Introductory description

ES97K-15 Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering

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Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

• Introduction
  o Fundamentals
  o Basic Signal Processing Techniques
  o The need for Computational Intelligence (CI) in BME
• Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)
  o Basics
  o Architectures
  o Optimization and Learning
  o Popular ANN architectures and learning algorithms
• Support Vector Machines (SVM)
  o Classifiers and Classification
  o Support Vector Classifiers
  o Support Vector Regression
  o Training SVMs
• Hidden Markov Models (HMMs)
  o The Markov Chain
  o The Hidden State
  o Types of HMMs
• Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic
  o Fuzzy Sets
  o Fuzzy Membership Functions
  o Fuzzy Operations
  o Applications of Fuzzy Systems
• Applications of CI to BME case studies:
  o Cardiology – ECG feature extraction, disease diagnosis
  o Neurophysiology – disease detection and diagnosis, EMG & neuromuscular disease
  o Biomechanics and Gait Analysis – recognition of pathological/ageing and falls-risk, aligned to gait

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a systematic knowledge of the complex physical and physiological principles that underpin the measurement of biomedical signals/ data. [M1]
• Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the principles of computational intelligence. [M1, M3]
• Systematically apply computational intelligence techniques to extract relevant information from biomedical signal measurements/ data. [M1, M2, M3]
• Critically assess the appropriateness of different computational intelligence techniques for various problems in the field.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of techniques applied to biomedical signals/ data against specific benchmarks.
• Evaluate and critique the application of CI techniques in a recent research paper [M1, M2, M4]

Indicative reading list

1. R. Begg, D.T.H. Lai and M. Palaniswami, Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, CRC Press, 2008,ISBN-13: 978-0-8493-4080-2
2. A V Oppenheim & R W Schafer, Discrete-time Digital Signal Processing, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0131988422 ISBN-10: 0131988425 Edition: 3rd, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
3. M. Hagan, H.B. Demuth and M. Beale, Neural Network Design, PWS Publishing Company, ISBN-13: 0-534-94332-2
4. Selected articles from scientific journals, including:
   a. IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 0018-9294
   b. Medical Biological Engineering and Computing, ISSN: 1741-0444 (electronic version)

Subject specific skills

TBC

Transferable skills

TBC