Biomedical engineering post grad course

[shah.k...@gmail.com]

Will a post grad course in bio medical engg after graduation in
computer engg be good for career?
Actually how much coding and development is involved in biomedical
field?
How will a graduation in computer engineering help a post graduation
in biomedical engineering.

[Randy Crawford]

I have degrees in CS and bio and work for a big pharma, partly in image
processing and analysis. I did this by taking two additional courses (so
far) after my MS in CS. I expect to take a couple more, probably in DSP
and machine learning.

From what I've seen, most BME work falls into several major forms:
medical image and/or signal processing/analysis, medical device
development, medical instrumentation, and to a small degree, in-silico
disease modeling.

Among these, a cs/ceng background has value if you then add 2-4 courses
in: image processing, medical image acquisition, signals & systems,
digital signal processing (DSP), etc. You'll be capable of working in
image processing which is a common form of employment for BMEs.

But if you want to work in the forms of BME that require more background
in bio or engineering, you have maybe a dozen more courses to take:
biochemistry, quantitative physiology, molecular biology, differential
equations, partial diff eq and boundary problems, medical
instrumentation, etc.

In general, there's not much overlap between mainstream engineering and
computer engineering. In my opinion, the latter is a misnomer, perhaps
better named "computer architecture".

Randy