Medical Devices and Data

Technology to Instrument the Body and its Interpretation
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-44237-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The miniaturization of electronics has driven innovation in medical instruments. This text asks: how do these new instruments work, how do they interpret their data, and when do they err? It also identifies key factors driving innovation. This text is accessible for anyone who would like to understand non-invasive medical instruments.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adler, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Theoretische Informatik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Maschinelles Lernen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Krankenhausmanagement, Praxismanagement
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Beautiful Models, Chapter 3 Oxygen Transport, Chapter 4 Measuring Heart Rate, Chapter 5 Uncertainty, Chapter 6 Ethics and Medical Devices, Chapter 7 Weighing Scales, Chapter 8 Blood Pressure, Chapter 9 Blood Pressure Measurement, Chapter 10 Optical Measurements, Chapter 11 Electrophysiology, Chapter 12 Electrocardiogram, Chapter 13 The Body Electric, Chapter 14 Breath of Life, Chapter 15 Ultrasound, Chapter 16 Stress, Chapter 17 Into the Digital, Chapter 18 Filtering, Chapter 19 Learning Machines, Chapter 20 Heart-Rate Variability, Chapter 21 Weird Problems, Chapter 22 Mean Data? Peak Data?

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Adler is a Canada Research Professor in biomedical engineering in Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His research interests broadly in the area of biomedical measurement and robust data analysis. He is author of ten book chapters, four patents, eighty eight journal and 190 conference papers. A main focus of his work is technologies to imaging of the body using small applied electrical currents. He has been active in translation of the technology to the bedside, working with start-up and established med-tech companies. He is the editor of Electrical Impedance Tomography, Second Edition (CRC Press, 2021).