Medical physics and biomedical engineering
By: B.H. Brown ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brown, B. H.; Brown, B. H.
Series: Medical science series
Publisher: Institute of Physics Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bristol; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 736
Subjects: Medical physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Human physiology -- Measurement.
Notes: Based on: Medical physics and physiological measurement / B.H. Brown & R.H. Smallwood. Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Biomechanics; title: Ch. 2. Biofluid mechanics; title: Ch. 3. Physics of the senses; title: Ch. 4. Biocompatibility and tissue damage; title: Ch. 5. Ionizing radiation: dose and exposure; title: measurements, standards and protection; title: Ch. 6. Radioisotopes and nuclear medicine; title: Ch. 7. Ultrasound; title: Ch. 8. Non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation: tissue absorption and safety issues; title: Ch. 9. Gaining access to physiological signals; title: Ch. 10. Evoked responses; title: Ch. 11. Image formation; title: Ch. 12. Image production; title: Ch. 13. Mathematical and statistical techniques; title: Ch. 14. Image processing and analysis.; title: Ch. 15. Audiology; title: Ch. 16. Electrophysiology; title: Ch. 17. Respiratory function; title: Ch. 18. Pressure measurement; title: Ch. 19. Blood flow measurement; title: Ch. 20. Biomechanical measurements; title: Ch. 21. Ionizing radiation: radiotherapy; title: Ch. 22. Safety-critical systems and engineering design: cardiac and blood-related devices.