Table of Contents

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS; Banu Onaral
Biomedical Signals: Origin and Dynamic Characteristics; Frequency-Domain Analysis; Arnon Cohen
Digital Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing; Luca T. Mainardi, Anna M. Bianchi, and Sergio Cerutti
Compression of Digital Biomedical Signals; A. Enis Çetin and Hayrettin Köymen
Time-Frequency Signal Representations for Biomedical Signals; G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels and Robin Murray
Wavelet (Time-Scale) Analysis in Biomedical Signal Processing; Nitish V. Thakor, Boris Gramatikov, and David Sherman
Higher-Order Spectral Analysis; Athina P. Petropulu
Neural Networks in Biomedical Signal Processing; Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou
Complexity, Scaling, and Fractals in Biomedical Signals; Banu Onaral and Joseph P. Cammarota
Future Directions: Biomedical Signal Processing and Networked Multimedia Communications; Banu Onaral

IMAGING; Warren S. Grundfest
X-Ray; Robert E. Shroy, Jr., Michael S. Van Lysel, and Martin J. Yaffe
Computed Tomography; Ian A. Cunningham and Philip F. Judy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Steven Conolly, Albert Macovski, John Pauly, John Schenck, Kenneth K. Kwong, David A. Chesler, Xiaoping Hu, Wei Chen, Maqbool Patel, and Kamil Ugurbil
Nuclear Medicine; Barbara Y. Croft and Benjamin M.W. Tsui
Ultrasound; Richard L. Goldberg, Stephen W. Smith, Jack G. Mottley, and K. Whittaker Ferrara
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy; Xiaohong Zhou and G. Allan Johnson
Positron-Emission Tomography (PET); Thomas F. Budinger and Henry F. VanBrocklin
Electrical Impedance Tomography; D.C. Barber
Medical Applications of Virtual Reality Technology; Walter Greenleaf and Tom Piantanida

INFRARED IMAGING; Nicholas A. Diakides
Advances in Medical Infrared Imaging; Nicholas Diakides, Mary Diakides, Jasper Lupo, Jeffrey L. Paul, and Raymond Balcerak
The Historical Development of Thermometry and Thermal Imaging in Medicine; E. Francis Ring and Bryan F. Jones
Physiologies of Thermal Signals; David D. Pascoe, James B. Mercer, and Lois de Weerd
Quantitative Active Dynamic Thermal IR-Imaging and Thermal Tomography in Medical Diagnostics; Antoni Nowakowski
Thermal Texture Maps (TTM): Concept, Theory, and Applications; Zhongqi Liu, Chen Wang, Hairomg Qi, Yune Yuan, Yi Zeng, Z.R. Li, Yulin Zhou, and Wen Yu
IR Imagers as Fever Monitoring Devices: Physics, Physiology, and Clinical Accuracy; E.Y.K. Ng and G.J.L. Kaw
Infrared Imaging of the Breast - An Overview; William C. Amalu, William B. Hobbins, Jonathan F. Head, and Robert L. Elliot
Functional Infrared Imaging of the Breast: Historical Perspectives, Current Application, and Future Considerations; J.R. Keyserlingk, P.D. Ahlgren, E. Yu, N. Belliveau, and M. Yassa
Detecting Breast Cancer from Thermal Infrared Images by Asymmetry Analysis; Hairong Qi, Phani Teja Kuruganti, and Wesley E. Snyder
Advanced Thermal Image Processing; B. Wiecek, M. Strzelecki, T. Jakubowska, M. Wysocki, and C. Drews-Peszynski
Biometrics: Face Recognition in Thermal Infrared; I. Pavlidis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, P. Buddharaju, and C. Manohar
Infrared Imaging for Tissue Characterization and Function; Moinuddin Hassan, Victor Chernomordik, Abby Vogel, David Hattery, Israel Gannot, Robert Yarchoan, and Amir H. Gandjbakhche
Thermal Imaging in Diseases of the Skeletal and Neuromuscular Systems; E. Francis Ring and Kurt Ammer
Functional Infrared Imaging in Clinical Applications; Arcangelo Merla and Gianluca Romani
Thermal Imaging in Surgery; Paul Campbell and Roderick Thomas
Infrared Imaging Applied to Dentistry; Barton M. Gratt
Use of Infrared Imaging in Veterinary Medicine; Ram C. Purohit, Tracy Turner, and David D. Pascoe
Standard Procedures for Infrared Imaging in Medicine; Kurt Ammer and E. Francis Ring
Infrared Detectors and Detector Arrays for Medical Imaging; P.R. Norton, S.B. Horn, J.G. Pellegrino, and P. Perconti
Infrared Camera Characterization; J.G. Pellegrino, R. Zeibel, P. Driggers, and P. Perconti
Infrared Camera and Optics for Medical Applications; Grenn, M.W. Vizgaitis, J.G. Pellegrino, P. Perconti,
Deterline, Walthall, Burnette

