This book provides biomedical engineers with the premiere reference on medical instrumentation as well as a comprehensive overview of the basic concepts. The revised edition features new material on infant apnea monitors, impedance pneumography, the design of cardiac pacemakers, and disposable defibrillator electrodes and their standards. Each chapter includes new problems and updated reference material that cover the latest medical technologies. The chapters have also been revised with new material in medical imaging, providing biomedical engineers with the most current techniques in the field.
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Describes the principles, uses and design of medical instruments used most commonly in hospitals. Contains worked examples and more than 300 problems which cover a wide variety of applications ranging from analysis of electrocardiogram waves to identification of electric safety hazards. Features sections on the commercial development of medical instruments, biostatistics, the regulation of medical devices, MRI, positron emission tomography and Doppler ultrasonic imagers. Discusses the magnetoencephalogram, the cochlear prosthesis, implantable automatic defibrillators, drug diffusion pumps and the total artifical heart. Deals with the developing field of biosensors.
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It was with great enthusiasm that we ordered the 3rd edition of Professor's Webster big hit. With all my respects for Professor Webster, I was personally disapointed to observe that this edition has almost the same content as the second one. Maybe it is worth mentioning that I have adopted this text for my bioinstrumentation course from the very first edition. It is amazing that some of the very good and recent works done by Prof. Webster's team of engineers and students was not at all included. Even the references are almost the same as the second edition. As the second edition had really something to say compared to the first one, the natural expectation was to see a 3rd edition much more elaborated in terms of novelties in the field. The amount of new material put into this edition seems not to justify the publication of the 3rd edition.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This book is not the best as a textbook. Might be useful as a refresher or reference, but that's not what I had to use it for. It is wordy and is sometimes too detailed and sometimes not enough. It has no consistency, thanks to numerous authors. Also, the material is often outdated. Time to look for a different book.
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As a coursebook, I found 'Medical Instrumentation' to be a sound survey of electrical medical diagnostic instrumentation. The book does review electrical therapeutic medical instrumentation; however, it's coverage is not as thorough.
This is an excellent resource for engineers planning to specialize in medical device design.
A good understanding of physiology is necessary to fully utilize the Medical Instrumentation text. If you have little medical background, I recommend Review of Medical Physiology (by William Ganong) as a companion.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Outdated, padded with fluff
Most of the book is filled with descriptions of instruments. Sometimes name and purpose is all that is given, but most often it is purpose and general theory. Read more
Published 2 months ago by spud
Not Thorough
It talks about a lot of things, but issues are about one paragraph; thus, it's not very good for understanding the equipment in depth. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Saran Kiyabu
More of a survey than a real textbook
If you start from scratch and you want to learn designing medical instrumentation, this book will leave you wanting for much more, especially if you wish to design the electronics... Read more
Published 9 months ago by etoile_montante
This book is more of a reference book, not a textbook!
This book is more of a reference book, not a textbook! Although it contains some vital information it is a very poor textbook, although the cover is nice and attractive. Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. M. Hall
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Published on September 30, 2009 by Yangzi
Required text for a class
It's not bad. Extremely detailed and really does a good job explaining how medical devices work, but its not up to date. Read more
Published on April 5, 2009 by G. Book
Not what I ordered, but ok
I ordered the thrid edition, hardcover version of this book, I got the India edition of the book. It is page for page the same as the hardcover book, it is just cheaper qaulity. Read more
Published on February 15, 2009 by John Albers
This book is just a big table of contents
The book scans through many topics related to Bomedical Instrumentation. It gives you just a general idea of what this is about, but if you want to get serious details about... Read more
Published on November 7, 2006 by Raffaele Cetrulo
Could be More Simple
Explains dynamic characteristics of circuits very well. It has a ton of information - which can be too much. Read more
Published on March 21, 2002 by Michelle Entezari
very good
This book is very good about medical devices and application
Published on August 24, 1999
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- Handbook of Chemical and Biological Sensors by R.F Taylor on 6 pages
- Clinical Engineering (Principles and Applications in Engineering) by Yadin David on 4 pages
- Electrical Measurement, Signal Processing, and Displays (Principles and Applications in Engineering) by John G. Webster in Front Matter, page 409, and page 698
- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Second Edition by John Enderle on page 507, and page 551
- Design of Pulse Oximeters (Medical Science Series) (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering) by John G. Webster on page 38, and page 96
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