Biomedical Engineering

This book reflects developments in both fundamental nuclear physics and the application of fast neutrons to many practical problems in medicine, the environment, security, and other areas. Drawing on his more than 50 years of experience working with 14 MeV neutrons, the author shows how 14 MeV neutr..

Written by William Kisaalita, one of the foremost experts in this field, this book provides the latest information — from theory to practice — on challenges and opportunities for incorporating 3D cell-based biosensors or assays in drug discovery programs. It supplies a historical perspective and def..

Some children, for all manner of reasons, struggle to make friends and fit in socially. Whats the Buzz? is a unique sixteen-lesson social skills enrichment programme designed to explicitly teach children how to think and relate to others in social situations._x005F_x000D_This lively, highly practica..

Written by international leaders in the field, this comprehensive reference presents a complete overview of the core principles, state-of-the-art methods, and emerging applications of adaptive optics in biological imaging. It emphasizes the use of adaptive optics to correct wavefront aberrations cau..

During the last several decades, intense study has taken place on the effects of electromagnetic fields on living tissues. Reflecting this inquiry, this book discusses the theoretical and experimental evidence of these electromagnetic fields and electric pulses and examines their importance in medic..

This book introduces the emerging field of physical oncology, and includes recent breakthroughs in how novel mathematical models of physical transport processes incorporate patient tissue and imaging data routinely produced in the clinic to predict the efficacy of many cancer treatment approaches, i..

Presenting the latest innovations, this text highlights advances in tissue, musculoskeletal, locomotive, orthopedic, occupational, ergonomic, sports, cardiovascular, cardiac, and pulmonary biomechanics. Based on years of teaching experience, the author uses illustrative examples and detailed explana..

Assistive technology plays a fundamental role in facilitating the social integration of people with physical, sensory, communication, and cognitive disabilities. This handbook presents the assessment tools that are essential in a center for technical aid, where multidisciplinary teams match the tech..

Assistive technology plays a fundamental role in facilitating the social integration of people with physical, sensory, communication, and cognitive disabilities. This handbook presents the assessment tools that are essential in a center for technical aid, where multidisciplinary teams match the tech..

Based on the authors' ground-breaking research, this book presents a novel approach for automated EEG-based diagnosis of neurological disorders such as epilepsy. The authors have developed an innovative method that has been shown to diagnose epilepsy and detect seizure with an accuracy rate of 96%. ..

Offering an array of informative examples, this book analyzes the use of automated computer techniques, such as pattern recognition, in analyzing retinal images and detecting diabetic retinopathy and its progression as well as other retinal-based diseases. It also addresses the benefits and challeng..

This book is the first to comprehensively treat sensors for gustatory and olfactory senses. It will be highly useful to students and researchers in a wide variety of scientific fields and also to those in the fields of foods, perfumes, medicines and robotics as the sensor applications...