Contents
1 Chemical Sensors. 2 Neuro-Electric Signal Recording. 3 Pressure Sensors. 4 X-Ray-Based Imaging. 5 Nuclear Medicine. 6 MRI. 7 Biomagnetic and Bioelectic Imaging. 8 Ultrasound. 9 Multimodal Imaging.10 General Techniques and Applications. 11 Endoscopic Surgery. 12 Image-Guided Surgery. 13 Virtual and Augmented Reality in Medicine. 14 Minimally Invasive Surgical Robotics. 15 Ablation. 16 Neuromuscular Stimulation. 17 Helical Tomotherapy. 18 Drug Delivery. Index
Synopsis
This book emphasizes the technology required to accomplish minimally invasive medicine and will be of interest to biomedical engineers, medical physicists and health care providers who want to know the technical workings of their devices and instruments.
Author(s): John G. Webster
Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Edition: 1
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 334
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 17
1. CHEMICAL SENSORS......Page 19
2. NEURO-ELECTRIC SIGNAL RECORDING......Page 44
3. PRESSURE SENSORS......Page 51
4. X-RAY-BASED IMAGING......Page 64
5. NUCLEAR MEDICINE......Page 77
6. MRI......Page 85
7. BIOMAGNETIC AND BIOELECTRIC IMAGING......Page 98
8. ULTRASOUND......Page 107
9. MULTIMODAL IMAGING......Page 125
10. GENERAL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS......Page 140
11. ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY......Page 153
12. IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY......Page 170
13. VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY IN MEDICINE......Page 194
14. MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL ROBOTICS......Page 213
15. ABLATION......Page 237
16. NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION......Page 275
17. HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY......Page 279
18. DRUG DELIVERY......Page 296
INDEX......Page 325
