In-house development of test equipment for quality control and training. Case study: A prototype ECG simulator-tester

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 717-721

  Kontodimopoulos, N ^a   Pallikarakis, N ^a   Christov, I ^b   Daskalov, I ^b  

^a Institute of Biomedical Technology   (Greece)

^b Center of Biomedical Engineering   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

ECG simulator; Electrocardiograph testing; Monitor testing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY CONTROL;

CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE; MONITOR TESTING; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0345435957     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(98)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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