Biomedical Technology and Devices

ISBN-13: 9781439859599 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 820 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.