Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation Vol. 6

The articles in The Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation focus on what is currently useful or is likely to be useful in future medicine. They answer the question, "What are the branches of medicine and how does technology assist each of them?" Articles focus on the practice of medicine that is assisted by devices, rather than including, for example, the use of drugs to treat disease. The title is the only resource on the market dealing with the subject in encyclopedic detail. * Accessible to practitioners with a broad range of backgrounds from students to researchers and physicians * Articles cover the latest developments such as nanotechnology, fiber optics, and signal processing VOLUME 6 1 Copyright 4 CONTRIBUTOR LIST 5 PREFACE 15 LIST OF ARTICLES 17 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 21 CONVERSION FACTORS AND UNIT SYMBOLS 31 R (continued) 37 RADIOTHERAPHY, COBALT 60 UNITS FOR. 37 RADIOTHERAPY, HEAVY IONS AND ELECTRONS 37 RADIOTHERAPY, INTRAOPERATIVE 49 RADIOTHERAPY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL 66 RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING, OPTIMIZATION OF 74 RANGE OF MOTION. 84 RECORDERS, GRAPHIC 84 RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 98 REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES. 98 REGULATIONS FOR RADIATION. 98 REHABILITATION AND MUSCLE TESTING 98 REHABILITATION, COMPUTERS IN COGNITIVE 107 REHABILITATION, ORTHOTICS IN 116 RESIN-BASED COMPOSITES 129 RESPIRATOR. 135 RESPIRATORY MECHANICS AND GAS EXCHANGE 135 RESPIRATORY MONITORING. 144 RESPIRATORY SOUNDS. 144 RESUSCITATION, CARDIOPULMONARY. 144 RHEOLOGY, BLOOD. 144 S 145 SAFETY PROGRAM, HOSPITAL 145 SCAFFOLD MATERIALS, STERILIZATION OF. 158 SCAFFOLDS. 158 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. 158 SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY. 158 SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY. 158 SCOLIOSIS, BIOMECHANICS OF 158 SCREEN-FILM SYSTEMS 174 SENSORS, GLUCOSE. 185 SENSORS, OPTICAL. 185 SENSORS, PIEZOELECTRIC. 185 SENSORY AIDS. 185 SEXUAL INSTRUMENTATION 185 SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS. 199 SHOCK, TREATMENT OF 199 SHUNT, FOR HYDROCEPHALUS. 205 SIMULATION. 205 SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY. 205 SKIN SUBSTITUTE FOR BURNS, BIOACTIVE 205 SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR REGENERATION 215 SKIN, BIOMECHANICS OF 238 SLEEP LABORATORY 244 SLEEP STUDIES, COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF 249 SPECT. 260 SPECTROFLUORIMETRY. 260 SPECTROPHOTOMETRY. 260 SPEECH REHABILITATION. 260 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION 260 SPINAL IMPLANTS 265 SPINE. 276 SPIROMETRY. 276 STATISTICAL METHODS 276 STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES. 301 STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY. 301 STEREOTACTIC SURGERY 301 STERILIZATION. 309 STERILIZATION OF BIOLOGIC SCAFFOLD MATERIALS 309 STETHOSCOPE. 318 STOMACH, ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY. 318 STRAIN GAGES 318 STRESS TESTING, CARDIOVASCULAR. 326 SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS. 326 SURGERY, FROZEN. 326 SURGERY, INTRAUTERINE. 326 SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE. 326 SURGERY, STEREOTACTIC. 326 SWEAT TEST FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS. 326 SYSTEMIC HYPERTHERMIA. 326 T 327 TACTILE STIMULATION 327 TEETH, PROPERTIES OF. 338 TELEMETRY. 338 TELERADIOLOGY 338 TEMPERATURE MONITORING 347 TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT. 356 TENDON, PROPERTIES OF. 356 TENS DEVICES. 356 THERMISTORS 356 THERMOCOUPLES 376 THERMODILUTION. 382 THERMOGRAPHY 382 THERMOMETRY 391 THERMOREGULATION. 398 THERMOTHERAPY. 398 TISSUE ABLATION 398 TISSUE ENGINEERING 415 TISSUE ENGINEERING. 431 TISSUE EQUIVALENTS. 431 TMJ. 431 TOMOTHERAPY 431 TONOMETRY, ARTERIAL 438 TOOTH AND JAW, BIOMECHANICS OF 446 TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART. 465 TOTAL JOINT PROSTHESES. 465 TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION. 465 TRACER KINETICS 465 TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) 473 TRANSPLANTATION, LIVER. 