Important devices in biomedical engineering

Author

Webster, John G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin-Madison Univ., WI, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

18-20 Aug 1992

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

The author discusses developments in new instruments that aid in diagnosis and therapy. They include: US imaging, fast CT, PET, MRI, PACS, electrical impedance tomography, foetal ECG, impedance cardiography, electrosurgical unit, hyperthermia, artificial implants, lithotripsy, haemodialysis, rehabilitation aids, computer control of disabled aids

Keywords

PACS; biomedical NMR; biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; computerised tomography; electric impedance imaging; electrocardiography; handicapped aids; medical computing; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; prosthetics; radiation therapy; radioisotope scanning and imaging; reviews; surgery; MRI; PACS; US imaging; artificial implants; biomedical engineering; computer control; diagnosis; disabled aids; electrical impedance tomography; electrosurgical unit; fast computerised tomography; foetal ECG; haemodialysis; hyperthermia; impedance cardiography; lithotripsy; positron emission tomography; rehabilitation aids; therapy; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Electrocardiography; Impedance; Instruments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical treatment; Picture archiving and communication systems; Positron emission tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Days, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 International

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0743-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IBED.1992.247096

Filename

247096