Title :
Power quality for medical electronics taking charge of the electrical environment
Author :
Leger, Joseph V. ; Scott, Lyn
Author_Institution :
On Power Systems, Brossard, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Hospitals and medical systems users are increasingly bombarded with information that their instrumentation and medical systems are susceptible to disruption and degradation by poor quality AC power. The increased density of microchips in modern systems have compounded these problems dramatically
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; power supply quality; electrical environment; hospitals; isolation transformers; low-impedance technology; medical electronics power quality; medical systems users; microchips density; poor quality AC power; system degradation; system disruption; Acoustic noise; Consumer electronics; Costs; Degradation; Noise level; Noise reduction; Power quality; Power system protection; Power systems; Surge protection;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575307
