Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering Books
Institution of Engineering and Technology Medical Equipment Engineering: Design, manufacture and applications
Book SynopsisThe evolution of medical equipment engineering is progressing rapidly, with advances in digital healthcare technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality, 3D-printing, robotics and nanotechnologies developing at pace. Medical equipment engineering can assist in surveying workplace inefficiencies, and develop efficient optimisation processes, through data research and intelligent learning automation. This edited book covers the benefits of the integration of lean manufacturing, smart sensors, 5G technology, IoTs, virtual reality, 3D printing, robotics and automation. Medical Equipment Engineering: Design, manufacture and applications discusses the technological requirements that bring robots closer to humans in smart equipment manufacturing environments where computer-integrated equipment manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid equipment design changes are successfully integrated with digital information technology, while ensuring that these new processes still protect worker safety. A holistic view of medical equipment engineering will affect many areas, most notably: equipment services and engineering business models, equipment reliability and continuous productivity, machine safety, standards and maintenance, IT security and equipment product lifecycles. Topics such as industry value chain, industry demonstration and technicians and workers' education and skills will also be explored. This book is essential reading for all engineers and designers working in medical equipment manufacturing, and related fields such as AI, virtual reality, smart sensors, 3D printing, robotics and automation.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Medical equipment engineering revolution Chapter 2: Medical device manufacturing Chapter 3: Challenges and impact of medical equipment engineering Chapter 4: Physiotherapy on e-health platforms Chapter 5: Adoption of Building Information Modelling in Malaysia medical facilities building construction Chapter 6: Medical equipment engineering standards for design and risk management of immersive virtual reality for in-clinic and home used Chapter 7: Medical equipment engineering in industrial revolution Chapter 8: Medical equipment engineering in industrial revolution Chapter 9: Ethics, guidelines, and policy for technology in healthcare Chapter 10: Medical equipment engineering and manufacturing standard and policies Chapter 11: Reimagining medical equipment engineering education: does industry 4.0 need education 4.0? Chapter 12: Wireless communication technologies for medical equipment engineering Chapter 13: Human-robot interaction in medical equipment manufacturing Chapter 14: Trends in medical equipment engineering for additive manufacturing in the Industry 4.0 era Chapter 15: Application of e-platforms in physiotherapy education Chapter 16: Challenges and considerations in e-health platforms Chapter 17: Telerehabilitation in physiotherapy Chapter 18: Artificial intelligence in sports Chapter 19: Case study 1: image processing for medical application of preventing the spread of COVID-19 Chapter 20: Nanotechnology in biomedical application: pH-responsive starch nanoparticles Chapter 21: E-Health on ankle rehabilitation Chapter 22: Medical equipment for back pain
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Smart Assisted Living: Toward An Open Smart-Home Infrastructure
Book SynopsisSmart Homes (SH) offer a promising approach to assisted living for the ageing population. Yet the main obstacle to the rapid development and deployment of Smart Home (SH) solutions essentially arises from the nature of the SH field, which is multidisciplinary and involves diverse applications and various stakeholders. Accordingly, an alternative to a one-size-fits-all approach is needed in order to advance the state of the art towards an open SH infrastructure.This book makes a valuable and critical contribution to smart assisted living research through the development of new effective, integrated, and interoperable SH solutions. It focuses on four underlying aspects: (1) Sensing and Monitoring Technologies; (2) Context Interference and Behaviour Analysis; (3) Personalisation and Adaptive Interaction, and (4) Open Smart Home and Service Infrastructures, demonstrating how fundamental theories, models and algorithms can be exploited to solve real-world problems.This comprehensive and timely