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Medical Infrared Imaging
Principles and Practices
The evolution of technological advances in infrared sensor technology, image processing, "smart" algorithms, knowledge-based databases, and their overall system integration has resulted in new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. The development of infrared cameras with focal...
Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press
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Tissue Engineering
Principles and Practices
Tissue engineering research continues to captivate the interest of researchers and the general public alike. Popular media outlets like The New York Times, Time, and Wired continue to engage a wide audience and foster excitement for the field as regenerative medicine inches toward becoming a...
Published December 10th 2012 by CRC Press
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Biomaterials
Principles and Practices
Most current applications of biomaterials involve structural functions, even in those organs and systems that are not primarily structural in their nature, or very simple chemical or electrical functions. Complex chemical functions, such as those of the liver, and complex electrical or...
Published December 5th 2012 by CRC Press
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Stem Cell Engineering
Principles and Practices
While the potential of stem cells is recognized, their proliferation and differentiation must be more precisely controlled to maximize the production of therapeutically relevant cells and for cell replacement therapies to minimize contamination with residual cells that can give rise to side effects...
Published November 19th 2012 by CRC Press
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Transport Phenomena in Biomedical Engineering
Principles and Practices
Design, analysis and simulation of tissue constructs is an integral part of the ever-evolving field of biomedical engineering. The study of reaction kinetics, particularly when coupled with complex physical phenomena such as the transport of heat, mass and momentum, is required to determine or...
Published November 19th 2012 by CRC Press
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Medical Imaging
Principles and Practices
The discovery of x-ray, as a landmark event, enabled us to see the "invisible," opening a new era in medical diagnostics. More importantly, it offered a unique undestanding around the interaction of electromagnetic signal with human tissue and the utility of its selective absorption, scattering,...
Published November 7th 2012 by CRC Press
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Biosignal Processing
Principles and Practices
With the rise of advanced computerized data collection systems, monitoring devices, and instrumentation technologies, large and complex datasets accrue as an inevitable part of biomedical enterprise. The availability of these massive amounts of data offers unprecedented opportunities to advance our...
Published October 16th 2012 by CRC Press
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Biomechanics
Principles and Applications, Second Edition
Traditionally, applications of biomechanics will model system-level aspects of the human body. As a result, the majority of technological progress to date appears in system-level device development. More recently, biomechanical initiatives are investigating biological sub-systems such as tissues,...
Published September 24th 2007 by CRC Press