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Handbook of biomedical instrumentation

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khandpur, Raghbir Singh, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., c2014.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A. Preface to the third edition
  • B. Preface to the first edition
  • C. About the author
  • A. Part one: measuring, recording and monitoring instruments
  • 1. Fundamentals of medical instrumentation
  • Role of technology in medicine
  • Landmark developments in biomedical instrumentation
  • Physiological systems of the body
  • Sources of biomedical signals
  • Basic medical instrumentation system
  • Performance requirements of medical instrumentation systems
  • Intelligent medical instrumentation systems
  • Consumer and portable medical equipment
  • Implantable medical devices
  • Micro-electro-mechanical systems (mems)
  • Wireless connectivity in medical instruments
  • General constraints in design of medical instrumentation systems
  • Regulation of medical devices
  • Role of engineers in healthcare facilities
  • Model questions
  • 2. Bioelectric signals and electrodes
  • Origin of bioelectric signals
  • Recording electrodes
  • Silver-silver chloride electrodes
  • Electrodes for ecg
  • Electrodes for eeg
  • Electrodes for emg
  • Electrical conductivity of electrode jellies and creams
  • Microelectrodes
  • Model questions
  • 3. Physiological transducers
  • What is a transducer?
  • Classification of transducers
  • Performance characteristics of transducers
  • Displacement, position and motion transducers
  • Pressure transducers
  • Transducers for body temperature measurement
  • Photoelectric transducers
  • Optical fibre sensors
  • Biosensors
  • Smart sensors
  • Model questions
  • 4. Recording system
  • Basic recording system
  • General considerations for signal conditioners
  • Preamplifiers
  • Sources of noise in low level measurements
  • Biomedical signal analysis and processing techniques
  • The main amplifier and driver stage
  • Writing systems
  • Direct writing recorders
  • The inkjet recorder
  • Potentiometric recorder
  • Digital recorders
  • Video printers
  • Model questions
  • 5. Biomedical recorders
  • Electrocardiograph
  • Vectorcardiograph (vcg)
  • Phonocardiograph (pcg)
  • Digital stethoscope
  • Electroencephalograph (eeg)
  • Electromyograph
  • Other biomedical recorders
  • Biofeedback instrumentation
  • Model questions
  • 6. Patient monitoring systems
  • System concepts
  • Cardiac monitor
  • Bedside patient monitoring systems
  • Central monitors
  • Measurement of heart rate
  • Measusrement of pulse rate
  • Blood pressure measurement
  • Measurement of temperature
  • Measurement of respiration rate
  • Catheterization laboratory instrumentation
  • Model questions
  • 7. Arrhythmia and ambulatory monitoring instruments
  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Arrhythmia monitor
  • Qrs detection techniques
  • Data compression techniques
  • Exercise stress testing
  • Ambulatory monitoring instruments
  • Model questions
  • 8. Foetal monitoring instruments
  • Cardiotocograph
  • Methods of monitoring foetal heart rate
  • Monitoring labour activity
  • Recording system
  • Model questions.
  • 9. Oximeters
  • Oximeters
  • Ear oximeter
  • Pulse oximeter
  • Skin reflectance oximeters
  • Intravascular oximeter
  • Model questions
  • 10. Blood flow and cardiac output measurement
  • Blood flow measurement
  • Cardiac output measurement
  • Model questions
  • 11. Biomedical telemetry
  • Biotelemetry
  • Single channel telemetry systems
  • Multi-channel wireless telemetry systems
  • Multi-patient telemetry
  • Implantable telemetry systems
  • Biotelemetry application on wimax networks
  • Transmission of analog physiological signals over telephone
  • Model questions
  • 12. Telemedicine technology
  • What is telemedicine?
