- Hardcover: 703 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (15 July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0138494312
- ISBN-13: 978-0138494315
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 19.6 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,034,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This third edition of the industry standard on biomedical equipment is still the most important resource of broad and deep information on biomedical equipment.
Beginning with a review of the anatomy and physiology of the human body systems for which the instruments are designed, the book discusses Electro-Optics, Fiber Optics, and Lasers; Electromagnetic Interference; and the care of Battery-Operated Medical Equipment. The third edition of Introduction to Biomedical Equipment has been revised to reflect the latest information. It includes new chapters on biomedical equipment instrumentation and measurement technology; basic theories of measurement technology; and Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement. It also covers basic theory underlying signals and noise and provides expanded coverage and recent information on Ultrasonic imaging.
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Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology is recognized as the premier book used to train biomedical equipment professionals, and serves as an excellent reference for these professionals in the field. It is also a valuable reference work for engineers and technologists who design biomedical equipment.
Significant changes to this edition are:
- A new chapter on quality Improvement is included.
- New sections on hemodialysis machines, the Y2K problem, and new computer devices in medicine are provided.
- Key features have been incorporated to address current issues and important technological advances.
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Format:Hardcover
This book is good for Biomedical Technologists, ClinicalEngineers, Service Engineers, Medical Physicist and Students. It is easy to understand with complex prinicples made easy to understand. Worth the money I paid. It is invaluable as a refernce book and a study book.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book - But it could use a "cosmetic" update
15 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Good subject coverage, knowledgeable author, and plenty of uncluttered figures makes this book very worthwhile. The only thing missing from this excellent book is an update. Although this is the third edition (1998), almost all of the equipment photographs are from the early-to-mid 1970's. An extensive and broad Suggested Reading section follows most chapters but again far far too many references are to early 1970's books and manuals. An update could earn this book a 5+ rating.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Update drastically overdue
25 Aug 2007
Format:Hardcover
While I consider this book one of the cornerstones of BMET education, a comprehensive update is very overdue. In addition to this edition, I also posess the first edition of the Brown and Carr book, and while that edition is considerably smaller, most of the information, figures, and photographs are reproduced in the fourth edition.
Granted, much of the information is still valid, but it does not truly represent the state of the field today. Their cause would be helped if they showed more accurate representations of what constitutes standard equipment of today. Additionally the authors spend a valuable amount of time explaining the theories behind measurement methods and electronic theories, the technology described is invariably that of the 1970s with little time or attention spent on what is in use now.
An aspiring Biomedical Equipment Technician should read this book, but should bear in mind that it will only go so far in preparing them for the modern day BMET field. I would love to see Brown and Carr throw out all of the figures and photographs for the fifth edition, just to make them actually re-visit the state-of-the-art.
Granted, much of the information is still valid, but it does not truly represent the state of the field today. Their cause would be helped if they showed more accurate representations of what constitutes standard equipment of today. Additionally the authors spend a valuable amount of time explaining the theories behind measurement methods and electronic theories, the technology described is invariably that of the 1970s with little time or attention spent on what is in use now.
An aspiring Biomedical Equipment Technician should read this book, but should bear in mind that it will only go so far in preparing them for the modern day BMET field. I would love to see Brown and Carr throw out all of the figures and photographs for the fifth edition, just to make them actually re-visit the state-of-the-art.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Pleased
15 Feb 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was happy with this purchase. Other than being a softcover, this intl. version is basically the same book as the more expensive U.S. hardcover edition.
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