Basics of Sleep Technology
Fundamentals of Sleep Technology
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Ravi Gupta, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Ahmed S. BaHammam
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Basics of Sleep Technology: Fundamentals of Sleep Technology underscores that sleep medicine and technology are dynamic and rapidly growing medical specialties. One must stay up with the newest innovations in the area, but not at the price of the fundamentals. This book includes these, as well as providing a solid background for cutting-edge advances in sleep medicine, diagnostics, monitoring, and therapeutics. Basics of Sleep Technology: Fundamentals of Sleep Technology covers the critical elements of sleep and sleep technologies. It gives a thorough understanding of sleep physiology, neurophysiological concepts, the principles of operation of the numerous equipment types used to diagnosis sleep disorders, and contemporary methodologies for diagnosing sleep disorders. A sleep professional must understand the fundamentals of signal creation, acquisition principles, and data grading from a sleep diary, actigraphy, and polysomnography. This book provides all of this and more to all wishing to develop a comprehensive understanding of sleep.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the latest, up-to-date knowledge regarding sleep medicine: diagnosis and treatment, sleep technology and monitoring
- Presents an authoritative reference resource for specialists and others facing unexpected challenges in the field of sleep medicine
- Appeals to readers from the most seasoned sleep researcher, to those just beginning their advanced training
Readership
Readership
Sleep technologists, sleep medicine trainees, sleep physicians, sleep researchers, psychiatrists, neurologists, and any medical professional interested in the interdisciplinary areas of sleep medicine and technology. The book will be of much interest to emergency physicians and technologists, epileptologists, and neurophysiologists
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Scope of sleep technology
2. Introduction to Sleep Technology
3. Neurosciences
4. Anatomy and physiology of nervous system
5. Autonomic Nervous system
6. Neurotransmitters
7. Generation and propagation of action potential in nerves and smooth muscles
8. Muscular system
9. Principles of volume conduction
10. Physiology of other organ systems in the body
11. Respiratory system
12. Cardiovascular system
13. Endocrine system
14. Gastrointestinal system
15. Genitourinary system
16. Sleep Sciences
17. Sleep and wakefulness
18. Need and importance of sleep for living beings
19. Physiological changes during sleep
20. Chronobiology
21. Signals used in Sleep technology
22. Electricity and electronics
23. Electrodes
24. Biomechanical and chemical biomonitoring
25. Physiological basis of ECG
26. Physiological basis of ECG
27. Physiological basis of EEG
28. Polysomnography
29. Actigraphy
30. Effect of other factors on PSG findings
31. Effect of various medications on PSG findings
2. Introduction to Sleep Technology
3. Neurosciences
4. Anatomy and physiology of nervous system
5. Autonomic Nervous system
6. Neurotransmitters
7. Generation and propagation of action potential in nerves and smooth muscles
8. Muscular system
9. Principles of volume conduction
10. Physiology of other organ systems in the body
11. Respiratory system
12. Cardiovascular system
13. Endocrine system
14. Gastrointestinal system
15. Genitourinary system
16. Sleep Sciences
17. Sleep and wakefulness
18. Need and importance of sleep for living beings
19. Physiological changes during sleep
20. Chronobiology
21. Signals used in Sleep technology
22. Electricity and electronics
23. Electrodes
24. Biomechanical and chemical biomonitoring
25. Physiological basis of ECG
26. Physiological basis of ECG
27. Physiological basis of EEG
28. Polysomnography
29. Actigraphy
30. Effect of other factors on PSG findings
31. Effect of various medications on PSG findings
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Ravi Gupta
Ravi Gupta, MD, PhD, is a certified sleep physician (World Sleep Federation) and an Additional Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Division of Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh, India. He has authored more than 130 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and nearly thirty chapters in national and international books. He is the author of both Indian and International volumes, including the books Psychiatry for Beginners and Clinical Atlas of Polysomnography. He has been conferred young psychiatrist fellowships from the World Psychiatric Association and the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also revived a mini-fellowship from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is a member of the editorial board of a number of journals and serves in various positions in a number of national and international professional bodies. Further information about the editor can be found at https://aiimsrishikesh.edu.in/a1_1/?page_id=3009
Affiliations and expertise
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, IndiaSP
Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal
S.R. Pandi-Perumal, MSc., is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Somnogen Canada Inc., a Canadian corporation. Pandi is popular among the sleep community. He is a world- acclaimed sleep researcher and has authored over 300 publications and has edited over 25 high-profile academic volumes dealing with various sleep-related topics. His name is also on the list of the top 2% of scientists in the world, compiled by Stanford University, Elsevier, and SciTech Strategies. Drawn to the benefits and significance of the sleep cycle, his personal and professional careers have been involved in advocating/achieving a good night’s slumber. Further details about the editor can be viewed at https:// pandi-perumal.blogspot.com; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MO90ZXkAAAAJ
Affiliations and expertise
President and Chief Executive Officer, Somnogen Canada Inc, CanadaAB
Ahmed S. BaHammam
Ahmed S. BaHammam is a tenured Professor of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and authored or edited seven books in the fields of sleep medicine and respiratory disorders. Professor BaHammam is editor-in-chief of Nature and Science of Sleep and serves on the editorial board of several sleep medicine journals. He is the President-Elect of the Asian Society of Sleep Medicine. His research spans topics such as narcolepsy, hypersomnia, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and the effects of intermittent fasting and mealtime on sleep and circadian rhythms. With more than three decades of dedicated experience in sleep medicine, Professor BaHammam has made lasting contributions to the understanding, diagnosis, and management of narcolepsy and other central hypersomnolence disorders. He is has received the King Saud University Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to sleep medicine research. Professor BaHammam also holds leadership roles as Executive Director of Academic Affairs at King Saud University Medical City and Director of both the Prince Naif Health Research Center and the University Sleep Research Center
Affiliations and expertise
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia