Measurements: Analog and Digital Measurement, Measurement Errors,
Digitization and Quantization Error, Accuracy and Precision, Measurement
Units, Dimensional Calculation
Signals: Physical Signal, Analog Signal and Noise; Energy and Power of a
Signal; Fourier series of a periodic signal; Analog Filters; Digital Signals;
Aliasing; Fourier Transform, Spectrum and Cross-Spectrum
Descriptive Statistics: Population and Statistical Sample; Statistics
Variables; Data Storage, Databases and Worksheets; Descriptive
statistics of qualitative variables; Descriptive statistics of quantitative
variables; Central Indices; Dispersion indices; Joint description of several
variables; Multi-entry tables; Linear Correlation; Statistics of a sample
and statistics of a time series;
Inferential Statistics: Probability; Probability Density and Probability
Distribution Function; Normal (or Gaussian) Probability Density; How to
decide if an observed value comes from a given population? Estimator of
the mean of a population; standard deviation vs. standard error;
Difference between means of two samples
Biopotentials: Physical Principles; Action potential of the neuron;
Microneurography; Electrodermal activity;
Electromyography: Generation of the EMG signal; electrodes; Conduction
speed; EMG signal analysis; Mechanomiography
Electrocardiogram: Heart Muscle; Cardiac mechanics; Cardiac action
potential; ECG; Electrodes and Leads; Frequency content, filtering,
sampling rate; Heart rate variability (Heart Rate Variability); HRV: Indices
in the Time Domain (Time-Domain); HRV: Indices in the Frequency
Domain (Frequency-Domain); HRV: Complexity Indexes (ComplexityDomain); HRV software
Blood Pressure: Definition of Pressure; Pressure in a liquid; Hydrostatic
pressure; Hydraulic Resistance and Hydrodynamic Pressure; Pressure in a
Heart Chamber; Vascular compliance; Invasive measurement of blood
pressure; Extravascular sensor; Intravascular sensor; Pressure waveform;
Intermittent non-invasive measurement from cuff; Sphygmomanometer
by Riva-Rocci and Korotkov; Oscillometric method; Continuous noninvasive measurement: photoplethysmographic method; Hydrostatic
Pressure as Measurement Error; Pulse Contour Analysis; Blood Pressure
Variability (BPV); BPV indices;
Photoplethysmogram: Transmittance and Reflectance; Wavelength;
Signal characteristics; PPG and Vascular Features; PPG and Heart Rate
Variability; PPG and Oxygen Saturation; PPG and Blood Pressure