Biomedical engineering

This book deals with the adhesion, friction and contact mechanics of living organisms.

This book reports on the latest advances in complex and nonlinear cardiovascular physiology aimed at  obtaining reliable, effective markers for the assessment of heartbeat, respiratory, and blood pressure dynamics.

This book focuses on biomaterials of different forms used for medical implants.

This book discusses the emerging field of industrial neuroscience, and reports on the authors' cutting-edge findings in the evaluation of mental states, including mental workload, cognitive control and training of personnel involved either in the piloting of aircraft and helicopters, or in managing air traffic.

This book examines the potential to deploy low-cost, three-dimensional printers known as RepRaps in developing countries to fabricate surgical instruments and medical supplies to combat the "e;global surgical burden of disease.

This handbook provides insights into becoming a better and more evolved athlete.

This book summarizes the latest research on drug and gene delivery to the central nervous system (CNS).

Based on a fundamental understanding of the interaction between bacteria and materials, this timely volume emphasizes the latest research in the antimicrobial interfacial design and provides an invaluable blueprint for improving antimicrobial performance on devices and products.

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

This thesis addresses computation fluid dynamics modelling of aortic dissection (AD), in order to generate in silico diagnostic information and assess 'virtual surgery' outcomes.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of flow-based, microfluidic VLSI.

This book highlights the latest advances and trends in advanced signal processing (such as wavelet theory, time-frequency analysis, empirical mode decomposition, compressive sensing and sparse representation, and stochastic resonance) for structural health monitoring (SHM).

This book examines the most novel and state-of-the-art applications of biomaterials, with chapters that exemplify approaches with targeted drug delivery, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases and cranioplasty implants.

This invaluable resource discusses clinical applications with effects and side-effects of applications of stem cells in diabetes, kidney and wound treatment.

This book presents a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of electrical circuit theory in biomedical engineering, ideally suited as textbook for a graduate course.

This book gathers the best papers presented at the Third Italian National Conference on Sensors, held in Rome, Italy, from 23 to 25 February 2016.

This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large.

This reference work presents the basic principles of angiogenesis induction, including the roles of signaling factors such as hypoxia-inducible factors, biophysical stimulation and angiogenic cells.

This book discusses the design of the new mobility assistive information and communication technologies (ICT) devices for the visually impaired.

This book documents the state of the art in the field of ambient assisted living (AAL), highlighting the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies to enhance well-being and promote active ageing.

This book presents practical information on the clinical applications of short pulse laser systems and the techniques for optimizing these applications in a manner that will be relevant to a broad audience, including engineering and medical students as well as researchers, clinicians, and technicians.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in February 2016.

This book presents the most important aspects of analysis of dynamical processes taking place on the human body surface.

This volume comprises the latest developments in both fundamental science and patient-specific applications, discussing topics such as: cellular mechanics; injury biomechanics; biomechanics of heart and vascular system; medical image analysis; and both patient-specific fluid dynamics and solid mechanics simulations.

This book covers biological synthesis approaches for nanomaterials and nanoparticles, including introductory material on their structure, phase compositions and morphology, nanomaterials chemical, physical, and biological properties.

This book presents current trends and developments in the rapidly growing field of biomimetics.

This book focuses on the key technologies in developing biomechatronic systems for medical rehabilitation purposes.

This volume presents the contributions of the fifth International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology (Meditech 2016), held in in Cluj-Napoka, Romania.

In this book, leading authors in the field discuss the habitats of tomorrow.

This book focuses on the development of wellness protocols for smart home monitoring, aiming to forecast the wellness of individuals living in ambient assisted living (AAL) environments.

Fall-induced hip fracture is an epidemic health risk among elderly people.

This book focuses on cartilage defects and new mesenchymal stem cell-based treatments for their repair and regeneration.

This book introduces time-stretch quantitative phase imaging (TS-QPI), a high-throughput label-free imaging flow cytometer developed for big data acquisition and analysis in phenotypic screening.

This book presents the technological basics and applications of small-scale (mm to sub-mm in length-scales) soft robots and devices, written for researchers in both academia and industry.

This book offers a succinct but comprehensive description of the mechanics of muscle contraction and legged terrestrial locomotion.

This book presents current innovative, alternative and creative approaches that challenge traditional mechanisms in and across disciplines and industries targeting societal impact.

This text acquaints the reader on the biomechanics of injury to the human body caused by impact and the use of computer models to simulate impact events.

This comprehensive book focuses on better big-data security for healthcare organizations.

This book presents new circuits and systems for implantable biomedical applications targeting neural recording.

This book describes the development of quantitative techniques for ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging in the assessment of architectural and vascular parameters.

This book describes the interaction of living matter with photons, neutrons, charged particles, electrons and ions.

This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large.

This book provides a multifaceted look into the world of stem cells and explains the similarities and differences between plant and human stem cells.

This monograph provides a comprehensive and up-to-date approach on biomineralization.

This book presents advanced methodologies in two areas related to electroencephalogram (EEG) signals: detection of epileptic seizures and identification of mental states in brain computer interface (BCI) systems.

This book presents the proceedings of the "e;Innovations in Biomedical Engineering IBE'2016"e; Conference held on October 16-18, 2016 in Poland, discussing recent research on innovations in biomedical engineering.

This book focuses on the application and development of information geometric methods in the analysis, classification and retrieval of images and signals.

This book provides current, comprehensive, and clear explanations of the physics behind medical and biomedical applications of shock waves.

This book narrates the development of various biomimetic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors, such as pressure, flow, acceleration, chemical, and tactile sensors, that are inspired by sensing phenomena that exist in marine life.

This book addresses the application of infrared thermography in sports, examining the main benefits of this non-invasive, non-radiating and low-cost technique.