices are active and thus embed electronics, computing and software.

Examples of biomedical devices are:

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Ultrasound (US) imaging;
• Monitors for pulse oximetry, blood pressure, glucose, electrocardiography (ECG), electro-encephalography (EEG), electro-myography (EMG), electro-corticography (ECoG), temperature, galvanic skin response, bio-impedance;
• Smart watches, smart patches, smart textiles, smart catheters, smart implants;
• Cardiac assist devices, cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD)
• Devices for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), focussed ultrasound stimulation (FUS);
• Cochlear implants, retinal implants, spinal cord implans;
• Neurostimulators, brain-machine interfaces, organs-on-chip devices, bioelectronic medicine, electroceuticals

Subprofiles

There are three subprofiles: BioSemi (part of the track Microelectronics of the Electrical Engineering programme), BioCAS (part of the track Microelectronics of the Electrical Engineering programme) and BioSP (part of the track Signals & Systems of the Electrical Engineering programme).

Examples of research topics as studied in the groups involved:

• Biosensors
• Smart catheters
• Organs on chip
• Electrodes and optrodes
• Flexible implants
• Transcutaneous US neuromodulators
• Power-efficient neurostimulation
• Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting
• Autonomous vital sign monitoring
• 3D trans-esophagal echography (TEE)
• Low-field MRI
• Combined functional ultrasound and EEG brain imaging
• Speech processing for hearing aids and cochlear implants
• Detection and classification of cardiac arrhythmias, e.g. AF

Which groups are involved?

• BE (Bioelectronics)
• EI (Electronic Instrumentation)
• ECTM (Electronic Components, Technology and Materials)
• SPS (Signal Processing Systems)
• MS3 (Radar)
• TS (MRI)

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