Chapter 7 Biomedical Sensor, Device and Measurement Systems

1. Introduction

1.1. Sensor definition and classification

1.2. Sensor package and specifications

1.3. Special features of biosensor

1.4. Biomedical sensor’s application

2. Biomedical sensors

2.1. Biomedical sensor classification

2.2. Oxygen and carbon dioxide sensor for blood

2.2.1. Oxygen sensor for blood

2.2.2. Carbon dioxide sensor for blood

2.3. Heart sound sensor

2.3.1. Piezoelectric heart sound sensor

2.3.2. Fetus heart sound sensor

2.4. Blood flow sensor

2.5. Respiration sensor

2.6. Blood pressure sensor

2.7. Electrochemical electrode

2.7.1. ECG electrodes

2.7.2. EMG electrodes

2.7.3. EEG electrodes

2.7.4. Microelectrodes

2.8. Enzyme sensor and microbial sensor

3. Charge, current, voltage, power and energy

3.1. Charge and its conversion

3.2. Current and voltage

3.2.1. Current

3.2.2. Voltage

3.3. Power and energy

4. Resistance, inductors and capacitors

4.1. Resistance and its combination

4.1.1. Resistance

4.1.2. Series and parallel combination of resistance

4.2. Capacitor

4.3. Inductor

5. Signal filters and operational amplifiers

5.1. Basic signal amplifier

5.2. Operational amplifiers

5.3. Bioinformation acquisition

6. Biomeasurement system and instrumentation

6.1. Biomeasurement system constitution

6.2. Biomeasurement circuit

6.3. Bioinstrumentation design

7. Chapter summary

Suggested reading

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