Virtual instruments in undergraduate biomedical engineering laboratories

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 101-110

  Trumbower, Randy D ^c   Enderle, John D ^a,b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTER; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENGINEERING; GENERATOR; GONIOMETRY; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENT; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS; THINKING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0141706716     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2003.1237509     Document Type: Review

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