Clinical Physiologic Research Instrumentation: An Approach Using Modular Elements and Distributed Processing.
Ronald W. Hagen, H.Dieter Ambos, M. W. Browder, W. R. Roloff, Luke Thomas · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · 1979
The Clinical Physiologic Research System (CPRS) developed from our experience in applying computers to medical instrumentation problems. This experience revealed a set of applications with a commonality in data acquisition, analysis, input/output, and control needs that could be met by a portable system. The CPRS demonstrates a practical methodology for integrating commercial instruments with distributed modular elements of local design in order to make facile responses to changing instrumentation needs in clinical environments.