About the Author

Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Linkoping University Hospital, Sweden

Table of Contents

Fundamental Concepts Signals and Noise in the Measurement Characteristics of the Measurement System Determination of Absolute Quantity Units of Measurement Quantities References Pressure Measurements Object Quantities Direct Pressure Measurement Indirect Pressure Measurement References Flow Measurement Object Quantities Blood Flow Measurements in Single Vessels Tissue Blood Flow Measurement Respiratory Gas Flow Measurements References Motion and Force Measurement Objects of Measurement Motion Measurements Force Measurements References Temperature, Heat Flow, and Evaporation Measurements Object Quantities Temperature Sensors Noncontact Temperature Measurement Techniques Clinical Thermometers Heat Flow Measurements Evaporation Measurement References Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Measurements Objects of Measurements Electrode Theory Surface Potential Electrodes Micro and Suction Electrodes Biomagnetism References Chemical Measurement Objects of Measurements Chemical Sensors Continuous Measurements of Chemical Quantities References