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1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : illustrations |
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Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies |
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Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies
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| Contents |
Front Cover; An Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1. INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTION; 1.1 HUMAN ENGINEERING IN INSTRUMENT DESIGN; 1.2 PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION; 1.3 HEAT SINKS; 1.4 INTERCONNECTION OF INSTRUMENTS; 1.5 CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE INSTRUMENTS; 1.6 SOLDERING; 1.7 FAILURES IN EQUIPMENT; FURTHER READING; PRACTICAL; CHAPTER 2. CURRENT, VOLTAGE, AND RESISTANCE; 2.1 DEFINITIONS; 2.2 RESISTORS; 2.3 ELECTRICAL NOISE IN RESISTORS; 2.4 COMBINATIONS OF RESISTORS; FURTHER READING; PRACTICAL; CHAPTER 3. METERS |
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3.1 basic moving-coil meter3.2 shunting to read larger currents; 3.3 use of a microammeter as a voltmeter; 3.4 use of microammeter as ohmmeter; 3.5 multimeters; 3.6 insertion errors; 3.7 meter accuracy; further reading; practical; chapter 4. the potentiometer and wheatstone bridge; 4.1 use of potentiometer and wheatstone bridge; 4.2 the potentiometer; 4.3 thermocouple thermometry; 4.4 thermoelectric cooling elements; 4.5 the wheatstone bridge; 4.6 resistance thermometry; further reading; practical; chapter 5. alternating currents; 5.1 nature of an alternating e.m.f |
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5.2 power in a resistor carrying a.c.5.3 effective voltage and current; 5.4 measurement of alternating voltages; further reading; practical; chapter 6. capacitance; 6.1 constant voltage and constant current sources; 6.2 storage of energy in a capacitor; 6.3 capacitance; 6.4 dielectric constant and dielectric strength; 6.5 stored energy; 6.6 capacitors as used in electronic equipment; 6.7 charge and discharge of capacitor-resistor combination; 6.8 capacitor leakage testers; 6.9 alternating voltage applied to a capacitor; 6.10 alternating voltage applied to a capacitor and resistor in series |
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6.11 measurement of capacitancefurther reading; practical; chapter 7. inductance; 7.1 storage of energy in an inductor; 7.2 inductance; 7.3 relative permeability and saturation; 7.4 stored energy; 7.5 inductors as used in electronic equipment; 7.6 charge and discharge of inductor-resistor combination; 7.7 alternating current passed through an inductor; 7.8 alternating current passed through an inductor and resistor in series; 7.9 measurement of inductance; 7.10 mutual inductance: the transformer; 7.11 magnetising current, transformer losses; 7.12 power transformers |
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7.13 power transformer failures7.14 resistive, capacitive and inductive circuit elements; 7.15 inductance, resistance and capacitance in series: resonance; 7.16 radiation of energy; further reading; practical; chapter 8. diodes and transistors; 8.1 semiconductors; 8.2 the pn junction; 8.3 the bipolar transistor; 8.4 transistor transfer characteristic; 8.5 commercial transistors; 8.6 transistor voltage amplifier; 8.7 reproducibility; 8.8 interconnection of amplifier stages; further reading; practical; chapter 9. field effect transistors; 9.1 the field effect transistor; 9.2 the junction fet |
| Summary |
An Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation presents a course of study and applications covering the basic principles of medical and biological instrumentation, as well as the typical features of its design and construction |
| Notes |
First edition published in 1966 under title: Physical instrumentation in medicine and biology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medical electronics.
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Physiological apparatus.
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Biomedical Engineering -- instrumentation
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Electronics, Medical -- instrumentation
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Electronics, Medical
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Atlases.
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MEDICAL -- Essays.
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MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
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MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
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Medical electronics
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Physiological apparatus
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Biologische Medizin
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Instrumentation
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Engenharia Biomedica.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781483187525 |
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1483187527 |
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