Sensors in biomedical applications : fundamentals, technology & applications
- Title
- Sensors in biomedical applications : fundamentals, technology & applications / Gábor Harsányi.
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- Lancaster, Pa. : Technomic Pub. Co., [2000], ©2000.
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- xviii, 350 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
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- Contents
- Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Sensors and Their Characteristics. 1.2. Integrated and Smart Sensors: Up-to-Date Requirements. 1.3. Special Requirements of Biomedical Applications -- Ch. 2. Sensor Technologies. 2.1. Monolithic Semiconductor Technologies. 2.2. Ceramics. 2.3. Thin- and Thick-Film Technologies. 2.4. Processing of Polymer Films. 2.5. Optical-Fiber Technologies -- Ch. 3. Basic Sensor Structures. 3.1. Impedance-Type Structures. 3.2. Semiconductor Devices as Sensors. 3.3. Sensors Based on Acoustic-Wave Propagation. 3.4. Calorimetric Sensors. 3.5. Electrochemical Cells as Sensors. 3.6. Sensors with Optical Waveguides -- Ch. 4. Sensing Effects. 4.1. Thermoresistive Effects. 4.2. Thermoelectric Effect. 4.3. Other Thermoeffects Used in Sensors. 4.4. Piezoelectric Effect. 4.5. Electrets in Capacitive Transducers. 4.6. Pyroelectric Effect. 4.7. Piezoresistive Effect. 4.8. Hall Effect. 4.9. Further Methods of Sensing Magnetic Fields.
- 4.10. Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID). 4.11. Radiation Induced Effects and Related Sensor Structures. 4.12. Adsorption and Absorption of Chemical Species. 4.13. Selective Molecular Receptors. 4.14. Permeation through Membranes. 4.15. Ion-Selective Membranes. 4.16. Chemical-Optical Transduction Effects -- Ch. 5. Physical Sensors and Their Applications in Biomedicine. 5.1. Measuring Temperature. 5.2. Other Applications of Temperature Sensors. 5.3. Mechanical Sensors in Biomedicine. 5.4. Sensors in Ultrasound Imaging. 5.5. Detectors in Radiology. 5.6. Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Field Sensors. 5.7. Further Applications of Physical Sensors -- Ch. 6. Sensors for Measuring Chemical Quantities in Biomedicine. 6.1. Sensors for Monitoring Blood Gases and pH. 6.2. Optical Oximetry. 6.3. Other Applications of Chemical Sensors -- Ch. 7. Biosensors. 7.1. Enzymatic Biosensors. 7.2. Affinity Biosensors. 7.3. Living Biosensors.
- 7.4. Direct Methods for Monitoring Bioactive Compounds -- Ch. 8. Biocompatibility of Sensors -- Ch. 9. Summary and Future Trends.
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- Columbia University Libraries
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.