book offers a unique and essential reference guide for policymakers, funding bodies, researchers, technology developers and managers, end users, carers, clinicians, healthcare service providers, educators and students, helping them adopt and implement smart assisted living systems.Table of ContentsPart I: Sensing and Activity Monitoring Multi-Resident Activity Monitoring in Smart Homes Through Non-Wearable Non-Intrusive SensorsSon N. Tran and Qing Zhang and Vanessa Smallbon and Mohan Karunanithi Where Am I? Comparing CNN and LSTM for Location Classification in Egocentric VideosGeorgios Kapidis, Ronald W. Poppe, Elsbeth A. van Dam, Remco C. Veltkamp, and Lucas P. J. J. Noldus A Privacy-Preserving Wearable Camera Setup for Dietary Event Spotting in Free-LivingGiovanni Schiboni, Fabio Wasner, and Oliver AmftSaving Energy on EMG-Monitoring Eyeglasses for Free-Living Eating Event Spotting Using Adaptive Duty-CyclingGiovanni Schiboni and Oliver Amft Indoor Localisation with WiFi Fingerprinting Based on a Convolutional Neural NetworkZumin Wang Unobtrusive Sensing to Assist with Post-Stroke RehabilitationChris Nugent Part II: Activity Recognition and Behaviour Analysis Energy-Based Decision Engine for Household Human Activity RecognitionAnastasios Vafeiadis, Thanasis Vafeiadis, Stelios Zikos, Stelios Krinidis, Konstantinos Votis, Dimitrios Giakoumis, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Liming Chen, and Raouf Hamzaoui Distributed Context Recognition, a Systematic ReviewUmar Ahmad and Luis Lopera Exercise Type Recognition Using Transfer LearningHossein Malekmohamadi Meta-Intelligence for Behaviour RecognitionXiaodong Liu and Qi Liu Part III: User Needs and Personalisation A Conceptual Framework for Adaptive User Interfaces for Older AdultsEduardo Machado, Deepika Singhy, Federico Cruciani, Liming Chen, Sten Hankey, Fernando Salvago, Johannes Kropf, and Andreas HolzingerStudying the Technological Barriers and Needs of People with Dementia: A Quantitative StudyNikolaos Liappas, Rebeca Isabel García-Betances, José Gabriel Teriús-Padrón, and María Fernanda Cabrera-Umpiérrez Adaptive Service Robot Behaviours Based on User Mood: Towards Better Personalized Support of MCI Patients at HomeDimitrios Giakoumis, Georgia Peleka, Manolis Vasileiadis, Ioannis Kostavelis, and Dimitrios Tzovaras Part IV: Ambient Assisted Living Solutions Towards Cognitive Assisted LivingClaudia Steinberger and Judith Michael Towards Self-Management of Chronic Diseases in Smart HomesJosé G. Teriús-Padrón, Georgios Kapidis, Sarah Fallmann, Erinc Merdivan, Sten Hanke, Rebeca I. García-Betances, and María Fernanda Cabrera-UmpiérrezA Deep Learning Approach for Privacy Preservation in Assisted LivingIsmini Psychoula, Erinc Merdivany, Deepika Singhy, Liming Chen, Feng Chen, Sten Hankey, Johannes Kropfy, Andreas Holzingerx, and Matthieu GeistTowards Socially Assistive Robots for the Elderly: An End-to-End Object Search FrameworkMohammad Reza Loghmani, Timothy Patten and Markus VinczeModelling Activities of Daily Living with Petri NetsMatias Garcia-Constantino, Alexandros Konios and Chris Nugent Calculus of Context-Aware Ambients for Assisted Living System ModellingFrancois Siewe
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Biophysics: A Student’s Guide to the Physics of
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and extensively classroom-tested biophysics textbook is a complete introduction to the physical principles underlying biological processes and their applications to the life sciences and medicine. The foundations of natural processes are placed on a firm footing before showing how their consequences can be explored in a wide range of biosystems. The goal is to develop the readers’ intuition, understanding, and facility for creative analysis that are frequently required to grapple with problems involving complex living organisms. Topics cover all scales, encompassing the application of statics, fluid dynamics, acoustics, electromagnetism, light, radiation physics, thermodynamics, statistical physics, quantum biophysics, and theories of information, ordering, and evolutionary optimization to biological processes and bio-relevant technological implementations. Sound modeling principles are emphasized throughout, placing all the concepts within a rigorous framework. With numerous worked examples and exercises to test and enhance the reader’s understanding, this book can be used as a textbook for physics graduate students and as a supplementary text for a range of premedical, biomedical, and biophysics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be a useful reference for biologists, physicists, medical researchers, and medical device engineers who want to work from first principles.Table of ContentsChapter1: Introduction: The Nature of Biophysics.