This is the PGECET entrance test syllabus for Bio Medical Engineering:

PGECET-2014
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Bio Medical Engineering (BM)
Engineering Mathematics:
Differential and integral calculus. Partial and total differentials. Composite functions. Systems of linear equations.
Matrices and determinants, rank, Cramer’s rule. Differential equations. Homogeneous and non homogeneous.
Power series. Theory of complex variables, Cauchy-Reimann equations. Cauchy’s residue theorem. Singular points,
evaluation of residues. Probability: Conditional probability, mean, median, mode and standard deviation; random
variables; Uniform, Normal, Exponential, Poisson and Binomial distributions.

Biomedical Engineering

Bioelectricity: Resting Potential. Action Potential. Nernst Equation. Propagation in myelinated and
unmyelinated nerve fibres. Origin of biopotential signals like ECG, EEG, EMG and EOG. Biopotential electrodes.
Medical Instrumentation and Equipment: General characteristics of medical instruments. Analytical
Instrumentation. ECG, EEG, EMG, Cardiac Pacemaker, Defibrillator, X-ray machine, Hemodialyses, Ventilator,
Heart -lung Machine, and Surgical diathermy. Biomechanics and Biomaterials: Mechanical properties of bone and
soft tissues. Viscoelasticity. Analysis of forces in skeletal joints. Mechanics of blood flow in the
cardiovascular system. Biocompatibility. Characteristics of an ideal biomaterial. Metals, polymers and ceramics. .
Biomedical signal processing and Imaging : QRS detection methods. Rhythm analysis. ECG pattern recognition.
ECG data compression algorithms. Detection of resting rhythms. Ultrasound, CT, MRI, PET. Techniques of Image
enhancement and reconstruction. Biological Control Systems: General features of biological control systems.
Regulation of body temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate.

Electronic Engineering

Electronic devices and circuits: p-n junction, BJT, MOSFET characteristics, basic amplifier configurations, biasing
of BJT and JFET, difference amplifier, R-C coupled amplifier, frequency response, feedback in amplifiers, power
amplifiers, power rectification. Pulse and digital circuits: Linear and non linear wave shaping, sweep circuits,
Multivibrators, logic gates Boolean algebra, arithmetic circuits, TTL, MOS, CMOS, flip-flops, counters, shift
registers, 8-bit microprocessor architecture, programming and interfacing. Signals and Systems: Representation of
continuous and discrete-time-signals; linear, time -invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of
continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier, Laplace and Z-transforms.

Electrical Engineering

Topological description of a network, KVL, KCL, Mesh and nodal analysis. First and second order circuits, RL, RC
and RLC circuits. forced and natural response of a network to step, impulse and sinusoidal inputs, Transient and
steady state response. Laplace-transform method of solution. Network theorems. Implications of Linearity, Signal
analysis, Two port networks. Electrical machines: Single phase transformer, three phase transformers, DC machinestypes
of winding, generator characteristics. Starting and speed control of motors. Three phase and single phase


induction motors principles Control systems: Principles o f feedback, transfer function, block diagrams, steady-state
errors. Stability. Routh and Nyquist techniques.

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Bridges and potentiometers, PMMC, moving iron, dynamo meter and induction type instruments. Measurement of
voltage, current, power, energy and power factor. Instrument transformers. Digital voltmeters and multimeters.
Phase, time and frequency measurement. Q”meters; oscillo scopes, Potentiometric recorders.
Transducers: Basic requirements, passive and active transducers. Operating principles of transducers for
measurement of displacement, temperature, pressure and flow. Signal