Biomedical engineering

The 4th European Congress of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Federation was held in Antwerp, November 2008.

Glucose Monitoring Devices: Measuring Blood Glucose to Manage and Control Diabetes presents the state-of-the-art regarding glucose monitoring devices and the clinical use of monitoring data for the improvement of diabetes management and control.

Taxonomien sind Modelle, um unübersichtliche Domänen zu analysieren, Komplexität zu reduzieren sowie Unterschiede und Ähnlichkeiten von Objekten zu erkennen.

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Pregnancy is a critical time for the health of the mother and the fetus, with important potential risks for both.

Biomaterials as a research theme is highly socially relevant with impactful applications inhuman healthcare.

Due to the lack of secure, efficient, and patient-friendly therapies for neurodegenerative disorders, there is a rising demand for innovative approaches.

This book presents advances in biomedical imaging analysis and processing techniques using time dependent medical image datasets for computer aided diagnosis.

An updated guide to the medical technology involved in patient care, incorporating recent changes in healthcare, regulations and standards.

The first Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) was held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in March 2002.

Tissue engineering research for bone and joint applications entails multidisciplinary teams bringing together the needed expertise in anatomy, biology, biochemistry, pathophysiology, materials science, biomechanics, fluidics, and clinical and veterinary orthopedics.

This volume presents the contributions of the third International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology (Meditech 2011), held in in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Ever since the birth of molecular biology, the tantalizing possibility of treating disease at its genetic roots has become increasingly feasible.

In modern healthcare, various medical modalities play an important role in improving the diagnostic performance in healthcare systems for various applications, such as prosthesis design, surgical implant design, diagnosis and prognosis, and detection of abnormalities in the treatment of various diseases.

Progenitor and stem cells have the ability to renew themselves and change into a variety of specialised types, making them ideal materials for therapy and regenerative medicine.

The book reports on advanced topics in interactive robotics research and practice; in particular, it addresses non-technical obstacles to the broadest uptake of these technologies.

This book introduces a variety of well-proven and newly developed nature-inspired optimization algorithms solving a wide range of real-life biomedical and healthcare problems.

Computational methodologies of signal processing and imaging analysis, namely considering 2D and 3D images, are commonly used in different applications of the human society.

The volume includes presentations of technological and research accomplishments along with novel approaches in nanomedicine and nanotechnology.

Novel Designs of Early Phase Trials for Cancer Therapeutics provides a comprehensive review by leaders in the field of the process of drug development, the integration of molecular profiling, the changes in early phase trial designs, and endpoints to optimally develop a new generation of cancer therapeutics.

Medical Device Safety: The Regulation of Medical Devices for Public Health and Safety examines the prospects for achieving global harmonization in medical device regulation and describes a possible future global system.

Metabolic systems engineering combines the tools and approaches of systems biology, synthetic biology, and evolutionary engineering.

This book covers topics on mechanosensing, mechanotransduction, and actin cytoskeletal dynamics in cell motility.

Technological advances have greatly increased the potential for, and practicability of, using medical neurotechnologies to revolutionize how a wide array of neurological and nervous system diseases and dysfunctions are treated.

Principles and Labs for Deep Learning provides the knowledge and techniques needed to help readers design and develop deep learning models.

This book discusses diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and its evolving clinical role.

Stem cells are the building blocks for all other cells in an organism.

The skin is the largest human organ system.

This book presents cutting-edge research and developments in the field of medical and biological engineering, which a special emphasis on activities carried out in the Asian-Pacific region.

This timely book presents innovative technologies for use in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of brain disease.

This is an updated and abridged edition of the original volume published in 2004.

This exciting book examines how human tissues and cells are being exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health technologies.

Stem Cells and Cancer in Hepatology: From the Essentials to Application offers basic scientists and clinicians in the fields of stem cells, hepatology and oncology an overview of the interaction between liver biology, stem cells and cancer.

This book reviews humanitarian literature and presents the development of low-cost track & trace management system integrated with accurate GPS location data pinging using Internet of Things (IoT).

This book presents the major therapeutic applications of modified rice bran arabinoxylan compound (RBAC) in cancer as well as other chronic inflammatory diseases.

PID Control with Intelligent Compensation for Exoskeleton Robots explains how to use neural PD and PID controls to reduce integration gain, and provides explicit conditions on how to select linear PID gains using proof of semi-global asymptotic stability and local asymptotic stability with a velocity observer.

This book contains the full papers presented at the MICCAI 2014 workshop on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging.

The book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on 'Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering' that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi.

This book experiences the future of patient-centered healthcare and dives into the latest advancements and transformative technologies that are revolutionizing the well-being of individuals around the globe.

Tissue engineering involves seeding of cells on bio-mimicked scaffolds providing adhesive surfaces.

Advanced Electroencephalography Analytical Methods: Fundamentals, Acquisition, and Applications presents the theoretical basis and applications of electroencephalography (EEG) signals in neuroscience, involving signal analysis, processing, signal acquisition, representation, and applications of EEG signal analysis using non-linear approaches and machine learning.

Covering the fundamentals of kernel-based learning theory, this is an essential resource for graduate students and professionals in computer science.

This volume contains the Proceedings of a two-week NATO Advanced Study Institute on "e;Laser Systems for Photobiology and Photomedicine"e;, conducted from May 11 to 20, 1990 in Erice, Italy.

This book explores the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) effect, which has opened new avenues for the development of advanced luminogenic materials in the aggregate or solid state.

Nucleic acids have structurally evolved over billions of years to effectively store and transfer genetic information.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the combined use of imaging modalities to obtain important functional and morphological information on intravascular disease and enhance disease detection.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Global Epidemics provides readers with a detailed technical description of the role Artificial Intelligence plays in various stages of a disease outbreak, using COVID-19 as a case study.

Urban parks and gardens are where people go to reconnect with nature and destress.