Principles of Measurement and Transduction of Biomedical Variables

A guide to the fundamental concepts behind how biomedical transducers function through examples of practical applications

Vera Button (Author)

9780128007747, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 14 April 2015

380 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.95 kg

Principles of Measurement and Transduction of Biomedical Variables is a comprehensive text on biomedical transducers covering the principles of functioning, application examples and new technology solutions. It presents technical and theoretical principles to measure biomedical variables, such as arterial blood pressure, blood flow, temperature and CO2 concentration in exhaled air and their transduction to an electrical variable, such as voltage, so they can be more easily quantified, processed and visualized as numerical values and graphics. The book includes the functioning principle, block diagram, modelling equations and basic application of different transducers, and is an ideal resource for teaching measurement and transduction of biomedical variables in undergraduate and postgraduate biomedical engineering programs.

IntroductionElectrodes for biopotential recordingElectrodes to measure concentration of gases and ions in the blood plasmaTemperature TransducersDisplacement, velocity and acceleration transducersPressure and Force TransducersFlow TransducersOptical transducers for oximetry and capnographyNew Advances in Biomedical Sensors

Subject Areas: Biomedical engineering [MQW], Medical equipment & techniques [MBG]