About the Book
This new edition of the bestselling Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook brings together all aspects of the design and implementation of measurement, instrumentation, and sensors. Reflecting the current state of the art, it describes the use of instruments and techniques for performing practical measurements in engineering, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences; explains sensors and the associated hardware and software; and discusses processing systems, automatic data acquisition, reduction and analysis, operation characteristics, accuracy, errors, calibrations, and the incorporation of standards for control purposes.
Organized according to measurement problem, the Second Edition:
Consists of 2 volumes
Features contributions from 240+ field experts
Contains 53 new chapters, plus updates to all 194 existing chapters
Addresses different ways of making measurements for given variables
Emphasizes modern intelligent instruments and techniques, human factors, modern display methods, instrument networks, and virtual instruments
Explains modern wireless techniques, sensors, measurements, and applications
A concise and useful reference for engineers, scientists, academic faculty, students, designers, managers, and industry professionals involved in instrumentation and measurement research and development, Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition provides readers with a greater understanding of advanced applications.
Table of Contents:
Spatial, Mechanical, Thermal, and Radiation Measurement: Instrumentation and Measurement Concepts. Spatial Variables. Displacement. Mechanical Variables. Acoustics. Flow and Spot Velocity. Thermal and Temperature Measurement. Radiation. Wireless Instrumentation. Control and Human Factors. Electromagnetic, Optical, Radiation, Chemical, and Biomedical Measurement: Sensors and Sensor Technology. Electrical Variables. Electromagnetic Variables. Time and Frequency. Optical. Chemical Variables. Medical, Biomedical, and Health. Environmental. Signal Processing. Displays and Recorders.
About the Author :
John G. Webster received his BS from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA and M.Sc and Ph.D from University of Rochester, New York, USA. A fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Instrument Society of America, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Society, and Institute of Physics, he served on the IEEE-EMBS Administrative Committee and NIH Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section, authored/co-authored and edited/co-edited numerous books and publications, and received the IEEE-EMBS Career Achievement Award. A highly cited researcher for King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he is currently a professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Halit Eren received his BS, M.Sc, and Ph.D from University of Sheffield, UK. He also obtained an MBA from Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He has served as an instrumentation engineer at Etibank, as well as an assistant professor for Hacettepe University and Middle East Technical University, all in Turkey. An author and co-editor of several books and publications, he was associate professor at Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and visiting professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. A senior member of IEEE taking roles in Region 10 activities and various committees for organizing conferences, he is currently teaching and conducting research at Curtin University.
Review :
"The new edition of this manual shows the state of the art of measures, instrumentation, and sensors used in the field of biomedical engineering. It describes the use of instrumentation and techniques for performing underlying practical measures required particularly for medical sciences, explaining in detail the sensors that are used as well as the techniques, hardware, and software associated. ... The second edition certainly offers the most complete source of reference."
—Centro Nazionale Edilizia e Tecnica Ospedaliera (CNETO)'s Progettare per la Sanità, October 2015
"… a superb and well treated collection of engineering topics delving in-depth in the essential MEASUREMENT activity of almost any variable there is."
—Max E. Valentinuzzi, Institute Biomed Engineering-University Buenos Aires, Argentina
"… Even though different experts in their respective fields wrote the chapters; they are well-written and clear demonstrating the expert editing done by Professors Webster and Eren. The wide base of experts drawn together for this book demonstrates the broad coverage of this book by leading experts in the field of instrumentation.
—Michael R. Neuman, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA
"This is a very interesting, and moreover incredibly thorough, treatment of all aspects relating to sensors and measurements. … The material presented on soft sensors was very much a representation of the state-of-the-art whilst also being understandable and a good introduction to the subject."
—Alex Casson, University of Manchester, UK
