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Noninvasive instrumentation and measurement in medical diagnosis /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Northrop, Robert B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC, [2002]
Series:Biomedical engineering series (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Subjects:
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > instrumentation.
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures > instrumentation.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to noninvasive measurements
  • Visual inspection of tissues using endoscopes and other optical devices
  • Noninvasive diagnosis using sounds from within the body
  • Measurement of electrical potentials and magnetic fields from the body surface
  • Noninvasive measurement of blood pressure
  • Body temperature measurements
  • Noninvasive blood gas sensing with electrodes
  • Tests on naturally voided body fluids
  • Plethysmography
  • Pulmonary function tests
  • Measurement of basal metabolism
  • Ocular tonometry
  • NI tests involving the input of audible sound energy
  • NI tests using ultrasound (excluding inaging)
  • Noninvasive applications of photon radiation (excluding imaging)
  • A survey of medical imaging systems
  • Future trends in NI instrumentation and measurements