  • Essential parameters for telemedicine
  • Delivery modes in telemedicine
  • Telemedicine system
  • Clinical data interchange/exchange standards
  • Transmission of still images
  • Transmission of video images
  • Transmission of digital audio
  • Cyber medicine
  • Applications of telemedicine
  • Pacs (picture archiving and communication system)
  • Telemedicine: today and tomorrow
  • Model questions
  • 13. Pulmonary function analysers
  • Pulmonary function measurements
  • Spirometry
  • Pneumotachmeters
  • Measurement of volume
  • Pulmonary function analysers
  • Respiratory gas analysers
  • Model questions
  • 14. Clinical laboratory instruments
  • Medical diagnosis with chemical tests
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Spectrophotometer type instruments
  • Colorimeters
  • Spectrophotometers
  • Clinical flame photometers
  • Selective-ion electrodes based electrolytes analyser
  • Automated biochemical analysis systems
  • Model questions
  • 15. Blood gas analysers
  • Acid-base balance
  • Blood ph measurement
  • Measurement of blood pco2
  • Blood po2 measurement
  • Intra-arterial blood gas monitoring
  • A complete blood gas analyser
  • Model questions
  • 16. Blood cell counters
  • Types of blood cells
  • Methods of cell counting
  • Coulter counters
  • Portable coulter counters
  • Automatic recognition and differential counting of cells
  • Flow cytometry
  • Model questions
  • 17. Audiometers and hearing aids
  • Mechanism of hearing
  • Measurement of sound
  • Basic audiometer
  • Pure-tone audiometer
  • Speech audiometer
  • Audiometer system bekesy
  • Evoked response audiometry system
  • Calibration of audiometers
  • Hearing aids
  • Model questions
  • 18. Patient safety
  • Electric shock hazards
  • Leakage currents
  • Safety codes for electromedical equipment
  • Electrical safety analyser
  • Testing of biomedical equipment
  • Model questions
  • B. Part two: modern imaging systems
  • 19. X-ray machines and digital radiography
  • Basis of diagnostic radiology
  • Nature of x-rays
  • Production of x-rays
  • X-ray machine
  • Visualization of x-rays
  • Dental x-ray machines
  • Portable and mobile x-ray units
  • Physical parameters for x-ray detectors
  • Digital radiography
  • Model questions
  • 20. X-ray computed tomography
  • Computed tomography
  • System components
  • Gantry geometry
  • System electronics
  • Patient dose in ct scanners
  • Model questions
  • 21. Nuclear medical imaging systems
  • Radio-isotopes in medical diagnosis
  • Physics of radioactivity
  • Radiation detectors
  • Pulse height analyser
  • Uptake monitoring equipment
  • The gamma camera
  • Whole body gamma cameras
  • Emission computed tomography
  • Single-photon-emission-computed tomography (spect)
  • Positron emission tomography (pet) scanner
  • Model questions
  • 22. Magnetic resonance imaging system
  • Principle of nmr imaging system
  • Image reconstruction techniques
  • Basic nmr components
  • Biological effect of nmr imaging
  • Advantages of nmr imaging system
  • Model questions.
  • 23. Ultrasonic imaging systems
  • Diagnostic ultrasound
  • Physics of ultrasonic waves
  • Medical ultrasound
  • Basic pulse-echo apparatus
  • Imaging modes
  • Real-time ultrasonic imaging systems
  • Mechanical sector scanner
  • Multi-element linear array scanners
  • Duplex scanner
  • Modern ultrasound imaging systems
  • Area array systems
  • Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging systems
  • Intravascular imaging
  • Tissue harmonic imaging
  • Portable ultrasound systems
  • Biological effects of ultrasound
  • Model questions
  • 24. Thermal imaging systems
  • Medical thermography
  • Physics of thermography
  • Infrared detectors
  • Thermographic equipment
  • Quantitative medical thermography
  • Pyroelectric vidicon based thermographic camera
  • Thermal camera-based on ir array sensor
  • Model questions
  • C. Part three: therapeutic equipment
  • 25. Cardiac pacemakers
  • Need for cardiac pacemaker
  • External pacemakers
  • Implantable pacemakers
  • Recent developments in implantable pacemakers
  • Pacing system analyser
  • Model questions
  • 26. Cardiac defibrillators
  • Need for a defibrillator
  • Dc defibrillator
  • Implantable defibrillators
  • Types of implantable defibrillators
  • Pacer-cardioverter-defibrillator
  • Defibrillator analysers
  • Left ventricular assist device (lvad)
  • Model questions
  • 27. Instruments for surgery
  • Principle of surgical diathermy
  • Surgical diathermy machine
  • Safety aspects in electrosurgical units
  • Surgical diathermy analysers
  • Model questions
  • 28. Laser applications in biomedical field
  • The laser
  • Types of lasers
  • Laser safety
  • Model questions
  • 29. Physiotherapy and electrotherapy equipment
  • High frequency heat therapy
  • Short-wave diathermy machine
  • Microwave diathermy
  • Ultrasonic therapy unit
  • Electrodiagnostic/therapeutic apparatus
  • Pain relief through electrical stimulation
  • Diaphragm pacing by radio-frequency for the treatment of chronic ventilatory insufficiency
  • Bladder stimulators
  • Deep brain stimulation (dbs)
  • Model questions
  • 30. Haemodialysis machines
  • Function of the kidneys
  • Artificial kidney
  • Dialyzers
  • Membranes for haemodialysis
  • Haemodialysis machine
  • Home (portable) kidney machines
  • Model questions
  • 31. Lithotriptors
  • The stone disease problem
  • The shock wave
  • The first lithotriptor machine
  • Modern lithotriptor systems
  • Laser lithotripsy
  • Model questions
  • 32. Anaesthesia machine
  • Need for anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia machine
  • Capnography
  • Model questions
  • 33. Ventilators
  • Mechanics of respiration
  • Artificial ventilation
  • Ventilators
  • Types of ventilators
  • Ventilator terms
  • Classification of ventilators
  • Pressure-volume-flow diagrams
  • Modern ventilators
  • High frequency ventilators
  • Humidifiers, nebulizers and aspirators
  • Model questions
  • 34. Radiotherapy equipment
  • Use of high voltage x-ray machines
  • Development of betatron
  • Cobalt-60 machine
  • Gamma knife
  • Medical linear accelerator machine
  • Cyberknife
  • Model questions
  • 35. Automated drug delivery systems
  • Infusion pumps
  • Components of drug infusion systems
  • Implantable infusion system
  • Closed-loop control in infusion systems
  • Examples of typical infusion pumps
  • Insulin pumps
  • Model questions
  • D. References.