Advances in biomedical engineering. Volume 4 /

Advances in Biomedical Engineering.

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Brown, J. H. U. Jack Harold Upton, 1918-2004 (Editor); Dickson, James F., 1924 (Editor)
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 1974.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Advances in biomedical engineering ; volume 4
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120049042
Summary: Advances in Biomedical Engineering.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483214955
1483214958
Index Number: R856
CLC: R318
Contents: Front Cover; Advances in Biomedical Encineering; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Gas-Phase Analytical Methods. Mass Spectrometry and GOMS-COM AnalyticalSystems; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MASS SPECTROMETRY: THE GAS-PHASE SEPARATION OF IONS; III. MASS SPECTROMETRY: GC-MS INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS; IV. GAS-PHASE ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS: COMPUTER-BASEDINSTRUMENTS AND METHODS; V. BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; VI. SYSTEMS DESIGN: FUTURE DIRECTIONS; VII. GENERAL REFERENCES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Standards and Specifications for Medical Devices.
I. INTRODUCTIONII. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING STANDARDS ANDSPECIFICATIONS; III. EFFORTS TO RATIONALIZE THE DEVELOPMENTOF MEDICAL DEVICE STANDARDS; IV. CURRENT MEDICAL DEVICE STANDARDS ACTIVITIES; V. CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX; Chapter 3. Automation in the Clinical Laboratory; I. INTRODUCTION; II. DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATION; III. PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED; IV. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Monitoring the Traumatized Patient; I. THE OVERALL AIMS OFMONITORING; II. PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC MONITORING; III. MONITORING OF THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM (CENTRAL).
Iv. monitoring of the circulatory system (peripheral)v. monitoring of the respiratory system; vi. monitoring the central nervous system; vii. monitoring the renal system; viii. currently available hardware; ix. data display; x. data processing; xi. display systems; xii. signal conditioners; xiii. pressure transducers; xiv. impedance measurements; xv. respiratory gas flow measurements; xvi. the mass spectrometer; xvii. blood gas determinations; xviii. ultrasonic systems; xix. invasive monitoring; xx. the hazardous nature of the transducer-patient interface.
XXI. TYPES OF HAZARDS IN CURRENT MONITORING PRACTICEChapter 5. Technology and Human Rehabilitation: Prostheses for Sensory Rehabilitationand/or Sensory Substitution; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE DEMOGRAPHY OF SENSORY LOSS ANDITS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; III. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LITERATURE OF SENSORY AIDS; IV. SENSORY AIDS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED; V. SENSORY AIDS FOR THE AUDITORILY IMPAIRED; VI. PSYCHOPHYSICAL RESEARCH; VII. EVALUATION; VIII. DEPLOYMENT; REFERENCES; Subject Index.