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 (Complexity-Domain); 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 non-invasive 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