488 TRAUMA MANAGEMENT. 488 TWEEZERS, OPTICAL. 488 U 489 ULTRASONIC HYPERTHERMIA. 489 ULTRASONIC IMAGING 489 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION IN MEDICINE 509 V 527 VAGINA, EXAMINATION OF. 527 VASCULAR GRAFT PROSTHESIS 527 VASCULAR MEASUREMENTS. 541 VENOUS SHUNT. 541 VENTILATION, HIGH-FREQUENCY. 541 VENTILATORS, ACUTE MEDICAL CARE 541 VENTILATORY MONITORING 550 VESSELS, PROPERTIES OF. 564 VISION CORRECTION DEVICES. 564 VISUAL FIELD TESTING 564 VISUAL PROSTHESES 566 X 586 X-RAY EQUIPMENT DESIGN 586 X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY. 596 X-RAY QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM 596 X-RAY SCREEN-FILM SYSTEMS. 616 X-RAY SIMULATOR. 616 X-RAY THERAPY EQUIPMENT, LOW AND MEDIUM ENERGY 616 X-RAYS: INTERACTION WITH MATTER 626 X-RAYS, PRODUCTION OF 635 INDEX 647 VOLUME 6......Page 1 Copyright......Page 4 CONTRIBUTOR LIST......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 15 LIST OF ARTICLES......Page 17 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS......Page 21 CONVERSION FACTORS AND UNIT SYMBOLS......Page 31 RADIOTHERAPY, HEAVY IONS AND ELECTRONS......Page 37 RADIOTHERAPY, INTRAOPERATIVE......Page 49 RADIOTHERAPY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL......Page 66 RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING, OPTIMIZATION OF......Page 74 RECORDERS, GRAPHIC......Page 84 REHABILITATION AND MUSCLE TESTING......Page 98 REHABILITATION, COMPUTERS IN COGNITIVE......Page 107 REHABILITATION, ORTHOTICS IN......Page 116 RESIN-BASED COMPOSITES......Page 129 RESPIRATORY MECHANICS AND GAS EXCHANGE......Page 135 RHEOLOGY, BLOOD.......Page 144 SAFETY PROGRAM, HOSPITAL......Page 145 SCOLIOSIS, BIOMECHANICS OF......Page 158 SCREEN-FILM SYSTEMS......Page 174 SEXUAL INSTRUMENTATION......Page 185 SHOCK, TREATMENT OF......Page 199 SKIN SUBSTITUTE FOR BURNS, BIOACTIVE......Page 205 SKIN TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR REGENERATION......Page 215 SKIN, BIOMECHANICS OF......Page 238 SLEEP LABORATORY......Page 244 SLEEP STUDIES, COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF......Page 249 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION......Page 260 SPINAL IMPLANTS......Page 265 STATISTICAL METHODS......Page 276 STEREOTACTIC SURGERY......Page 301 STERILIZATION OF BIOLOGIC SCAFFOLD MATERIALS......Page 309 STRAIN GAGES......Page 318 SYSTEMIC HYPERTHERMIA.......Page 326 TACTILE STIMULATION......Page 327 TELERADIOLOGY......Page 338 TEMPERATURE MONITORING......Page 347 THERMISTORS......Page 356 THERMOCOUPLES......Page 376 THERMOGRAPHY......Page 382 THERMOMETRY......Page 391 TISSUE ABLATION......Page 398 TISSUE ENGINEERING......Page 415 TOMOTHERAPY......Page 431 TONOMETRY, ARTERIAL......Page 438 TOOTH AND JAW, BIOMECHANICS OF......Page 446 TRACER KINETICS......Page 465 TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS)......Page 473 TWEEZERS, OPTICAL.......Page 488 ULTRASONIC IMAGING......Page 489 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION IN MEDICINE......Page 509 VASCULAR GRAFT PROSTHESIS......Page 527 VENTILATORS, ACUTE MEDICAL CARE......Page 541 VENTILATORY MONITORING......Page 550 VISUAL FIELD TESTING......Page 564 VISUAL PROSTHESES......Page 566 X-RAY EQUIPMENT DESIGN......Page 586 X-RAY QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM......Page 596 X-RAY THERAPY EQUIPMENT, LOW AND MEDIUM ENERGY......Page 616 X-RAYS: INTERACTION WITH MATTER......Page 626 X-RAYS, PRODUCTION OF......Page 635 INDEX......Page 647 V. 1. Alloys, Shape Memory - Brachytherapy, Intravascular -- V. 2. Capacitive Microsensors For Biomedical Applications - Drug Infusion Systems -- V. 3. Echocardiography And Doppler Echocardiography - Human Spine, Biomechanics Of -- V. 4. Hydrocephalus, Tools For Diagnosis And Treatment Of - Monoclonal Antibodies -- V. 5. Nanoparticles - Radiotherapy Accessories -- V. 6. Radiotherapy, Heavy Ion - X-rays, Production Of Edited By John G. Webster. Rev. Ed. Of: Encyclopedia Of Medical Devices And Instrumentation. 1988. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Available In An Electronic Version. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.