A College-Level Overview of Biomedical Instrumentation [Book Review]

This text is aimed at late sophomore- or early junior-level students,with a basic level of understanding of electrical circuits and signal processing. Some background in anatomy, the author writes, “would be useful.” Acknowledging J.G. Webster’s Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design as well as his edited Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation consists of nine chapters providing a concise overview of the subject. The book is liberally illustrated, and each chapter concludes with a reference section and a series of problem assignments. A solutions manual is available for instructors using the text. Although the author is from The Netherlands, the text is reasonably generic and could be useful worldwide. The book is liberally illustrated, and each chapter concludes with a reference section and a series of problem assignments.