- Chapter2: The Kinds of Ordinary Materials.- Chapter3: Mechanical Aspects of Biosystems.- Chapter4: Fluid Mechanics Applied to Biosystems.- Chapter5: Acoustics in Biology and Medicine.- Chapter6: Electric and Magnetic Fields in Life.- Chapter7: Light in Biology and Medicine.- Chapter8: Ionizing Radiation and Life.- Chapter9: Bioenergetics.- Chapter10: The Statistical Basis of Bioenergetics.- Chapter11: Biomolecular Structure and Interactions.- Chapter12: Entropy and Information in Biology.- Chapter13: Modeling Biological Systems.- Chapter14: Neural Networks and Brains.- Chapter15: Ordering Theory.- Chapter16: Energy Flow in the Production of Order.- Chapter17: Life in the Universe.- Chapter18: Future Developments.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Multifaceted Protocols in Biotechnology, Volume 2
Book SynopsisThis contributed volume, “Multifaceted Protocols in Biotechnology, Volume 2”, consists of multidisciplinary methods and techniques commonly used in biotechnology studies. There are two sections covered in this book – Ionic Liquid Related Techniques & Evergreen Biotechnology Techniques. A brief introduction supports each protocol to allow easy learning and implementation. The first section consists of three chapters covering studies in modern biotechnology focusing on the role of ionic liquid techniques in extracting secondary metabolites, enzyme stabilization and biomass processing. The second section covers evergreen methodologies. It comprises five chapters covering topics on microcarrier technology for cell culture; Polymerase Chain Reaction for non-halal sources detection in food; ELISA for biomarker identification; gamma ray-induced mutagenesis for enhancing microbial fuel cells; and the effect of temperature on antibacterial activity of Carica papaya seed extract. This book will be useful to graduate students, researchers, academics, and industry practitioners working in the area of biotechnologyTable of ContentsChapter 1Graviola Fruit Extraction by Ionic Liquid Microwave-assisted Extraction (IL-MAE) Daddiouaissa Djabir, and Azura AmidChapter 2Role of Ionic Liquids in the Enzyme Stabilization: A Case Study with Trichoderma ressie Cellulase Amal A. M. Elgharbawy, Md Zahangir Alam, and Muhammad MoniruzzamanChapter 3Role of Ionic Liquids in the Processing of Lignocellulosic BiomassAmal A. M. Elgharbawy, Md Zahangir Alam, Sharifah Shahira Syed Putra and Muhammad MoniruzzamanChapter 4Proliferation of rat amniotic stem cell (AFSC) on modified surface microcarrier.Nurhusna Samsudin, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Hashim, Hamzah Mohd Salleh, and Azmir Ariffin.Chapter 5Application of spectroscopic methods for the analysis of non-halal meats in food products: A narrative reviewAbdul Rohman, Nurrulhidayah Ahmad FadzillahChapter 6Identification of Potential Biomarkers of Porcine GelatinNur Azira Tukiran, Amin Ismail, Haizatul Hadirah Ghazali & Nurul Azarima Mohd AliChapter 7Gamma Ray Mutagenesis on Bacteria Isolated from Shrimp Farm Mud for Microbial Fuel Cell Enhancement and Degradation of Organic WasteAyoub Ahmed Ali, and Azura Amid, Azhar MuhammadChapter 8Effect of temperature on antibacterial activity and fatty acid methyl esters of Carica papaya seed extractMuhamad Shirwan Abdullah Sani, Jamilah Bakar, Russly Abdul Rahman and Faridah AbasChapter 9Solid-state Fermentation of Agro-industrial Waste Using Heterofermentative Lacti Acid Bacteria. Oktaviani, Muhammad Yusuf Abduh, Dea Indriani Astuti, Mia RosmiatiChapter 10Synthesis of chitosan-folic acid nanoparticles as a drug delivery system for propolis compounds Marselina Irasonia Tan and Adelina Khristiani Rahayu
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG 3D Printing in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide to 3D printing and 3D bioprinting methods and their application in oral and maxillofacial surgeries. Among the 3D printing methods considered are fused deposition modeling, selective laser sintering, photopolymer jetting, powder binder printing, and stereolithography, while the coverage of 3D bioprinting encompasses inkjet, microextrusion, and laser techniques. In each case, the relevance of the technique to oral and maxillofacial surgery is explained. In addition, the available inks and bioinks for 3D printing are reviewed. The roles of soft and hard tissue printing in oral and maxillofacial tissue engineering and the use of 3D printing in multi- and interfacial tissue engineering are then examined in depth. The particular value of 3D printing in the treatment of critically sized defects is discussed separately. Finally, up-to-date information is provided on guided tissue/bone regeneration using 3D printing. The book will be of interest to both oral and maxillofacial surgeons and biomedical engineers.Table of ContentsChapter 1) Introduction to 3D-printing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.