Biomedical Instrumentation

How Arterial Tonometer is used for Blood Pressure Measurement

The arterial tonometer is an instrument used to measure arterial blood pressure. It differs from sphygmomanometer in that, rather than…

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Commonly used EEG Electrodes

The most commonly employed electrodes for recording electroencephalographic signals from the brain (EEG) are cup electrodes and subdermal needle electrodes.…

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The Principles of Microbial Biosensors

Introduction The underlying basis of a microbial biosensor is the close proximity between an immobilized microorganism that serves as a…

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Optical Tomographic Imaging

The optical properties of normal and diseased tissues are usually different despite the large variation of values in optical properties…

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The Instrumentation for Recording ECG Signals

Since the electrical events in the normal heart precede its mechanical function, ECG signals play an important role in diagnosis…

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What is Echocardiography?

Echocardiography is a diagnostic technique that employs ultrasound to produce an image of the beating heart in real time. A…

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The Measurement of Tissue Optical Properties

The measurement of optical properties i.e. absorption coefficient (μa), scattering coefficient (μs), and scattering anisotropy (g) of biological tissues is…

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The Operation of Fiber-optic Based Blood Gas Sensors

To perform in vivo measurements and to steadfastly analyze blood gases, a small, stable, accurate and bio-compatible sensor is needed…

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The Principle of Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors for Detection of Antibody & Antigen Interactions

When monochromatic polarized light for instance, from a laser source impinges on a transparent medium having a conducting metallized surface…

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Key Properties of Bioelectrodes

To record biopotentials, an interface is required between the electron-conducting copper wires connected to signal conditioning amplifiers and the ion-conducting…

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