An Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation : Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies.

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 -- 3.1 BASIC MOVING-COIL METER -- 3.2 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. -- 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.

6.11 MEASUREMENT OF CAPACITANCE -- FURTHER 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 -- 7.13 POWER TRANSFORMER FAILURES -- 7.14 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 -- 9.3 THE INSULATED-GATE FET -- 9.4 USE OF FETs -- 9.5 FET AMPLIFIER -- 9.6 FET GATE -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 10. POWER SUPPLIES -- 10.1 RELIABILITY AND SAFETY -- 10.2 TYPES OF RECTIFIER CIRCUIT -- 10.3 DECOUPLING -- 10.4 GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF POWER SUPPLY PERFORMANCE -- 10.5 REGULATION -- 10.6 ZENER DIODE REGULATOR -- 10.7 PRINCIPLE OF THE SERIES REGULATOR -- 10.8 PRACTICAL SERIES REGULATOR -- 10.9 COMMERCIAL REGULATOR PACKAGES -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 11. OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS -- 11.1 THE OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER -- 11.2 PRINCIPLE OF INVERTING AMPLIFIER.

11.3 PRACTICAL OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS -- 11.4 FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND SLEW-RATE -- 11.5 SUMMING AMPLIFIER -- 11.6 NON-INVERTING AMPLIFIER -- 11.7 DIFFERENCE AMPLIFIER -- 11.8 INTEGRATOR -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 12. FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND FILTERS -- 12.1 NEED FOR FILTERING -- 12.2 FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF IDEAL RECORDING SYSTEM -- 12.3 SINGLE RC LOW-PASS FILTER -- 12.4 PRACTICAL LOW-PASS FILTER -- 12.5 SINGLE RC HIGH-PASS FILTER -- 12.6 PRACTICAL HIGH-PASS FILTER -- 12.7 DECIBELS -- 12.8 TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF SIMPLE LOW-PASS FILTER -- 12.9 TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF SIMPLE HIGH-PASS FILTER -- 12.10 APPLICATION OF FILTER CONCEPT -- 12.11 FREQUENCY RANGE OF BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 13. THE CATHODE RAY TUBE -- 13.1 THE CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE -- 13.2 COMMERCIAL CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES -- 13.3 THE CATHODE RAY TUBE -- 13.4 CRT VOLTAGE SUPPLIES -- 13.5 MAGNETIC SHIELDING -- 13.6 DEFLECTION SENSITIVITY OF A CRT -- 13.7 MAGNETIC DEFLECTION OF CRT -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 14. OSCILLOSCOPE AMPLIFIERS -- 14.1 AMPLIFIER REQUIREMENTS FOR AN OSCILLOSCOPE -- 14.2 PRINCIPLE OF THE BALANCED AMPLIFIER -- 14.3 PRACTICAL BALANCED AMPLIFIERS -- 14.4 SOURCE FOLLOWER -- 14.5 Y INPUT ATTENUATOR -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 15. TIME BASE GENERATION -- 15.1 THE FUNCTION OF A TIME BASE -- 15.2 GENERATION OF A SAWTOOTH WAVEFORM -- 15.3 PRACTICAL TIME BASE -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 16. PULSE GENERATION-THE ASTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR -- 16.1 REQUIREMENTS -- 16.2 THE TRANSISTOR AS A SWITCH -- 16.3 THE ASTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR -- 16.4 DIFFERENTIATION OF OUTPUT PULSE -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 17. PULSE GENERATION-THE MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR AND SCHMITT TRIGGER -- 17.1 APPLICATIONS OF A MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR -- 17.2 BASIC MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR -- 17.3 TRIGGERING CIRCUIT.

