Table of Content

1. The Human Body: An Overview
2. The Hear and Circulatory System
3. Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement
4. Basic Theories of Measurement
5. Signals and Noise
6. Electrodes, Sensors, and Transducers
7. Bioelectric Amplifiers
8. Electrocardiographs
9. Physiological Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Measurements and Devices
10. The Human Respiratory System and its Measurement
11. Respiratory Therapy Equipment
12. The Human Nervous System
13. Instrumentation for Measuring Brain Function
14. Intensive and Coronary Care Units
15. Operating Rooms
16. Medical Laboratory Instrumentation
17. Medical Ultrasonography
18. Electrosurgery Generators
19. Care and Feeding of Battery-Operated Medical Equipment
20. Waveform Display Devices
21. Electro-Optics (Fiber Optics and Lasers)
22. Computers in Biomedical Equipment
23. Radiology and Nuclear medicine Equipment
24. Electromagnetic Interference to Medical Electronic Equipment
25. Quality Assurance and Continuous
26. Quality Improvement
27. Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management, Facilities, and Equipment
28. Requirements Management

Salient Features

• A new chapter on Quality Improvement is included.
• New sections on hemodialysis machines, the Y2K problem, and new computer devices in medicine are provided.
• Key features have been incorporate to address current issues and important technological advances.
• Improved chapter on electromagnetic interference.
• A substantial review of anatomy and physiology.
• An introduction to biomedical equipment instrumentation and measurement technology.