DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION (V SEMESTER) QUIZ QUESTION BANK

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____________________heart rate meters work on the basis of converting each R

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wave of ECG into a pulse of fixed duration and amplitude. Patient monitors are also known as __________________________. The memory of bedside patient monitoring system (Albury instruments, UK) comprises of ____________ bytes of ROM and ___________bytes of RAM with ________________ samples of ECG. An instantaneous heart rate meter facilitates detection of ______________________. The ______________________________________consists of a Ga-As infrared emitting diode and a phototransistor in a compact package. In a cardiotachometer, the slew rate limiter is used to ___________________________________ The methods used for detection of volume changes of blood flow are 1. 2. 3. The most commonly used method to measure pulsatile blood volume changes is by _______________________. In the instantaneous heart rate meter false alarm is reduced by using a

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_________________. 10. In the reflectance method of measuring pulse rate the _______________ and _______________are placed adjacent to each other. 11. For blood pressure measurement, the ________________________ artery is the object from where the ultrasound gets reflected. 12. The direct method of pressure measurement is used when highest degree of ___________________,____________________________ and ______________________ is required. 13. ____________________is the natural pacemaker of the heart. 14. The output voltage of an external pacemaker is the reverse of _________and that of the internal pacemaker is ____________________. 15. The operating principle underlying the electromagnetic flow meters is based on

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_____________________. 16. According to the 5 letter pacemaker identification terminology, what does the second letter indicate. 17. The first implantable cardiac pacemaker used _______________ cells. 18. When does the demand unit of the pacemaker function? 19. Asynchronous contraction of the heart muscles is known as____________ 20. Which type of current waveform is more effective, monophasic or biphasic.Why? 21. Type of pacemaker used for patients who generally have sinus rhythm with occasion heart block is _________________ 22. Which type of electrodes are required by automatic or advisory external defibrillators 23. The two types of ultrasonic blood flow meters are ______________________ and _________________________. 24. Give an example of commercially available defibrillator. 25. The blood velocity is measured by using the basic relationship _________________.

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