A volume in the Principles and Applications in Engineering series, Clinical Engineering focuses on managing the deployment of medical technology and integrating it appropriately with desired clinical practices. It provides a description of the wide range of responsibilities clinical engineers encounter, describes technology management and assessment in detail, and reviews the standards and regulatory agencies of interest. Then the book details various biomedical sensors, considering both biologic and electronic factors in sensor performance. Finally, the book covers bioinstrumentation, addressing traditional topics and recently developed instruments and devices such as pulse oximeters and home-care monitoring devices.
Author(s): Yadin David, Wolf W. von Maltzahn, Michael R. Neuman, Joseph D. Bronzino
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 432
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Advisory Board......Page 8
Contributors......Page 11
Contents......Page 15
Section I Clinical engineering......Page 18
1 Clinical engineering: Evolution of a discipline......Page 21
2 Management and assessment of medical technology......Page 30
3 Risk factors, safety, and management of medical equipment......Page 49
4 Clinical engineering program indicators......Page 64
5 Quality of improvement and team building......Page 76
6 A standards primer for clinical engineers......Page 91
7 Regulatory and assessment agencies......Page 107
8 Applications of virtual instruments in health care......Page 127
Section II Biomedical sensors......Page 139
9 Physical measurements......Page 144
10 Biopotential electrodes......Page 168
11 Electrochemical sensors......Page 184
12 Optical sensors......Page 192
13 Bioanalytic sensors......Page 212
Appendic 1 Historical perspective: The electrocardiograph......Page 225
Section III Medical instrument and devices......Page 241
14 Biopotential amplifiers......Page 247
15 Noninvasive arterial blood pressure and mechanics......Page 266
16 Cardiac output measurement......Page 288
17 Bioelectric impedance measurements......Page 302
18 Respiration......Page 313
19 Clinical laboratory: Separation and spectral methods......Page 326
20 Clinical laboratory: Nonspectral methods and automation......Page 336
21 Implantable cardiac pacemakers......Page 347
22 Implantable stimulators for neuromuscular control......Page 363
23 External defibrillators......Page 381
24 Implantable defibrillators......Page 395
25 Electrosurgical devices......Page 406
26 Mechanical ventilation......Page 418
27 Parenteral infusion devices......Page 432
28 Essentials of Anesthesia delivery......Page 447
29 Biomedical lasers......Page 462
30 Noninvasive optical monitoring......Page 479
31 Medical instruments and devices used in the home......Page 493
32 Virtual instrumentation: Applications in biomedical engineering......Page 506
Appendix 2 Historical perspective 2: Recording of action potentials......Page 518
Index......Page 535
