Medical Measurement Methods

Due to shortage in staff, the MMM will unfortunately have to be cancelled in the winter semester 2025/26.

Introduction to measurement characteristics, how to turn a mechanical value into an electrical value, how to measure the temperature, height, speed, mass, torque, blood pressure, blood flow, and muscle contraction (weak noisy signals) of a patient.

After participating in this course you should be able to:

• Explain the basic principles of a sensor
• Describe measurement properties
• Explain how a physical value is converted into a digital value
• Implement basic electrical circuits transforming physical values into electrical values
• Explain measurement methods of multiple different physical quantities in medical engineering
• Implement signal amplifiers and methods to reduce signal noise
• Select and set up the appropriate sensor for a given medical application

Overall, this course will be very hands-on and the majority on methods learned will also be implemented in the labs following the lecture.

• Students of the M.Sc. programme Medizintechnik or Maschinenbau/MGT
• Specialisation 'Medizingerätekonstruktion'
• Highly interested in creating devices that interact with the body

• 2 + 2 SWS, 6 LP, EF
• Lecture and hands-on lab (each week)
• Written Exam
• Course Language: English
• Max. 32 Students

The registration takes place on C@MPUS.

You can contact us via mmm@imt.uni-stuttgart.de.

The lecture is offered each winter term. 

All lectures dates can be found on C@MPUS.