Biomedical engineering

This reference work presents the origins of cells for tissue engineering and regeneration, including primary cells, tissue-specific stem cells, pluripotent stem cells and trans-differentiated or reprogrammed cells.

This book summarizes the properties and applications of conventional and commercially available fiber-forming, bioresorbable polymers, as well as those currently under study, for use as biotextiles.

The book is the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR 2014), held 24th-26th June 2014 in Aalborg, Denmark.

This volume presents the contributions of the third International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology (Meditech 2014), held in in Cluj-Napoka, Romania.

This book contains the full papers presented at the MICCAI 2013 workshop Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging.

This book combines a scholarly introduction with state-of-the-art research in the characterization of Internet addiction.

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

New computerized approaches to various problems have become critically important in healthcare.

New computerized approaches to various problems have become critically important in healthcare.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is the optical analog of ultrasound imaging and is a powerful imaging technique that enables non-invasive, in vivo, high resolution, cross-sectional imaging in biological tissue.

This book presents the complete formulation of a new advanced discretization meshless technique: the Natural Neighbour Radial Point Interpolation Method (NNRPIM).

This volume describes new frontiers in medical and service robotics in the light of recent developments in technology to advance robot design and implementation.

Nicola Salvi's thesis offers a remarkably cogent view of highly sophisticated NMR methods.

This book summarizes the main methods of experimental stress analysis and examines their application to various states of stress of major technical interest, highlighting aspects not always covered in the classic literature.

This book presents an innovative concept for the realization of sensors based on a planar metamaterial microwave array and shows their application in biomedical analysis and treatment.

Water and moisture undermine strong adhesion to polar surfaces.

This monograph presents a short course in computational geometry and topology.

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

This book contains the outcome of the international meeting on instability, control and noise generated by massive flow separation that was organized at the Monash Center, in Prato, Italy, September 4-6, 2013.

A network is a mathematical object consisting of a set of points that are connected to each other in some fashion by lines.

This book explores the design of ultra wideband (UWB) technology for wireless body-area networks (WBAN).

This book describes a global assessment of stem cell engineering research, achieved through site visits by a panel of experts to leading institutes, followed by dedicated workshops.

The present book discusses topics related to research and development of materials and devices at nanoscale size and their respective application in medicine and biomedicine.

This book covers the main mathematical and numerical models in computational electrocardiology, ranging from microscopic membrane models of cardiac ionic channels to macroscopic bidomain, monodomain, eikonal models and cardiac source representations.

This book provides a broad overview of the topic Bioinformatics with focus on data, information and knowledge.

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

Environmental conditions and pressurized spacesuits expose astronauts to problems of fatigue during lengthy extravehicular activities, with adverse impacts especially on the dexterity, force and endurance of the hands and arms.

Exploring the structure and mechanics of aging soft tissues, this edited volume presents authoritative reviews from leading experts on a range of tissues including skin, tendons, vasculature and plantar soft tissues.

This book contains thirteen contributions from invited experts of international recognition addressing important issues in shape analysis in medical image analysis, including techniques for image segmentation, registration, modelling and classification and applications in biology, as well as in cardiac, brain, spine, chest, lung and clinical practice.

This book contains the full papers presented at the MICCAI 2013 workshop Bio-Imaging and Visualization for Patient-Customized Simulations (MWBIVPCS 2013).

This volume presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics (ICHI).

This volume presents the processing of the 15th ICMBE held from 4th to 7th December 2013, Singapore.

Synthetic Biology is already an object of intensive debate.

This monograph reports on advances in the measurement and study of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dynamics as a source of reliable and effective markers for mood state recognition and assessment of emotional responses.

This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of controlled drug delivery systems, covering the most important innovative applications.

Magnesium Biomaterials provides a succinct up-to-date overview of Magnesium biomaterial development, critically examines the types of in vitro experiments that may be performed, and investigates the numerous variables that affect Magnesium biodegradation when undertaking these experiments.

This book contains mainly the selected papers of the First International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2012.

Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort.

During the past two decades incredible progress has been achieved in the instruments and devices used in the biomedical field.

The human hand and its dexterity in grasping and manipulating objects are some of the hallmarks of the human species.

This book covers the principles of laser interaction with biological cells and tissues of varying degrees of organization.

This book presents the refereed proceedings of the Fourth Italian Forum on Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), held in Ancona, Italy, in October 2013.

The general theme of MEDICON 2013 is "e;Research and Development of Technology for Sustainable Healthcare"e;.

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fourth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book presents a wealth of insights and new conceptualizations for the development of Assistive Technologies for the Interaction of the Elderly.

This volume presents chemical vapour deposition of diamond films for application in cutting tools, microdrills, dental burs and surgical tools.

This monograph presents the latest results related to bio-mechanical systems and materials.

This volume examines the advances of invasive monitoring by means of biosensors and microdialysis.

This volume is a result of the fruitful and vivid discussions during the MedDecSup'2012 International Workshop bringing together a relevant body of knowledge, and new developments in the increasingly important field of medical informatics.

In recent years, sensor research has undergone a quiet revolution that will have a significant impact on a broad range of applications in areas such as health care, the environment, energy, food safety, national security, and manufacturing.