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Basic Components of A Biomedical System

This document outlines the basic components and objectives of a biomedical instrumentation system, including: gathering information by measuring variables in the body; helping with diagnosis by detecting malfunctions; evaluating a system's ability to meet requirements; monitoring processes or operations over time; and sometimes controlling a system. It describes the basic components as including: the subject being measured on; a stimulus provided in some measurements; transducers that convert measurements to electrical signals; signal conditioning equipment; display equipment; and recording, data processing, and transmission equipment.

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Basic Components of A Biomedical System

This document outlines the basic components and objectives of a biomedical instrumentation system, including: gathering information by measuring variables in the body; helping with diagnosis by detecting malfunctions; evaluating a system's ability to meet requirements; monitoring processes or operations over time; and sometimes controlling a system. It describes the basic components as including: the subject being measured on; a stimulus provided in some measurements; transducers that convert measurements to electrical signals; signal conditioning equipment; display equipment; and recording, data processing, and transmission equipment.

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Basic components of a

Biomedical system

The basic objectives of any instrumentation system are


1.Information-gathering system: instrumentation is
used to measure natural phenomena and other variables
2. Diagnosis: Measurements are made to help in the
detection of some malfunction of the system being
measured.
3. Evaluation: Measurements are used to determine the
ability of a system to meet its functional requirements.
4. Monitoring: Instrumentation is used to monitor some
process or operation in order to obtain continuous or
periodic information about the state of the system being
measured.
5. Control: Instrumentation is sometimes used to

A block diagram of the maninstrument system is shown in


Figure

Subject
The subject is the human being on whom the measurements are
made.
Stimulus
In many measurements, the response to some form of external
stimulus is
required. The stimulus may be visual or tactile
Transducer
In general, a transducer is defined as a device capable of converting
one form of energy or signal to another. In the man-instrument
system, each transducer is used to produce an electric signal that is
an analog of the phenomenon being measured. The transducer may
measure temperature, pressure, flow, or any of the other variables
that can be found in the body, but its output is always an electric
signal.
Signal-Conditioning Equipment
The part of the instrumentation system that amplifies, modifies, or in
any
other way changes the electric output of the transducer is called

Display Equipment
The electrical output of the signal-conditioning equipment must be
converted into a form that can be perceived by one of man's senses
and that can convey the information obtained by the measurement in
a meaningful way.
Recording, Data-Processing, and Transmission Equipment
The measured information is recorded for possible later use or to
transmit it from one location to another.

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