MEDICAL INFORMATICS; Luis G. Kun
Hospital Information Systems: Their Function and State; T. Allan Pryor
Computer-Based Patient Records; J. Michael Fitzmaurice
Overview of Standards Related to the Emerging Health Care Information Infrastructure; Jeffery S. Blair
Introduction to Informatics and Nursing; Kathleen A. McCormick, Joyce Sensmeier, Conniewhite Delaney, and Carol J. Bickford
Non-AI Decision Making; Ron Summers, Derek G. Cramp, and Ewart R. Carson
Medical Informatics and Biomedical Emergencies: New Training and Simulation Technologies for First Responders; Joseph M. Rosen, Christopher Swift, Eliot B. Grigg, Matthew F. McKnight, Susan McGrath, Dennis McGrath, Peter Robbie, and C. Everett Koop

BIOMEDICAL SENSORS; Michael R. Neuman
Physical Measurements; Michael R. Neuman
Biopotential Electrodes; Michael R. Neuman
Electrochemical Sensors; Chung-Chiun Liu
Optical Sensors; Yitzhak Mendelson
Bioanalytic Sensors; Richard P. Buck
Biological Sensors for Diagnostics; Orhan Soykan

MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES; Wolf W. von Maltzahn
Biopotential Amplifiers; Joachim H. Nagel
Bioelectric Impedance Measurements; Robert Patterson
Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers; Michael Forde and Pat Ridgely
Noninvasive Arterial Blood Pressure and Mechanics; Gary Drzewiecki
Cardiac Output Measurement; Leslie A. Geddes
External Defibrillators; Willis A. Tacker
Implantable Defibrillators; Edwin G. Duffin
Implantable Stimulators for Neuromuscular Control; Primoz Strojnik and P. Hunter Peckham
Respiration; Leslie A. Geddes
Mechanical Ventilation; Khosrow Behbehani
Essentials of Anesthesia Delivery; A. William Paulsen
Electrosurgical Devices; Jeffrey L. Eggleston and Wolf W. von Maltzahn
Biomedical Lasers; Millard M. Judy
Instrumentation for Cell Mechanics; Nathan J. Sniadecki and Christopher S. Chen
Blood Glucose Monitoring; David D. Cunningham
Atomic Force Microscopy: Probing Biomolecular Interactions; Christopher M. Yip
Parenteral Infusion Devices; Gregory I. Voss and Robert D. Butterfield
Clinical Laboratory: Separation and Spectral Methods; Richard L. Roa
Clinical Laboratory: Nonspectral Methods and Automation; Richard L. Roa
Noninvasive Optical Monitoring; Ross Flewelling
Medical Instruments and Devices Used in the Home; Bruce R. Bowman and Edward Schuck
Virtual Instrumentation: Applications in Biomedical Engineering; Eric Rosow and Joseph Adam

CLINICAL ENGINEERING; Yadin David
Clinical Engineering: Evolution of a Discipline; Joseph D. Bronzino
Management and Assessment of Medical Technology; Yadia David and Thomas M. Judd
Risk Factors, Safety, and Management of Medical Equipment; Michael L. Gullikson
Clinical Engineering Program Indicators; Dennis D. Autio and Robert L. Morris
Quality of Improvement and Team Building; Joseph P. McClain
A Standards Primer for Clinical Engineers; Alvin Wald
Regulatory and Assessment Agencies; Mark E. Bruley and Vivian H. Coates
Applications of Virtual Instruments in Health Care; Eric Rosow and Joseph Adam

ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; Subrata Saha and Joseph D. Bronzino
Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Medical Technology; Joseph D. Bronzino
Ethical Issues Related to Clinical Research; Joseph D. Bronzino
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