Electronics for Medicine
Electronics for Medicine
Electronics for Medicine (pronunciation: /ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks fɔːr ˈmɛdɪsɪn/), also known as Medical Electronics, is a specialized discipline that implements and develops electronic devices and systems for medical applications.
Etymology
The term "Electronics for Medicine" is a combination of two words. "Electronics" is derived from the word "electron", which was coined by the Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney in 1891. The term "Medicine" comes from the Latin word "medicina", meaning "the healing art".
Definition
Electronics for Medicine involves the application of electronics and engineering principles in the field of healthcare and medicine. It includes the design and development of electronic medical devices, such as medical imaging equipment, biomedical instrumentation, medical monitors, and medical sensors. These devices are used for diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of various medical conditions.
Related Terms
- Biomedical Engineering: An interdisciplinary field that combines engineering and medical sciences to design and create equipment, devices, computer systems, and software used in healthcare.
- Medical Devices: Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material, or other article, whether used alone or in combination, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease.
- Health Technology: The application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives.
- Telemedicine: The use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Electronics for Medicine
- Wikipedia's article - Electronics for Medicine
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