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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820038503321

Autore

Ananthi S

Titolo

A textbook of medical instruments / / S. Ananthi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2005

ISBN

1-282-24074-9

9786612240744

81-224-2870-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (588 p.)

Disciplina

610.28

681.75

Soggetti

Medical instruments and apparatus

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Electrophysiological Measurements; Chapter 2. Electrocardiography; Chapter 3. Circulatory System; Chapter 4. The brain and the Central Nervous System; Chapter 5. Electromyography (EMG); Chapter 6. Respiratory Testing Instruments; Chapter 7. E.N.T. and Ophthalmic Instruments; Chapter 8. Ultrasound Medical Diagnostic Instrumentation; Chapter 9. X-Rays Instruments; Chapter 10. CT Scanning; Chapter 11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Chapter 12 Surgical Instruments; Chapter 13. Some New Development in Medical Instruments

Chapter 14. Signal Processing in Medical Instrumentation Chapter 15. Safety Measures in Bio-Medical Instruments; Chapter 16 Electro Chemical Instruments; Chapter 17. Patient Monitoring System and Bio-Telemetry; Chapter 18. Practical Electronic Medical Laboratory Experiments; Chapter 19. Recorders in Medical Instruments; Chapter 20. Computers and Medical Data Base Management Including Web; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

About the Book:  This book has therefore subdivided the realm of medical instruments into the same sections like a text on physiology and introduces the basic early day methods well, before dealing with the details of present day instruments currently in use. Some principles of diagnosis are also included in order that a new researcher could



understand the requirements of the Physician rather than blindly proceed in his developments using his knowledge of circuity, software and methods of signal processing. Further, medical diagnostic practice has been conservative in preserving the acumen the