Fundamental Concepts Signals and Noise in the Measurement Characteristics of the Measurement System Determination of Absolute Quantity Pressure Measurements Object Quantities Direct Pressure Measurement Indirect Pressure Measurements Flow Measurement Object Quantities Blood Flow Measurements in Single Vessels Tissue Blood Flow Measurement Respiratory Gas Flow Measurements Motion and Force Measurements Objects of Measurements Motion Measurements Force Measurements Temperature, Heat Flow, and Evaporation Measurement Object Quantities Temperature Transducers Noncontact Temperature Measurement Techniques Clinical Thermometers Heat Flow Measurements Evaporation Measurement Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Measurement Objects of Measurements Electrode Theory Surface Potential Electrodes Micro- and Suction Electrodes Biomagnetism Chemical Measurement Objects of Measurements Chemical Transducers Continuous Measurement of Chemical Quantities Index Each chapter includes a reference section.