Biomedical measurement

Cobbold, R. S. Transducers for Biomedical Measurements, p. 349, New York, Wiley 1974... 

SOURCE From R S C Cobbold, Transducers for Biomedical Measurements 1974, Wiley. 

Figure 2.16 (a) A differential three-terminal capacitor, (b) A capacitance bridge circuit with output proportional to fractional difference in capacitance, (c) A transformer ratio arm bridge. (From R S C Cobbold R S C Transducers for Biomedical Measurements Principles and Applications, copyright 1974, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.)... 

Lion K S 1959 Instrumentation in Scientific Research (New York McGraw-Hill) Cobbold R S C 1974 Transducers for Biomedical Measurements (New York Wiley)... 

Sensing Bioelectrical Signals Electrical Characteristics Practical Electrodes for Biomedical Measurements Intracavitary and Intratissue Electrodes Transparent Electrodes Microelectrodes Electrodes Fabricated Using Microelectronic... 

The voltages generated by thermocouples used for temperature measurement are generally quite small being on the order of tens of microvolts per °C. Thus, for most biomedical measurements where there is only a small difference in temperature between the sensing and reference junction, very sensitive voltmeters or amplifiers must be used to measure these potentials. Thermocouples have been used in industry for temperature measurement for many years. Several standard alloys to provide optimal sensitivity and stability of these sensors have evolved. Table 2.5 lists these common alloys, the Seebeck coefficient for thermocouples of these materials at room temperature, and the full range of temperatures over which these thermocouples can be used. 

Silver-silver chloride electrodes of this type can be fabricated by starting with a silver base and electro-lytically growing the silver chloride layer on its surface [2]. Although an electrode produced in this manner can be used for most biomedical measurements, it is not a robust structure, and pieces of the silver chloride film can be chipped away after repeated use of the electrode. A structure with greater mechanical stability is the sintered silver-silver chloride electrode in Figure 4.1b. This electrode consists of a silver lead wire surrounded by a cylinder made up of finely divided silver and silver chloride powder sintered together. 

Different forms of electrodes have been developed for different types of biomedical measurements. To describe each of these would go beyond the constraints of this chapter, but some of the more commonly used electrodes are presented in this section. The reader is referred to the monograph by Geddes for more details and a wider selection of practical electrodes [5]. 

Makoto Kikuchi, Present State of Biomedical Measurement Technologies and Future Prospects, AIST TODAY, English version, pp. 4-7, 2007... 

Instrumentation, Sensors and Biomedical Measurements Standards, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi,... 

The sensors employed in wearable body sensor network systems can be divided into active sensors and passive sensors. There is ambiguity in the classification, and many authors are using the other way around. In the biomedical measurement field, however, the definition of sensor type follows the convention of other electronic instrumentation fields the active sensors are those sensors that require an external power source to convert the input into a usable output signal, while passive sensors are those that intrinsically provide their own energy or derive energy from the phenomenon being... 

Physiological sensors mainly used for biomedical measurement are surface electrodes, pressure sensors, thermistors, and photodiodes. A surface electrode is a transducer that coverts ionic current in the body to electrical current [13]. Medical surface electrodes are placed in contact with skin of the subject to monitor biopotential generated by tissues and organs. The biopotential originated from the electrical brain... 

The present state of fibre-optic technology has provided miniaturized spectrometers, multiple sensing possibilities, remote measurement capabilities and even miniaturization of optical probes for incorporation into hypodermic needles for clinical and other biomedical measurements. This fast-moving technology offers many exciting possibilities for the future in the area of chemical sensing. 

The CSBME presently has 20 scientific sub-societies. These include Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Measurement and Instrumentation,... 

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