- Chapter 2) 3D-Printing Methods Applicable in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.- Chapter 3) 3D-Bioprinting in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.- Chapter 4) 3D-Printed Medical Modeling for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeries.- Chapter 5) Application of 3D-Printing in Production of Dental Instruments.- Chapter 6) 3D-Printing in Treatment of Soft, Hard, and Critical-Sized Oral and Maxillofacial Tissue Defects.- Chapter 7) Application of 3D-Printing in Reconstruction of Oral and Maxillofacial Multi- and Interfacial Tissue Defects.
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Springer Revolutionizing Healthcare 5.0 The Power of Generative AI
Book SynopsisThe emerging healthcare landscape.- AI for Healthcare 5.0: A shift towards personalized healthcare.- Transition to Generative AI in Healthcare 5.0.- Drug Synthesis through Generative AI Models.- Generative AI for Data Augmentation in Clinical Trials .- Generative AI models for Personalized Healthcare .- Generative Deep Models for Medical Imaging.- Generative AI-driven fitness and real-time healthcare monitoring and control.- The future of Surgery and Anatomical Operations via Generative AI.- Generative models for AR/VR assisted Healthcare 5.0.- Accuracy and Reliability of Synthetic Data Generation.
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Springer Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation V
Book SynopsisGround Reaction Forces in Parkinson's Disease OFF and ON States Reflect Changes in Muscle Synergies: A Pilot Study.- Predictive Simulation Model of Stepping in Place in Parkinson's Disease: The Effect of Muscle Strength and Muscle Tone.- Towards Data Augmentation for Parkinson's Disease Gait Data Using Neuromusculoskeletal Simulations.- The Role of Depth for Human Motion Assessment with a Single RGB-D Camera: Preliminary Findings.
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Springer Women in Biopharma
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- What is Biopharma? Weaving the Web with Pandora's Box: Riding the Wave of a Paradigm Shift in Biopharmaceuticals.- Different Career Paths in the Biopharma Industry: Exploring Marketing and Product Management.- The Biopharma Industry Around the World: The Biopharma Industry in India.
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Springer Digital Maturity in Hospitals
Book SynopsisPart 1: Digital Maturity Strategies and Measurements.- Introduction: Navigating the Path to Digital Maturity in Healthcare.- Digital Maturity Models for Continuous Development and Evaluation in Healthcare.- Digital Maturity Models for Nationwide Healthcare Modernization: Insights from Germany's 'DigitalRadar.- Digital Maturity Data - Extracting Insights for Health System Management.- Digital Maturity Strategy for Modernizing Dubai's Healthcare Ecosystem.- Driving EMR Adoption to Transform Türkiye's Healthcare System.- Physician-Led Innovation: Digital Maturity at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare.- Part 2: Strategic Initiatives to Raise Digital Maturity.- Catalonia's Journey to the Open Platform Paradigm in Healthcare.- Dutch Hospital Reference Architecture ZiRA: A Tool for Collaboration and Cohesion.- The Nordic Way: Denmark's EHR Approach and Regional Integration.- The European Health Data Space and the Future of Cross-Border Healthcare.- Part 3: Key Enablers for Future Digital Maturity Strategies.- Digital Patient Engagement and Mature Hospitals.- Digital Technologies for Resilient Healthcare Systems Amid Climate Change.- Green IT to Reduce Healthcare's Climate Impact: The French Approach.- Readiness and Digital Maturity: Promoting Innovation, Integration, and Scale in Scotland.- The Transformative Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Digital Maturity of Hospitals.- Social Determinants of Health: Expanding our Understanding of Digital Maturity.- Strengthening the Healthcare Workforce to Achieve Digital Maturity at Scale.- Digital Maturity and AI: Ethical Considerations for Hospital Management.
