Biomedical engineering

Nanostructured materials with multiple components and complex structures are the current focus of research and are expected to develop further for material designs in many applications in electrochemical, colloidal, medical, pharmaceutical, and several other fields.

Recent advances in technology have led to the unprecedented accuracy in measurements of endogenous electric fields around sites of tissue disruption.

Medical and Service Robotics integrate the most recent achievements in mechanics, mechatronics, computer science, haptic and teleoperation devices together with adaptive control algorithms.

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Intended as an introduction to the field of biomedical engineering, this book covers the topics of biomechanics (Part I) and bioelectricity (Part II).

Successful thermal modeling of the human eye helps in the early diagnosis of eye abnormalities such as inflammation, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma-all leading causes of blindness.

From a biomedical engineering perspective, this book takes an analytic, quantitative approach to describing the basic components of physiological regulators and control systems (PRCs).

Bewegungsförderung von der Frühpädagogik bis zur Gerontologie mit dem Ziel der dauerhaften Gesundheit.

This handbook volume is part of the Reference Series: Micro/Nano Technologies.

Fundus images of the retina are color images of the eye taken by specially designed digital cameras.

This volume explores the latest techniques used by researchers to study DNA electrophoresis, with focus on various species including bacteria, yeasts, and mammalian cells.

Biomechanics and Related Bio-Engineering Topics

Distinct from tissue engineering, which focuses primarily on the repair of tissues, regenerative engineering focuses on the regeneration of tissues: creating living, functional tissue that has the ability to replace organs that are dysfunctional.

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is an invaluable functional brain imaging technique that provides direct, real-time monitoring of neuronal activity necessary for gaining insight into dynamic cortical networks.

Guides readers in the new and growing research field of Ambient/Active Assisted Living to understand its multidisciplinary background.

Preface Development in the feld of medical technology has resulted in a manifold of medical devices enabling us to diagnose illnesses more reliably, treat them more effciently and compensate for handicaps more effectively.

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice.

Basic Introduction to Bioelectromagnetics, Third Edition, is a primary source for medical technologists and life scientists seeking to understand how electromagnetic fields interact with the body, and how they are used in medical applications.

Propelling quantitative MRI techniques from bench to bedside, Quantitative MRI in Cancer presents a range of quantitative MRI methods for assessing tumor biology.

This book covers recent advances in artificial intelligence, smart computing, and their applications in augmenting medical and health care systems.

The response to environmental and internal stimuli is one of the basic characteristics of living organisms.

Time delayed (lagged) variables are an inherent feature of biological/physiological systems.

This two volume set covers the engineering and clinical benefits in diagnosis of human pathologies, including the protocols and potential of advanced tomography scanning with very high quality CT images.

In this book, the authors present in detail several recent methodologies and algorithms that they developed during the last fifteen years.

Biomechanics and Gait Analysis presents a comprehensive book on biomechanics that focuses on gait analysis.

This book brings together the latest updates from various subareas of biomedical engineering, providing readers with a broad overview of the current state of the art and the technological trends to be refined in the coming years with the goal of improving human health.

This book is the first single volume that brings together the topics of serious games, alternative realities, and play therapy.

The present book provides recent developments in various in vivo imaging and sensing techniques such as photo acoustics (PA) imaging and microscopy, ultrasound-PA combined modalities, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and micro OCT, Raman and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLI) techniques and nanoparticle enabled endoscopy etc.

Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design helps users understand the everyday use of medical devices and the way their usage supports the development of better products and increased market acceptance.

The book is interwoven according to the intrinsic logics of modern most important applications of electrospun nanofibers.

Bionics means learning from the nature for the development of technology.

This book provides critical insights into and appraisals ofrecent breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes modulation, with a particular emphasison the potential impact of current prevention and treatment strategies.

Metabolic engineering is a new field with applications in the production of chemicals, fuels, materials, pharmaceuticals, and medicine at the genetic level.

As the current millennium steams towards a close, one cannot help but look with amazement at the incredible amount of progress that has been achieved in medicine in just the last few decades.

This brief highlights the association of different performance variables that influences archery performance and the employment of different machine learning algorithms in the identification of potential archers.

Depite the rapid expansion of the field of biophysics, there are very few books that comprehensively treat specific topics in this area.

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Biological Processes covers emerging areas in fluid flow and heat transfer relevant to biosystems and medical technology.

Learn about the theory, techniques and applications of wavefront shaping in biomedical imaging from the researchers defining the field.

Cryogen-free cryogenics is leading a revolution in research and industry by its significant advantages over traditional liquid helium systems.

As the impact and importance of nanotechnology continues to grow, nanomedicine and biotechnology have become areas of increased development.

Statistical evaluation of diagnostic performance in general and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis in particular are important for assessing the performance of medical tests and statistical classifiers, as well as for evaluating predictive models or algorithms.

Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial 'spare parts' has significantly improved our quality of life.

Consistently rated as the best overall introduction to computer-based image processing, The Image Processing Handbook covers two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques, image printing and storage methods, image processing algorithms, image and feature measurement, quantitative image measurement analysis, and more.

The present book illustrates the theoretical aspects of several methodologies related to the possibility of i) enhancing the poor spatial information of the electroencephalographic (EEG) activity on the scalp and giving a measure of the electrical activity on the cortical surface.

Skin Tissue Models provides a translational link for biomedical researchers on the interdisciplinary approaches to skin regeneration.

This book addresses the analysis, in the continuum regime, of biological systems at various scales, from the cellular level to the industrial one.

Recent concerns over the possible effects of metal-on-metal orthopaedic implants and the evolution of more natural structures made from fibre have made medical device manufacturers consider the potential of fibre.

This book describes the history, origin and basic characteristics of bioactive materials.