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Laboratory Project 3: Model of Tissue Impedance

 

Report Contents and Grading

 


  30            Communication

        –        IEEE single column, double spaced format, title, author, etc. (–20 pts if not used)

        5        Style (written in the style of article, rather than disjointed figures and tables)

        5        English (grammar, punctuation, and etc.)

        5        Clarity (purpose of each section clearly explained)

        3        Succinctness and precise wording (detailed information in as few words as possible)

        3        Organization (ease of locating figures/code/equations/etc.)

        3        Section numbers and headings (use section numbers shown below)

        3        Equations explained (at least one sentence between equations)

        3        Figures complete (every figure numbered, captioned, and referred to in text)

    4            Abstract (succinct summary of results, including numerical values as appropriate)

    4     I.    Introduction

        3        Motivation for lab [create oscillator circuit, measure tissue impedance, determine tissue type]

        1        State report organization [briefly describe contents of sections that follow]

  22    II.    Wein-Bridge Oscillator (Lab 3 Section IV)

                  A.    Circuit Operation

        1                Introduction of section [purpose is to explain Wein-bridge oscillator circuit; include Fig. 4]

        4                Explain operation of Wein-bridge oscillator circuit

                  B.    Derivation of Equations Governing Oscillation

        8                Derivation of Equation (1)

        2                Derivation of equation for frequency of oscillation, ω0

                  C.    Calculated and Measured Waveform

        4                Calculated R1 value and other components used

        3                Describe experiment with measured v0 [include Matlab plot from IV.C.5]

  20  III.    Tissue Impedance Measurement (Lab 3 Section V)

                  A.    Circuit Configuration

        1                Introduction of section [purpose is to explain tissue impedance measurement; include Fig. 5]

        4                Explain use of voltage divider to identify Rt and Cc [explain at a high level; include Fig. 3]

                  B.    Measured Waveforms and Calculated Rt and Cc

        8                Derivation of formulas for Rt and Cc as function of V0 and V1

        3                Measured v0 and v1 [include Matlab plot from V.C.2]

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

        2                Calculated values of Rt and Cc

  15   IV.    Tissue Parameters and Published Tissue Data (Lab 3 Section VI)

                  A.    Conductivity, Relative Permeability, and Power

        1                Introduction of section [purpose is to compare measured tissue impedance with published data to determine tissue type, if possible]

        3                Calculated value of σ

        3                Calculated value of εr

        3                Calculated value of S

                  B.    Comparison of Measured and Published Values

        3                Table III

        1                Comment on apparent composition of measured biceps tissue

        1                Comment on safety of S versus published FDA limit

    4    Conclusion (summarize key results; include numerical values as appropriate)

    1    References (list citations for published data)