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Springer Integration and Bridging of Multiscale Bioengineering Designs and Tissue Biomechanics
Book SynopsisMechanical and structural contributions of elastin and collagen fibers to interlamellar bonding in the arterial wall.- Tissue engineering of vascular constructs.- Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks.- Epicardial layer and endocardial layer as mechanical protective interfaces for cardiac function.- Dynamic remodeling in live cardiomyocytes.- Controlling the contractile strength of engineered cardiac muscle by hierarchal tissue architecture.- Multiscale light-sheet for rapid assessing of cardiac architecture and function.- Spongiosa as an integrative interface for aortic valve trilayered structure.- Advances in experimental and computational biomechanics of the tricuspid heart valve.- Heterogeneous and multiscale mechanical behavior of aortic valve leaflets.- Multi-scale approach to investigate mechanically-induced changes in tricuspid valve anterior leaflet microstructure.- Multiscale Mechanical Considerations for Polymeric Heart Valve Development.- The stabilization of elastin network in heart valve tissue engineering.- Glutaraldehyde cross-linked mitral valves.- Contribution of glycosaminoglycans to tendon mechanical properties.- Interfibrillar shear stress as the loading mechanism of collagen fibrils in tendon.- Tendon-to-bone Interface: structural-mechanical integration of enthesis.- Hierarchical collagen fiber formation for functional tendon, ligament, and meniscus replacement.- Tissue-engineered collagen graft using a novel load-bearing suture technique.- Tendon/Ligament repair with biomimetic and smart cellular constructs.- Tendon/Ligament-Like tissue via three-dimensional cyclic mechanical stretch culture system.
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Springer XLVII Mexican Conference on Biomedical Engineering
Book SynopsisML Design in Handwriting Analysis for Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease.- Machine learning for classification of electrooculography signals in the detection of visual fatigue syndrome.- Machine Learning Techniques for Classifying Cardiac Arrhythmias.- A Machine Learning approach to breast cancer detection in mammograms.
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Springer Proceedings of LLEAHMM 2024
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Springer Rehabilitation Robotics
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Springer Gerontechnology VI
Book Synopsis.- The Elderly's Role in Preserving and Transmitting Intangible Cultural Heritage.- Genetic Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Social Implications on Elderly.- Effects of electromyographic biofeedback training after meniscectomy on quadriceps strength and health related quality of life: A randomized controlled trial.- Gains from rehabilitation nursing care for the self-care of elderly inpatients – Scoping Review, etc.
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Springer 1st IFMBE Latin American Conference on Digital Health
Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence in Biomedical Image Processing.- Machine Learning in Healthcare.- Devices Sensors and Methods for Rehabilitation and Diagnosis.- Technological Innovation for Healthcare.
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Springer International Publishing AG Computational Bodily Fluid Dynamics
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Cardiovascular physiology.- Elementary haemodynamics.- A primer on solid and fluid mechanics.- Mathematical models for blood flow.- Compartmental models.- Properties of averaged 1D models.- Basics of numerical methods.- The exact solution of the Riemann problems for arteries and veins.
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Springer Computational Biomechanics for Medicine
Book SynopsisValidation of 4D ultrasound strain imaging of the aortic wall.- Reliable computational fluid dynamics for ground truth generation for AI-based blood flow analysis.- The comparison of 2D and 3D based models for the problem of plaque segmentation and coronary artery calcium scoring on non-contrast cardiac CT imaging.- Conditional Graph Neural Network for Predicting Soft Tissue Deformation and Forces.- Abdominal aortic aneurysm wall stress: A 7-line code in MATLAB and a one-click software application.
