Complex Measurement Systems in Medicine: from Synchronized Monotask Measuring Instruments to Cyber-Physical Systems

Abstract

Design problems of flexible computer systems for physiological researches are discussed. The widespread case of employing of commercial medical devices as parts of the resulting computer system is analyzed. To overcome most of the arising difficulties, we propose using of the universal synchronizing device and the modular script-based software. The prospects of such computer systems are outlined as a development into cyberphysical systems with on-demand plugging in of required hardware modules.