Non-Invasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis

ISBN-13: 9780367875633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 500 str.

Robert B. Northrop

Opis

This text is intended for use in an introductory course in bioinstrumentation taken by seniors and 1st year graduate students in departments of biomedical engineering and possibly electrical engineering.

Spis treści

Introduction. Visual Inspection of Tissues With Endoscopes and Other Optical Devices. Sounds From Within the Body. Measurement of Electrical Potentials and Magnetic Fields from the Body Surface. NI Measurements of Blood Pressure. Body Temperature Measurements. Non-Invasive Blood Gas Sensing With Electrodes. Tests on Naturally-Voided Body Fluids. Plethysmography. Pulmonary Function Tests. Measurement of Basal Metabolism. Ocular Tonometry. NI Tests Involving the Input of Audible Sound Energy. NI Tests Using Doppler Ultrasound. NI Applications of Photon Radiation. Survey of Medical Imaging Systems Trends in NI Genomic Measurements and Diagnostics A Review of NonInvasive Therapies

O autorze

Professor Robert B. Northrop is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut. He was the original founding chairman of the department of biomedical engineering at U Conn. He has been an active instructor and researcher in medical instrumentation for over thirty years. He has authored 10 texts and reference works related to biomedical electronics, instrumentation, signal processing and genomics for biomedical engineers.