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Just In! Coming Soon Cardiac Imaging Cardiac Nursing Cardiac Surgery Cardiology (Assorted) Echo (Clinical) ECG Electrophysiology Fellows Heart Rhythm Society Interventional IBHRE (NASPExAM®) Prep Pacing & ICDs Cardiology - Clearance Browse All Subjects Cardiology (Assorted) Arrhythmia Cardiac Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases ECG Electrophysiology Heart Failure Interventional Pacing & ICDs Pediatric Vascular Diseases Just In! Coming Soon Computed Tomography Diagnostic Imaging (Assorted) Echo Tech MRI Test Prep (Self-assessment) Ultrasound Imaging - Clearance Browse All Subjects Diagnostic Imaging (Assorted) Computed Tomography Doppler Echocardiography Imaging - Test Prep MRI Nuclear Physics TEE Ultrasound Great Gift Idea! Give the gift of Cardiotext Sign up for free e-mail news about new titles and sales.	Product Detail Sensors in Biomedical Applications: Fundamentals, Technology & Applications Gabor Harsanyi Retail Price: $249.95 Cardiotext Price: $244.95 Availability: Processing time varies. Price is tentative. Alert me when this product is available Availability Questions? Product Information: ISBN-13: 9781566768856 ISBN-10: 1566768853 Publisher: CRC PRESS INC Format: Hardcover, 350 pages Pub Date: 05/2000 Edition Number: 1 Shipping Calculator Request a Quote for 10+ Copies Tell A Friend Synopsis Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, Hungary. Provides a central core of knowledge about sensors in the biomedical field. Subjects include sensor technologies, basic sensor structures, physical sensors and applications in biomedicine, and sensors for measuring chemical quantities in biomedicine. Halftone illustrations throughout. For researchers and students. See These Other Titles Of Interest Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 3rd Edition by John G. Webster Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care by Kirk Jeffrey Implantable Defibrillator Therapy: A Clinical Guide by Antonio Pacifico Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices (Book with CD-ROM) by Paul A. Iaizzo Device Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure by Kenneth Ellenbogen Cardiac Electrophysiology by Douglas Zipes Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy by Martin G. St. John Sutton Stress Echocardiography by Eugenio Picano Customer Reviews Be the first to review this product Browse Titles In Related Subjects Biotech Additional Description TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xvii Chapter 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Sensors and Their Characteristics 1 1.2 Integrated and Smart Sensors: Up-to-Date Requirements 5 1.3 Special Requirements of Biomedical Applications 5 1.4 References and Supplementary Reading 9 Chapter 2. Sensor Technologies 11 2.1 Monolithic Semiconductor Technologies 11 2.2 Ceramics 18 2.3 Thin-and Thick-Film Technologies 20 2.4 Processing of Polymer Films 26 2.5 Optical-Fiber Technologies 30 2.6 References 33 Chapter 3. Basic Sensor Structures 35 3.1 Impedance-Type Structures 36 3.2 Semiconductor Devices as Sensors 36 3.3 Sensors Based on Acoustic-Wave Propagation 40 3.4 Calorimetric Sensors 45 3.5 Electrochemical Cells as Sensors 47 3.6 Sensors with Optical Waveguides 55 3.7 References 61 Chapter 4. Sensing Effects 36 4.1 Thermoresistive Effects 65 4.2 Thermoelectric Effect 68 4.3 Other Thermoeffects Used in Sensors 69 4.4 Piezoelectric Effect 70 4.5 Electrets in Capacitive Transducers 72 4.6 Pyroelectric Effect 73 4.7 Piezoresistive Effect 75 4.8 Hall Effect 76 4.9 Further Methods of Sensing Magnetic Fields 77 4.10 Superconducting Quantum Interference Deviee (SQUID) 77 4.11 Radiation Induced Effects and Related Sensor Structures 79 4.12 Adsorption and Absorption of Chemical Spies $5 4.13 Selective Molecular Receptors 87 4.14 Permeation through Membranes 88 4.15 Ion-Selective Membranes 90 4.16 Chemical-Optical Transduction Effects 91 4.17 References and Supplementary Reading 96 Chapter 5. Physical Sensors and Their Applications in Biomedicine 99 5.1 Measuring Temperature 99 5.2 Other Applications of Temperature Sensors 108 5.3 Mechanical Sensors in Biomedicine 112 5.4 Sensors in Ultrasound Imaging 124 5.5 Detectors in Radiology 132 5.6 Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Field Sensors 144 5.7 Further Applications of Physical Sensors 151 5.8 References 162 Chapter 6. Sensors for Measuring Chemical Quantities in Biomedicine 169 6.1 Sensors for Monitoring Blood Gases and pH 169 6.2 Optical Oximetry 198 6.3 Other Applications of Chemical Sensors 208 6.4 References 219 Chapter 7. Biosensors 223 7.1 Enzymatic Biosensors 226 7.2 Affinity Biosensors 261 7.3 Living Biosensors 281 7.4 Direct Methods for Monitoring Bioactive Compounds 292 7.5 References 298 Chapter 8. Biocompatibility of Sensors 307 8.1 References 310 Chapter 9. Summary and Future Trends 313 9.1 References 321 Appendix 1 323 Appendix 2 325 Appendix 3 327 Appendix 4 329 Appendix 5 331 Appendix 6 333 Glossary 337 Index 341 About the Author 349
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