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Biomedical sensors and instruments / Tatsuo Togawa, Toshiyo Tamura, P. Ake Oberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Togawa, Tatsuo, 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomedical engineering.
- Physiology--Measurement--Instruments.
- Physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (423 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The living body is a difficult object to measure: accurate measurements of physiological signals require sensors and instruments capable of high specificity and selectivity that do not interfere with the systems under study. As a result, detailed knowledge of sensor and instrument properties is required to be able to select the ""best"" sensor from one of the many designed to meet these challenges. From the underlying principles to practical applications, this updated edition of Biomedical Sensors and Instruments provides an easy-to-understand introduction to
- Contents:
- Fundamental concepts
- Pressure measurements
- Flow measurement
- Motion and force measurement
- Temperature, heat flow, and evaporation measurements
- Bioelectric and biomagnetic measurements
- Chemical measurement.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Biomedical transducers and instruments. c1997.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-04-017303-9
- 0-429-15084-9
- 1-4200-9079-8
- 9780429150845
- OCLC:
- 741492604
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