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This two-volume set focuses on the interface between physiologic mechanisms and diagnostic human engineering. Readers will gain a technical understanding of the underlying concepts necessary to reasonably interpret the corresponding biosignals.

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Fundamentals of biosignals.- Definition and model of biosignals.- Historical aspects.- Classification of biosignals.- Trends in biosignals monitoring.- Physiological and functional basis.- Cell.- Neurons and receptors.- Muscle.- Heart.- Circulatory system.- Respiratory system.- Physiological phenomena and biosignals.- Vital phenomena and their parameters.- Heartbeat.- Respiration.- Blood circulation.- Blood pressure.- Blood flow.- Arterial radius.- Blood oxygenation.- Body temperature.- Parameter behavior.- Cardiorespiratory interrelations.- Cardiovascular interrelations.- Biological rhythms.- Sleep.

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Assoc. Univ. Prof., head of the research group "Biomedical Sensing" at the Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering, Vienna University of Technology

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