Biomedical Engineering Principles

by Arthur B. Ritter, Vikki Hazelwood, Antonio Valdevit, Alfred N. Ascione

Overview

Current demand in biomedical sciences emphasizes the understanding of basic mechanisms and problem solving rather than rigid empiricism and factual recall. Knowledge of the basic laws of mass and momentum transport as well as model development and validation, biomedical signal processing, biomechanics, and capstone design have indispensable roles i

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040168974
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/24/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	540
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

About the Editors:

ARTHUR B. RITTER is Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Ritter received the B.C.H.E. degree at the City University of New York, New York, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Rochester, New York.

STANLEY REISMAN is Professor of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and the Ph.D. degree in bioengineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn.

BOZENA B. MICHNIAK is Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, and Director of the Drug Delivery Laboratory and the Industrial Membership Program, New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, Piscataway. Dr. Michniak received the Ph.D. degree (1980) in pharmacology from Leicester Polytechnic, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Modeling of Physiological Processes. Cell Physiology and Transport. Principles and Biomedical Applications of Hemodynamics. A Systems Approach to Physiology. The Cardiovascular System. Biomedical Signal Processing. Signal Acquisition and Processing. Techniques for Physiological Signal Processing. Examples of Physiological Signal Processing. Principles of Biomechanics. Practical Applications of Biomechanics. Biomaterials. Principles of Biomedical Capstone Design. Unmet Clinical Needs. Entrepreneurship: Reasons why Most Good Designs Never Get to Market. An Engineering Solution in Search of a Biomedical Problem to Solve. Tissue Engineering. Future Trends in BME.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Previous Edition

"[Provides] not only an in-breadth overview on current BME fields, but also an in-depth analysis of specific selected topics that are supported by appropriate mathematical models, equations, quantitative data charts and tables."
—Biomedical Engineering Online, 2005

"For university faculty, [this] book is an excellent textbook for a class. Each chapter contains numerous examples and contains many figures to enhance learning. References and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Problems are included at the end of chapters, where they will best test the student's knowledge. ...
"For practicing engineers without biomedical engineering background, the book provides an excellent resource to explain the many intricacies of biomedical engineering and provides sufficient background material to make the subject understandable."
—Richard C. Fries, PE, CRE, Baxter Healthcare, Inc., in IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, December 2006

"This book is written at a reasonably high scientific level; it employs mathematics, basic physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics of the main medical processes. It is well illustrated with figures, schemes, various plots, and mathematical equations. This book will definitely be useful for biochemists, biophysicists, and specialists in cell biology and medicine."
—G. Ya. Wiederschain, Doctor of Biological Science, Moscow State University, Russia

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