This well-established text describes the principles, applications and design of the medical instrumentation most commonly used in hospitals. Because equipment changes with time, the authors stress fundamental principles of operation and general types of equipment. They avoid detailed descriptions and photographs of specific models. Design principles are emphasized so that a scientist with only some background in electronics can gain enough information to design instruments that may not be commercially available. Since biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field, the authors have provided varied healthcare industry applications for each type of instrument.
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This well-established text describes the principles, applications and design of the medical instrumentation most commonly used in hospitals. Because equipment changes with time, the authors stress fundamental principles of operation and general types of equipment. They avoid detailed descriptions and photographs of specific models. Design principles are emphasized so that a scientist with only some background in electronics can gain enough information to design instruments that may not be commercially available. Since biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field, the authors have provided varied healthcare industry applications for each type of instrument.
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The content is almost identical to the second edition,
By edmond@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my (Malaysia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design (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.
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Convoluted and confusing,
By BlueBlur (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design (Hardcover)
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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By An Engineer (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design (Hardcover)
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.
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- Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, 6 Volume Set by John G. Webster on 32 pages
- Transducers for Biomedical Measurements: Principles and Applications (Biomedical engineering & health systems) by Richard S.C. Cobbold on 9 pages
- Laboratory Instrumentation, 4E by Mary C. Haven on 7 pages
- Measurement Systems by Ernest Doebelin on 7 pages
- Measurement Systems : Application and Design by Ernest Doebelin on 6 pages
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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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