Equipment in the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory includes:
- three thermographic cameras;
- a sixteen-channel biological signal acquisition system for collecting myoelectric signals, ECGs, and EEGs;
- AlphaMOS Prometheus and Cyranose electronic noses;
- electrical impedance tomography and respiratory inductance plethysmography systems;
- a benchtop NMR spectrometer; and
- ultrasonic medical imaging/measurement systems
Advanced technologies being developed for diagnostics and treatment include:
- signal processing and compression of medical data in noisy environments;
- artificial intelligence systems for estimating clinical outcomes in neonatal intensive care and other medical situations;
- intelligent sensor systems for remote monitoring;
- myoelectric control of upper arm prostheses, prediction of gene regulation and protein structure and function through bioinformatics;
- diagnostic aid tool for rheumatoid arthritis;
- imaging of regional lung function using electrical impedance tomography; and
- ultrasonic medical imaging and diagnosis as well as applications in telesurgery and telemedicine.