MILESTONES

National and International Recognition

• The pioneering work done by the Center for Medical Electronics in the various fields of Medical Sciences has won for it both National and International acclaim. To mention a few of the activities of the Center in the past;
  
  
• It has designed and developed an 8-channel, 12 bit, computerized data acquisition system with freedom to choose various combinations of channels and displays. Application of advanced signal processing techniques as Wavelet transforms, Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm based solutions leading to identification of abnormalities of Electrocardiography, Vectorcardiography and Cardiac Activity.
  
  
• It has developed a low-cost video add-on card to Personal Computers to enable capturing of Medical-still images with 8-bit resolution.
  
  
• It has researched in the area of Medical Imaging with emphasis on angiographic images to yield various parameters like volumes at end systole and end diastole, compliance, ventricular circumferential fibre shortening, and other ventricular volume and contractile parameters.
  
  
• It has developed an educational multimedia CD-ROM package for the cardiovascular system, dealing with the anatomy of the heart, simulation of the various cardiovascular dynamics like the sequential formulation of Electrocardiography, Vectorcardiography, diastole and systole.
  
  
• It has also developed various other simulation packages for arrhythmia classification, blood volume control mechanism, cardiac healthcare system applying fuzzy logic, and an Electro-Myography system
  Apart from the regular project works, the gadgets done by the students at the Center have won both National and International awards.
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AWARDS

• Portable Electronic Speaking Aid
• National Technology Award,Govt. of India - 1990
• Portable Electronic Speaking Aid
• Vincent Bendix Award, IEEE(USA) - 1990
• Electro Larynx
• National Technology Award, Govt. of India - 1991
• Electronic Pilot for Hearing Impaired
• National Technology Award, Govt. of India - 1991
• Screen Reader for the Blind
• Vincent Bendix Award, IEEE(USA) - 1992
• Communication Aid for Spastics
• Vincent Bendix Award, IEEE(USA) - 1994
• Functional Electrical Stimulation for Upper Extremity
• Best Project Award, Tamilnadu Science and Technology - 1995

All these award winning projects were guided by Dr. G. Ravindran, Professor and Head of the Center for Medical Electronics. Other than these projects, Lip assisted control unit for quadriplegics and Optically controlled wheelchair for quadriplegics was nominated for the National Technology Award,1993,by the Govt. of India.