Virtual Bio Instrumentation Biomedical, Clinical, and Healthcare Applications in LabVIEW

517 Pages·2005·15.71 MB·English

by  Jon B. Olansen

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Virtual Bio-Instrumentation

Biomedical, Clinical, and Healthcare Applications in LabVIEW

Jon B. Olansen, Ph.D.
Eric Rosow, M.S.

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Olansen, Jon B.
Virtual bio-instrumentation: biomedical, clinical, and healthcare applications
in LabVIEW / Jon B. Olansen, Eric Rosow.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-13-065216-4 (pbk.)
1. Scientific apparatus and instruments—Computer simulation. 2. Computer graphics.
3. Engineering instruments—Data processing. 4. Biomedical engineering. I. Rosow, Eric.
II. Title.
R856 .O434 2002
610′.28′0113—dc21 2001052399

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Contents

Preface

1
Preliminaries
1 Introduction
General Goals of VBI Applications
Educational Objectives
Professional Objectives
Previous Knowledge Requirements
Organization of the Book
Book Conventions
What This Book Is
What This Book Is Not
Research and Clinical Applications
Medical Device Development and Test Applications
Healthcare and Informatics Applications
Advanced Applications
Contents of the CD-ROMs
2 Basic Concepts
Data Acquisition (DAQ) Basics
LabVIEW™ Basics
BioBench™ Basics
Independent Solution Articles
Ensemble Averaging of Physiologic Signals:
A LabVIEW-based Software Package Assisting the Analysis of Cyclic Data
2
Research Applications