Title :
Technology 1992-medical electronics
fDate :
1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Advances of note during 1991 are reviewed. A microprocessor-based fiber-optic sensing system that monitors blood gas in real time was introduced. Also introduced was a tympanic or ear thermometer that measures infrared heat generated by the eardrum and surrounding tissue and displays the temperature in about 2 s. Interest in artificial heart research was reviewed. Images of the human brain as it performed the simple task of recalling a word showed that the recall process was going on in unexpected parts of the brain, not just in the hippocampus
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; AD 1991; artificial heart research; blood gas monitoring; ear thermometer; human brain images; microprocessor-based fiber-optic sensing system; recall process; tympanic thermometer; Arteries; Blood flow; Brain cells; Head; Heart; Hippocampus; Positron emission tomography; Surgery; TV; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
