Table of Contents

Overview of Physiological Measurement. Cardiology-Electrocardiography. Cardiology-Blood Pressure. Dermatology-Skin. Gastrology. Nephrology-Renal Function. Neurology-Central Nervous System. Neurology-Peripheral Nerves and Muscles. Obstetrics. Ophthalmology-Visual System. Orthopedics. Otolaryngology. Pathology-Chemical Tests. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Pulmonology-Respiration. Urology-Bladder Function. Data Processing, Analysis and Statistics.

About the Author

John G. Webster is a Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Instrument Society of America, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Institute of Physics. He has authored and edited numerous books and has been the recipient of several awards. He earned a PhD from the University of Rochester. His research in the field of medical instrumentation focuses on intracranial pressure monitoring, ECG dry electrodes, tactile vibrators, a visual voiding device, and apnea.

Reviews

"…if you are wanting detail about the physiological mechanisms behind commonly encountered clinical tests then this is well worth a read…"
—Anthony Starr, Junior Practitioner, Cumbria, UK"What makes this book particularly unique and potentially attractive to technically oriented clinicians is the number of chapters organized by medical subspecialty as opposed to simply by organ systems. … this book offers a well-organized and expanded treatment of virtually all of the common and specialty physiological measurements currently available. It should also serve as a good primer for those relatively new to the field."
—Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, May/June 2015