Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation

VOLUME 5......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
NANOPARTICLES......Page 37
NEONATAL MONITORING......Page 47
NEUROLOGICAL MONITORS......Page 68
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS......Page 77
NEUTRON BEAM THERAPY......Page 86
NONIONIZING RADIATION, BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF......Page 100
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY......Page 108
NUCLEAR MEDICINE INSTRUMENTATION......Page 126
NUCLEAR MEDICINE, COMPUTERS IN......Page 142
NUTRITION, PARENTERAL......Page 160
NYSTAGMOGRAPHY.......Page 170
OCULAR FUNDUS REFLECTOMETRY......Page 171
OCULAR MOTILITY RECORDING AND NYSTAGMUS......Page 173
OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS......Page 185
OPTICAL SENSORS......Page 196
OPTICAL TWEEZERS......Page 211
ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES MATERIALS AND DESIGN OF......Page 223
ORTHOPEDICS PROSTHESIS FIXATION FOR......Page 228
OXYGEN ANALYZERS......Page 234
OXYGEN SENSORS......Page 245
OXYGEN TOXICITY.......Page 252
PACEMAKERS......Page 253
PANCREAS, ARTIFICIAL......Page 260
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS......Page 270
PHANTOM MATERIALS IN RADIOLOGY......Page 288
PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS......Page 305
PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY......Page 314
PHOTOGRAPHY, MEDICAL......Page 327
PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS MODELING......Page 335
PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS......Page 367
PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS......Page 395
PNEUMOTACHOMETERS......Page 403
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION......Page 416
POLYMERIC MATERIALS......Page 423
POROUS MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS......Page 428
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY......Page 442
PROSTATE SEED IMPLANTS......Page 454
PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY......Page 465
PUMPS, INFUSION.......Page 478
QUALITY-OF-LIFE MEASURES, CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF......Page 479
RADIATION DOSE PLANNING, COMPUTER-AIDED......Page 491
RADIATION DOSIMETRY FOR ONCOLOGY......Page 501
RADIATION DOSIMETRY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL......Page 517
RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION......Page 536
RADIATION THERAPY, INTENSITY MODULATED......Page 556
RADIATION THERAPY SIMULATOR......Page 561
RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING, MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS IN......Page 570
RADIATION THERAPY, QUALITY ASSURANCE IN......Page 578
RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS......Page 585
RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION AND RADIOACTIVE DECAY......Page 595
RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL DOSIMETRY......Page 601
RADIOSURGERY, STEREOTACTIC......Page 610
RADIOTHERAPY ACCESSORIES......Page 621