17.4 MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR AS TIME BASE SWITCH -- 17.5 MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR AS A PULSE DELAY GENERATOR -- 17.7 SCHMITT TRIGGER IN TIME BASE CIRCUIT -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 18. OPTOELECTRONICS -- 18.1 SCOPE OF OPTOELECTRONICS -- 18.2 UNITS USED IN PHOTOMETRY -- 18.3 INCANDESCENT LAMP SOURCES -- 18.4 LIGHT EMITTING DIODES -- 18.5 PHOTOCELLS -- 18.6 THE PHOTO-TRANSISTOR -- 18.7 THE PHOTO-DIODE -- 18.8 THE PHOTOMULTIPLIER -- 18.9 LIGHT PIPES -- 18.10 ISOLATORS -- 18.11 ISOLATOR FOR OSCILLOSCOPE BEAM SWITCHING -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 19. BINARY LOGIC-GATES -- 19.1 BINARY LOGIC -- 19.2 ELEMENTS OF BOOLEAN ALGEBRA -- 19.3 DIODE LOGIC -- 19.4 DIODE TRANSISTOR LOGIC (DTL) -- 19.5 TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC (TTL) -- 19.6 STANDARD SYMBOLS -- 19.7 LOGIC LABORATORY UNIT -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 20. BINARY LOGIC-DATA STORAGE AND COUNTING -- 20.1 NEED FOR DATA STORAGE -- 20.2 THE BISTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR -- 20.3 GATED FLIP-FLOPS -- 20.4 FLIP-FLOP AS A FREQUENCY DIVIDER -- 20.5 BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM -- 20.6 BINARY COUNTER -- 20.7 BINARY CODED DECIMAL (BCD) COUNTING -- 20.8 BDC TO DECIMAL CONVERSION -- 20.9 DECIMAL DISPLAYS -- 20.10 DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN REGISTERS -- 20.11 TTL ASTABLE AND MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATORS AND SCHMITT TRIGGERS -- 20.12 MEDIUM AND LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION (MSI AND LSI) -- 20.13 DETAILS OF LOGIC LABORATORY -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 21. MEASUREMENT OF RADIOACTIVITY -- 21.1 DETECTION OF RADIATION -- 21.2 RULES FOR A RADIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY -- 21.3 THE GEIGER-MÜLLER COUNTER -- 21.4 BACKGROUND -- 21.5 EQUIPMENT FOR GEIGER COUNTING -- 21.6 SIMPLE GEIGER COUNTER -- 21.7 SCINTILLATION COUNTER -- 21.8 DISCRIMINATOR AND PULSE HEIGHT ANALYSER -- 21.9 STATISTICS OF COUNTING -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 22. RECORDING FROM LIVING TISSUE: STIMULATION OF TISSUE.

22.1 RECORDING FROM TISSUE -- 22.2 ELECTRODE SYSTEMS -- 22.3 RECORDING FROM A VOLUME OF TISSUE -- 22.4 REJECTION OF EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE -- 22.5 TISSUE STIMULATION -- 22.6 STIMULATING PULSE WAVEFORMS -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 23. ELECTRICAL SAFETY -- 23.1 NEED FOR PRECAUTIONS -- 23.2 MACRO- AND MICRO-SHOCK -- SAFE CURRENT LIMITS -- 23.3 ELECTRICAL WIRING IN A BUILDING -- 23.4 POSSIBILITY OF ELECTROCUTION -- 23.5 MACROSHOCK HAZARDS -- 23.6 MACROSHOCK PROTECTION -- 23.7 MICROSHOCK HAZARDS -- 23.8 MICROSHOCK PROTECTION DEVICES -- 23.9 SUMMARY OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH TYPES -- 23.10 DEFIBRILLATORS -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 24. REGULATED SYSTEMS -- 24.1 INTRODUCTION -- 24.2 BEHAVIOUR OF AN UNREGULATED WATER BATH -- 24.3 REGULATED WATER BATH: ON-OFF CONTROL -- 24.4 PROPORTIONAL CONTROL -- 24.5 NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS WITH PROPORTIONAL CONTROL -- 24.6 REGULATED SYSTEMS IN GENERAL -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 25. TRANSDUCERS -- 25.1 TRANSDUCERS -- 25.2 DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS -- 25.3 VELOCITY TRANSDUCERS -- 25.4 FORCE TRANSDUCERS -- 25.5 ACCELEROMETERS -- 25.6 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 26. SOME BIOLOGICAL ANALYTICAL METHODS -- 26.1 SCOPE -- 26.2 IONIC COMPOSITION OF TISSUE FLUIDS -- 26.3 ESTIMATION OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS -- 26.4 GAS ANALYSIS METHODS -- 26.5 SPECIFIC ION-SENSITIVE ELECTRODES -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- CHAPTER 27. STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF DATA -- 27.1 TRANSMISSION OF DATA -- 27.2 DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS -- 27.3 DATA PROCESSING -- FURTHER READING -- PRACTICAL -- SUBJECT INDEX.

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