• DocumentCode
    773884
  • Title

    Technology 1992-medical electronics

  • Author

    Jurgen, R.K.

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Advances of note during 1991 are reviewed. A microprocessor-based fiber-optic sensing system that monitors blood gas in real time was introduced. Also introduced was a tympanic or ear thermometer that measures infrared heat generated by the eardrum and surrounding tissue and displays the temperature in about 2 s. Interest in artificial heart research was reviewed. Images of the human brain as it performed the simple task of recalling a word showed that the recall process was going on in unexpected parts of the brain, not just in the hippocampus
  • Keywords
    biomedical electronics; AD 1991; artificial heart research; blood gas monitoring; ear thermometer; human brain images; microprocessor-based fiber-optic sensing system; recall process; tympanic thermometer; Arteries; Blood flow; Brain cells; Head; Heart; Hippocampus; Positron emission tomography; Surgery; TV; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.109612
  • Filename
    109612