This book describes the techniques used for interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment used internationally in the areas of anesthesia, intensive care, surgery, respiratory medicine and physiology. The first part of the book addresses serial interface, including the RS-232 Standard, transmission of data, and an introduction to serial-interface programming using Microsoft QuickBASIC. The second looks at electrical safety, and the use of Kermit and data analysis. Finally, the third part of this volume considers the practical aspects of interfacing a PC to a wide range of equipment and includes example programs for collecting data and in some cases for controlling the equipment directly.
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"...a comprehensive text on the methods of serial communication...Students of medicine or computer engineering, researchers, anesthesiologists, respiratory therapists, and anyone involved in critical care monitoring will find this book of immense value...This compilation will prove to be of great assistance to anyone interested in serial connectivity, especially to one of the 10 pieces of equipment specifically covered in the last section. The subject is completely covered from conceptual basics to actual implementation. The authors have succeeded in condensing the myriad of references, technical manuals, and other information normally necessary to accomplish this often confusing task." John J. Fino, Jr., Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
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As computerisation in the medical environment has increased, so the advantages of storage and computer analysis of data from various equipment has become well recognised. Most medical monitoring and measurement equipment now supports an RS-232 serial interface allowing for direct computer access both in terms of data analysis and equipment control. This very practical book describes the techniques used for interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment used internationally in the areas of anaesthesia, intensive care, surgery, respiratory medicine and physiology and will constitute a valuable resource for a wide audience of equipment users in these fields.
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Very useful to Dos programmers,
By dr. Massimo Di Tullio (Roma, Roma Italy) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Interfacing the IBM-PC to Medical Equipment: The Art of Serial Communication (Hardcover)
It is fantastic for non Windows programmers (... the real programmers ) having no previous experience of assembler or C language. It explains very well how to interface serial device. I have successfully used it to interface my computerized clinical analyzer. It is expensive but really works.
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The RS-232 serial interface is a so-called low-performance character interface, which converts digital information from the parallel format used within computers and peripherals to the serial format used when sending data from one device to another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
checksum facility, trend data output, hexadecimal checksum, reply checksum, sequential output mode, electrical safety classification, access trend data, data telegram, modem status register, checksum mode, output control lines, example interactive program, input control lines, flow data items, baud rate divisor, transmission control character, information separators, pulse oximetry data, initialisation file, bolus rate, above example program, printer format, complement checksum, format effector, remote mode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Elapsedtime Time, Applied Parts, Van Gilluwe, Patient Connection, Capnomac Ultima, Patient Environment, Name Comments, Code Meaning, Electrical Industry Association, Data Order Example String-code, Parity Even, Serial Comms, International Electrotechnical Commission, Parity None Stop, Analog Oxygen, Analog Pressure, Bidbury House, Clockwork Software, Exp Tidal, External Communications, Low Sat, Old Nov, Parity Odd Stop New!
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The RS-232 serial interface is a so-called low-performance character interface, which converts digital information from the parallel format used within computers and peripherals to the serial format used when sending data from one device to another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
checksum facility, trend data output, hexadecimal checksum, reply checksum, sequential output mode, electrical safety classification, access trend data, data telegram, modem status register, checksum mode, output control lines, example interactive program, input control lines, flow data items, baud rate divisor, transmission control character, information separators, pulse oximetry data, initialisation file, bolus rate, above example program, printer format, complement checksum, format effector, remote mode Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Elapsedtime Time, Applied Parts, Van Gilluwe, Patient Connection, Capnomac Ultima, Patient Environment, Name Comments, Code Meaning, Electrical Industry Association, Data Order Example String-code, Parity Even, Serial Comms, International Electrotechnical Commission, Parity None Stop, Analog Oxygen, Analog Pressure, Bidbury House, Clockwork Software, Exp Tidal, External Communications, Low Sat, Old Nov, Parity Odd Stop New!
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- Intensive Care Medicine (Fundamentals of Anaesthesia and Acute Medicine) by Julian Bion in Back Matter
- Intensive Care by Eric Sherwood Jones in Back Matter
- Intensive Care (Signet) by Francis Roe in Back Matter
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