REFERENCE SERVICES DIVISION ^5. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE WASHINGTON, D.C. February 1963 SELECTED RECENT REFERENCES ON MEDICAL ELECTRONICS compiled by MARJORY H. WRIGHT MEDICAL ELECTRONICS IN GENERAL Bibliography Rockefeller Institute for Medical Researeh. Medical Electronics Center. Bibliography on medical electronics. New York, Professional Group on Medical Electronics, 1958. 91 p. [on p. 4, it is stated that the Medical Electronics Center is maintaining a continuing bibliography on medical electronics, which is kept on index cards]. Supplement I, July 1959. 68 p. Supplement II, July I960, 76 p. $2.50 for each publication. Conferences 1. IRE Transactions on medical electronics. New York, 1953-, Issues appear irregularly with the proceedings of various conferences and symposia. Published by the Professional Group on Medical Electronics of the Institute of Radio Engineers, 1 East 79th Street, New York 21, New York, 2. Second International Conference on Medical Electronics, Proceedings. Held, Paris, 24-27 June 1959. I960. 614 p. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 301-327 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, Illinois. $29.50. 3. Third International Conference on Medical Electronics, Proceedings. Held, London, 21-27 July I960. 1961. 3 v. Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London W.C.2, England. $20.75. - 1 - " 1 , , "^ BELi-SDA 14f MD." 4. Fourth International Conference »n Medical Electronics. Digest. Held, New York, 16-21 July 1961. 288 p. Institute of Radio Engineers, 1 East 79th Street, New York 21, New York. £3.00. 5. First National Biophysics Conference. Proceedings. Held, Columbus, Ohio, 4-6 March 1957. 1959. 756 p. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. |13.75. 6. Moyer, J. H., ed. Application of computers in cardiovascular disease. Symposium. Held, Philadelphia, 27-28 February 1962. (Amer Heart Assn Monogr No, 5) Circulation Res 11 (No. 3, Pt 2) 485-649, 1962. 25 papers presented on the use of both digital and analogue computers. A copy of the symposium may be obtained from the American Heart Association, 44 East 23rd Street, New York 10, New York, '|2.50. Periodicals 1. Medical electronics news; instrumentation, electronic and electromechanical devices for use in bio-medical research, diagnosis and therapy, radiology, air pollution, etc. Pittsburgh, Pa., Instrument Publishing Co. Quarterly. V.l, March 1961- 2. American journal of medical electronics. New York, Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation. Quarterly. V. 1, 1961- First issue appeared as Journal of Medical Electronics. Periodical articles 1. Ledley, R. S., Lusted, L. B. Biomedical electronics: potenti- alities and problems. Science 135: 198-201, 1962. General discussion of both analog and digital computers. 26 references. 2. Lusted, L. B. Some unsolved problems in biomedical electronics. IRE Trans Med Electronics 1E-7: 200-1, I960. - 2 - DIGITAL COMPUTERS Review articles 1. Ledley, R. S., Lusted, L. E. The'use of electronic computers in medical data processing; aids in diagnosis, current information retrieval, and medical record keeping. IRE Trans Med Electronics ME-7: 31-47, Jan I960. 22 references. 2. Ledley, R. S. Digital electronic computers in bio- medical science. Science 130: 1225-34, 1959. Contains a selected bibliography of 79 items. Periodical articles 1. Brazier, M. A. Some uses of computers in experimental neurology. Exp Neurol 2: 123-43, I960. 2. Brodman, K. Diagnostic decisions by machine. IRE Trans Med Electronics ME-7; 216-9, I960. 3. Brodman, K. and others. Interpretation of symptoms with a data-processing machine. Arch Intern Med (Chicago) 103: 776-82, 1959. 4. Ledley, R. S., Lusted, L. B. Reasoning foundations of medical diagnosis. Science 130: 9-21, 1959. 5. Lipkin, M., Hardy, J. D. Mechanical correlation of data in differential diagnosis of hematological diseases. JAMA 166: 113-25, 1958. 6, Lipkin, M. and others. Digital computer as aid to differ- ential diagnosis. Arch Intern Med (Chicago) 108: 56-72, 1961. 7. Pell, S. Electronic processing of industrial medical data. With special reference to "surgical convalescence" statistics. J Occup Med 1: 537-40, 1959. - 3 - 8. Schenthal, J. E. and others. Clinieal application of large- scale electronic data processing apparatus. I. New con- cepts in clinical use of the * electronic digital computer, JAMA 173: 7-11, I960. ' ~ . •■■.-. 9. Weinrauch, H., Hetherington, A. W. Computers in medicine and biology. JAMA 169: 240-45, 1959. ANALOG COMPUTERS Books 1. Bukstein, E. J. Medical electronics. 1959. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 131 East 23d Street, New York 10, New York. $3.50. 2. Donaldson, P. E. K. Electronic apparatus for biological research. London, Butterworth, 1958. 718 p. Edition published by Academic Press, Inc., Ill Fifth Avenue, New York 3, New Ycrk. £20.00. 3. Licht, Sidney. Therapeutic electricity and ultraviolet radiation. 1959. 373 P. Elizabeth Licht, Publisher, 360 Fountain Street, New Haven, Connecticut. $10.00. 4. Morris, A. C. A physician's introduction to electronics; a laboratory manual. 1961. 43 p. Pergamon Press, Inc., 122 East 55th Street, New York 22, New York. £2.50. 5. Nightingale, Alfred. Physics and electronics in physical medicine. 1959. 292 p. G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., York House, Portugal Street, London W.C.2, England. £4.50. 6. Stacy, R. W. Biological and medical electronics. I960. 308 p. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 330 West 42nd Street, New York 36, New York. £9.50. 7, Whitfield, I. C. An introduction to electronics for physio- logical workers. 2d ed. 1959. 263 p. St. Martin's Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York 10, New York. &3.75. - 4 - Conferences 1. Eleventh annual conference on electrical techniques in medicine and biology. Held, Minneapolis, 19-21 November, 1958. IRE Trans Med Electronics ME-6: 107-89, Sept 1959. 2. Twelfth annual conference on electrical techniques in medicine and biology. Held, Philadelphia, 10-12 November 1959. IRE Trans Med Electronics ME-7: 200-30, July I960. Also published separately: U.S. Air Force. Rome Air Development Center. Technical report RADC-TR- 59-227. 1959. 97 p. 3. Institute of Radio Engineers. Ultrasonics, medical and industrial electronics. Part 9 of IRE Convention Record. 1955 National Convention held in New York, 21-24 March 1955. 141 p. Panel discussion on medical electronics, held March 24, was published later in: IRE ^Trans Med Electronics ME-2: 3-39, Oct 1955. Periodical articles 1. Beljan, J. R., Berry, R. E. The use of radiofrequency conduction techniques for biologic investigation. Surgery 46: 288-97, 1959. 2. Geddes, L. A. and others. Acquisition of physiologic data at the bedside; a progress report. Amer J Med Electronics 1: 62-9, 1962. 3. Rent sen, W. Electronic device for direct recording of a combined circulation-regulation test in daily practice, Amer J Med Electronics 1: 195-8, 1962. 4. Ryan, L. J. A portable, self-contained electronic cardio- tachometer for the medical research profession evolved by a unique group of engineers. IftE Trans Med Electronics ME-7: 221-4, I960. 5. Taylor, W. K. Analogue computers for reeearch on learning. Brit-Med J, No. 5102: 967-68, 1958. - 5 -