- Design of Medical Instrumentation
- Medical transducers and signal processing
- Physical diagnostics
- Monitoring technologies
- Medical measurement techniques in the medicine
HL1016 Medical Measurement and Monitoring 7.0 credits
We are glad to welcome you to the course Medical Instrumentation. During this course, you will learn about physiological sensors, their characteristics, possibilities, limitations and sources of errors.
Information per course offering
Information for Spring 2026 Start 16 Mar 2026 programme students
- Course location
KTH Flemingsberg
- Duration
- 16 Mar 2026 - 1 Jun 2026
- Periods
Spring 2026: P4 (7 hp)
- Pace of study
33%
- Application code
60637
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
- No information inserted
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
- Part of programme
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus HL1016 (Spring 2026–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus HL1016 (Spring 2026–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After completion of the course, the students will be able to
infer requirements and limitations for medical instrumentation for a specific context of use bygga, modifiera och utvärdera medicinsk mätteknik på ett självständigt sätt
explain the function, identify characteristics and motivate the choice of a instrumentation technology given specific requirements
build, modify and evaluate medical instrumentation in an independent way
analyse and interprete physiological data, measurements, and signals
illustrate, summarize, and
explain information in concise and clear form
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Basic knowledge of medicine and medical technology equivalent to course HL1201
Basic knowledge of electricity and measuring techniques equivalent to course HE1200
Practical knowledge of usage of laboratory measurment equipment from the laboratory part of HE1200.
Recommended prerequisites
Basic knowledge of medicine and medical technology equivalent to course HL1201
Basic knowledge of electricity and measuring techniques equivalent to course HE1200
Practical knowledge of usage of laboratory measurment equipment from the laboratory part of HE1200.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- RED1 - Account, 7.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle