Biomedical Technology and Devices

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4398-5959-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 820 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 1578 g

Biomedical Technology and Devices, Second Edition focuses on the equipment, devices, and techniques used in modern medicine to diagnose, treat, and monitor human illnesses. Gathering together and compiling the latest information available on medical technology, this revised work adds ten new chapters. It starts with the basics, introducing the history of the thermometer and measuring body temperature, before moving on to a medley of devices that are far more complex.

This book explores diverse technological functions and procedures including signal processing, auditory systems, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonic and emission imaging, image-guided thermal therapy, medical robotics, shape memory alloys, biophotonics, and tissue engineering. Each chapter offers a description of the technique, its technical considerations, and its use according to its applications and relevant body systems. It can be used as a professional resource, as well as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore Jr, James E

Maitland, Duncan J

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Basic Clinical Measurements. Measuring Body Temperature. Ultrasonic Blood Flow and Velocity Measurement. Evoked Potentials. Electroencephalography. Hearing and Audiological Assessment. Section II Imaging Techniques. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Ultrasonic Imaging. Emission Imaging. Endoscopy. Optical Coherence Tomography. Biophotonics: Clinical Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging. Section III Biological Assays. Biological Assays: Cellular Level. Histology and Staining. Radioimmunoassay: Technical Background. Section IV Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Clinically Applied Biomaterials: Soft Tissue. Active Materials. Gene Therapy for Tissue Engineering. Bioactive Scaffold Design for Articular Cartilage Engineering. Section V Interventional Disease Treatment. Anesthesia Monitoring Devices. Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Technologies. Neuroendovascular Medical Devices. Electro-Physiological Solutions for Cardiac Disease. Stereotactic Procedures. Extracorporeal Blood-Filtering Technologies. Section VI Monitoring. Point-of-Care Monitoring Devices in Critical-Emergency-Disaster Care. Section VII Recovery. Neural Prostheses for Movement Restoration. Pharmaceutical Technical Background on Drug-Delivery Methods. Section VIII Alternative and Emerging Techniques. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Image-Guided Thermal Therapy. Medical Robotics. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

James E. Moore, Jr., PhD, received his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering with highest honor from the Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by an MS and a PhD from the same school and institute. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne, he has held faculty positions at Florida International University, Texas A&M University, and now Imperial College London. His research focuses on the biomechanics of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems.

Duncan J. Maitland, PhD, has worked as an engineer in aerospace, national defense, and biomedical applications since 1985. He received his BEE (electrical engineering) and MS (physics) from Cleveland State University. He received his PhD in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. After his PhD, he worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 12 years and subsequently joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Texas A&M University in 2008. His research projects include endovascular interventional devices, micro actuators, optical therapeutic devices, and basic device–body interactions/physics, including computational and experimental techniques.