Biomedical Engineering Books

New and Published Books

1. Imaging in Cellular and Tissue Engineering

   Edited by Hanry Yu, Nur Aida Abdul Rahim

   Series: Series in Cellular and Clinical Imaging

   Details on specific imaging modalities for different cellular and tissue engineering applications are scattered throughout articles and chapters in the literature. Gathering this information into a single reference, Imaging in Cellular and Tissue Engineering presents both the fundamentals and state...

   Published May 15th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Biomedical Applications

   Edited by Sam Zhang

   Series: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

   Hydroxyapatite coatings are of great importance in the biological and biomedical coatings fields, especially in the current era of nanotechnology and bioapplications. With a bonelike structure that promotes osseointegration, hydroxyapatite coating can be applied to otherwise bioinactive implants to...

   Published May 13th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Principles of Neural Coding

   Edited by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Stefano Panzeri

   Understanding how populations of neurons encode information is the challenge faced by researchers in the field of neural coding. Focusing on the many mysteries and marvels of the mind has prompted a prominent team of experts in the field to put their heads together and fire up a book on the subject...

   Published May 5th 2013 by CRC Press
4. Spike Timing

   Mechanisms and Function

   Edited by Patricia M. DiLorenzo, Jonathan D. Victor

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   Neuronal communication forms the basis for all behavior, from the smallest movement to our grandest thought processes. Among the many mechanisms that support these functions, spike timing is among the most powerful and—until recently—perhaps the least studied. In the last two decades, however, the...

   Published May 1st 2013 by CRC Press
5. Quantifying Morphology and Physiology of the Human Body Using MRI

   Edited by L. Tugan Muftuler

   Series: Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

   In the medical imaging field, clinicians and researchers are increasingly moving from the qualitative assessment of printed images to the quantitative evaluation of digital images since the quantitative techniques often improve diagnostic accuracy and complement clinical assessments by providing...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Taylor & Francis
6. Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging

   Edited by Joel A Kubby

   Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging brings together groundbreaking research on the use of adaptive optics for biological imaging. The book builds on prior work in astronomy and vision science. Featuring contributions by leaders in this emerging field, it takes an interdisciplinary approach that...

   Published April 25th 2013 by CRC Press
7. Neuromorphic Olfaction

   Edited by Krishna C. Persaud, Santiago Marco, Agustin Gutierrez-Galvez

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroengineering Series

   Many advances have been made in the last decade in the understanding of the computational principles underlying olfactory system functioning. Neuromorphic Olfaction is a collaboration among European researchers who, through NEUROCHEM (Fp7-Grant Agreement Number 216916)—a challenging and innovative...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
8. Fundamentals of Biomechanics

   By Ronald L. Huston

   Biomechanics is a fundamental topic of study that employs the principles of mechanics applied to human systems and organs. This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of this increasingly important subject. After a review of terminology, a summary of human anatomy, and a presentation of...

   Published April 17th 2013 by CRC Press
9. Engineering of Polysaccharide Materials

   by Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Chain-Elongation

   By Jun-ichi Kadokawa, Yoshiro Kaneko

   Polysaccharides and their related compounds are attracting much attention due to their potential as new functional materials in many research fields such as medicine, pharmaceutics, foods, and cosmetics. Therefore, precision synthesis of new polysaccharides with well-defined structure is...

   Published April 16th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
10. Marine Biomaterials

    Characterization, Isolation and Applications

    Edited by Se-Kwon Kim

    Oceans are an abundant source of diverse biomaterials with potential for an array of uses. Marine Biomaterials: Characterization, Isolation and Applications brings together the wide range of research in this important area, including the latest developments and applications, from preliminary...

    Published April 10th 2013 by CRC Press