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Laboratory Project 3: Model of Tissue Impedance

 

Laboratory Notebook Contents and Grading

 


  30            Communication

      4          Work recorded in notebook (rather than pasted in)

      8          Complete information: task descriptions, diagrams, data, reproducible one year later

      4          Written in Ink

      4          Student Signed every page

      4          Student Dated every page

      6          TA Signature for every lab session (-3 each session missed)

  32   IV.    Wein-Bridge Oscillator

                  C.    Procedure

      8                  1)   Balanced bridge equation (derive Equation (1) relating R, L, and C values)

      8                  2)   Frequency of oscillation (derive expression for ω0)

      6                  3)   Compute value of R1 for ω0 = 2π(25 kHz) (list value of R1)

      2                  4)   Construct Wein-bridge circuit (schematic and comments about construction)

      4                  5)   Measure Wein-bridge circuit output with no load (Matlab® plot of v0)

      4                        Table II filled in with measured values

  18    V.    Tissue Impedance Measurement

                  C.    Procedure

      8                  1)   Derive formulas for Rt and Cc as function of V0 and V1

      4                  2)   Measure values of v0 and v1 (Matlab® plot)

      2                  3)   Measured value of electrode surface area, A, and separation, d

      2                  4)   Calculated values of V0 and V1 from measured v0 and v1

      2                  5)   Calculated values of Rt and Cc

  15   VI.    Tissue Parameters and Published Tissue Data

                  A.    Procedure for Calculation of Conductivity, Relative Permeability, and Power

      3                  1)   Calculated value of σ

      3                        Calculated value of εr

      3                        Calculated value of S

                  B.    Procedure for Comparison of Measured and Published Values

      4                  1)   Table III filled in with measured values

      2                  2)   Comment on safety of S versus published FDA limit

    5            Conclusion

      5          Comment on shortcomings/possible improvements of the lab exercise