Third edition
edited by Joseph D. Bronzino
Medical Devices and Systems reviews the currently available technologies and lays a foundation for the next generation of medical devices.
Features:
- Surveys traditional and state-of-the-art technologies and methods in current practice in the biomedical field
- Presents new and updated material contributed by a team of world-renowned experts
- Contains new sections on infrared imaging and medical informatics
- Includes a 32-page full-color insert filled with illustrations
Contents
Biomedical Signal Analysis
- Biomedical Signals: Origin and Dynamic Characteristics
- Digital Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing
- Compression of Digital Biomedical Signals
- Time-Frequency Signal Representations for Biomedical Signals
- Wavelet (Time-Scale) Analysis in Biomedical Signal Processing
- Higher-Order Spectral Analysis
- Neural Networks in Biomedical Signal Processing
- Complexity, Scaling, and Fractals in Biomedical Signals
Imaging
- Computed Tomography
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Nuclear Medicine
- Ultrasound
- Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
- Positron-Emission Tomography (PET)
- Electrical Impedance Tomography
- Medical Applications of Virtual Reality Technology
Infrared Imaging
- Advances in Medical Infrared Imaging
- The Historical Development of Thermometry and Thermal Imaging in Medicine
- Physiologies of Thermal Signals
- Quantitative Active Dynamic Thermal IR-Imaging and Thermal Tomography in Medical Diagnostics
- Thermal Texture Maps (TTM): Concept, Theory, and Applications
- IR Imagers as Fever Monitoring Devices: Physics, Physiology, and Clinical Accuracy
- Infrared Imaging of the Breast - An Overview
- Functional Infrared Imaging of the Breast: Historical Perspectives, Current Application, and Future Considerations
- Detecting Breast Cancer from Thermal Infrared Images by Asymmetry Analysis
- Advanced Thermal Image Processing
- Biometrics: Face Recognition in Thermal Infrared
- Infrared Imaging for Tissue Characterization and Function
- Thermal Imaging in Diseases of the Skeletal and Neuromuscular Systems
- Functional Infrared Imaging in Clinical Applications
- Thermal Imaging in Surgery
- Infrared Imaging Applied to Dentistry
- Use of Infrared Imaging in Veterinary Medicine
- Standard Procedures for Infrared Imaging in Medicine
- Infrared Detectors and Detector Arrays for Medical Imaging
- Infrared Camera Characterization
- Infrared Camera and Optics for Medical Applications
Medical Informatics
- Hospital Information Systems: Their Function and State
- Computer-Based Patient Records
- Overview of Standards Related to the Emerging Health Care Information Infrastructure
- Introduction to Informatics and Nursing
- Non-AI Decision Making
- Medical Informatics and Biomedical Emergencies: New Training and Simulation Technologies for First Responders
Biomedical Sensors
- Physical Measurements
- Biopotential Electrodes
- Electrochemical Sensors
- Optical Sensors
- Bioanalytic Sensors
- Biological Sensors for Diagnostics
Medical Instruments and Devices
- Biopotential Amplifiers
- Bioelectric Impedance Measurements
- Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers
- Noninvasive Arterial Blood Pressure and Mechanics
- Cardiac Output Measurement
- External Defibrillators
- Implantable Defibrillators
- Implantable Stimulators for Neuromuscular Control
- Respiration
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Essentials of Anesthesia Delivery
- Electrosurgical Devices
- Biomedical Lasers
- Instrumentation for Cell Mechanics
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Atomic Force Microscopy: Probing Biomolecular Interactions
- Parenteral Infusion Devices
- Clinical Laboratory: Separation and Spectral Methods
- Clinical Laboratory: Nonspectral Methods and Automation
- Noninvasive Optical Monitoring
- Medical Instruments and Devices Used in the Home
- Virtual Instrumentation: Applications in Biomedical Engineering
Clincal Engineering
- Clinical Engineering: Evolution of a Discipline
- Management and Assessment of Medical Technology
- Risk Factors, Safety, and Management of Medical Equipment
- Clinical Engineering Program Indicators
- Quality of Improvement and Team Building
- A Standards Primer for Clinical Engineers
- Regulatory and Assessment Agencies
- Applications of Virtual Instruments in Health Care
Ethical Issues Associated with the Use of Medical Technology
- Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Medical Technology; Joseph D. Bronzino
- Ethical Issues Related to Clinical Research
Index
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