Introduction to biomedical engineering

✍ Scribed by John D Enderle; Joseph D Bronzino

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Leaves: 1270
• Series: Academic Press series in biomedical engineering
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering is a comprehensive survey text for biomedical engineering courses. It is the most widely adopted text across the BME course spectrum, valued by instructors and students alike for its authority, clarity and encyclopedic coverage in a single volume. Biomedical engineers need to understand the wide range of topics that are covered in this text, including basic mathematical modeling; anatomy and physiology; electrical engineering, signal processing and instrumentation; biomechanics; biomaterials science and tissue engineering; and medical and engineering et. Read more...

Content: Biomedical engineering : a historical perspective --
Moral and ethical issues --
Anatomy and physiology --
Biomechanics --
Biomaterials --
Tissue engineering --
Compartmental modeling --
Biochemical reactions and enzyme kinetics --
Bioinstrumentation --
Biomedical sensors --
Biosignal processing --
Bioelectric phenomena --
Physiological modeling --
Biomedical transport processes --
Radiation imaging --
Medical imaging --
Biomedical optics and lasers.
Abstract:

Offers a comprehensive survey text for biomedical engineering courses. This book helps biomedical engineers to understand the range of topics such as basic mathematical modeling; anatomy and physiology; electrical engineering, signal processing and instrumentation; biomaterials science and tissue engineering; and medical and engineering ethics. Read more...