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Springer 3D Printing and Bioprinting in Medicine and Surgery
Book Synopsis.- From ADAM to ADAM?: Design and development of a 3D printed modular respiratory phantom for radiotherapy treatments.- GelMA-Xanthan Gum Hydrogel Bioink Preserving hiPSCs Viability and Proliferation.- Development and implementation of a pediatric simulator for training in intraosseous access procedure.- Prototyping and testing of a novel simulator of congenital heart diseases for hands-on surgical training, etc.
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Springer Governing Digital Mental Health
Book SynopsisChapter 1 The Historical Evolution of Mental Health: From Nation-State Paradigms to Borderless Care.- Chapter 2 Economic Transformation: Reframing Mental Health Governance Beyond Workforce Metrics.- Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation for Digital Behavioral Health Governance.- Chapter 4 The 5P Model as a Governance Framework.- Chapter 5 Governance and the Role of the Digital Behavioral Health Expert.
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Springer Mathematical Modeling of the Healthy and Diseased
Book Synopsisintroduction.- lung anatomy and physiology.- lumped parameter models of lung function.- parenchymal tissue elasticity.- tissue viscoelasticity.- homeostasis and repair.- asthma.- pulmonary fibrosis.- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- acute lung injury.- lung defenses.- the aging lung.- what is coming next.
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Springer 9th International Conference on Advancements of Medicine and Health Care Through Technology
Book Synopsis.- Biometric Medication Storage System.- Conceptual model of an eye movement simulation procedure for motor dysfunction prediction.- Adaptable Mechanism for Walking Aids.- Neonatal Incubator: An Arduino-Based Prototype with Multi-Sensor Integration and Real-Time Data Streaming.- The Patient-Mounted Ambulatory Infusion Pump – At-Home Treatment and Patient Freedom Solutions.- Rehabilitation Sensory Device, etc.
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Springer New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics
Book SynopsisDesign and Analysis of a Redundant Planar Parallel Robot with Variable Stiffness.- A 6 DOF Parallel Haptic Device for Initial Echography Training.- Review on Retractor Design to Enhance Minimally Invasive Pancreatectomy Addressing Challenges in Deep Tissue Access.- A generative design framework of surgical robots for assisted ophthalmic surgery.- Towards a 6 DOF Parallel Manipulator for Precise and Atraumatic Cochlear Implantation.- Robot assisted simulation for epidural anesthesia.- Design and experimental validation of a gynecological continuum robot.- Workbench Statics Evaluation of the quasi Spherical Parallel Manipulator.- Optimization of an Augmented R CUBE mechanism for Cervical Surgery.- Validation of a novel gesture tracking device for laparoscopy surgery training.- Haptic model of a redundant spherical parallel manipulator with unlimited self rotation.- Conceptual Design of a Flexible Instrument for Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery.- Geometrical design analysis of a URRR URR parallel mechanism for percutaneous interventions.- Axial Stability Analysis of an Origami Inspired Soft Pneumatic Actuator.- Master/Slave system with non homothetic kinematics for Surgical Teleoperation.
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Springer Joint 20th NordicBaltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering 24th Polish Conference on Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Book Synopsis Event Related Potentials as Markers of Depth Perception.- Analysis of the Website Accessibility Influence on the Cognitive.- Evaluation of Factors-of-Interest in Muscle Phantoms.- Nonlinear Analysis of ECG Signals in Arrythmia Simulated by MPS450 Fluke and Measured with ADS1298 AFE.- QRS Detection Based on the Matching Pursuit Algorithm.
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Springer Technology for Inclusion and Participation for All Recent Achievements and Future Directions
Book SynopsisAdvanced technologies for inclusion and participation in education and labour.- Evaluating The Role Of An Assistive Online Toolkit To Support Autistic Students During The Transition Into University.- Digital Skills, Reasonable Accommodation and Technological Assistance for Employment in Cyprus..- Artificial Intelligence And Disability: Using ChatGPT To Improve The Well-Being And Understand The Needs Of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Participatory Development of AI-enabled Applications. Insights from a German Research Project with People with Learning Disabilities.- Online Conversion Service of PDF/PowerPoint into Accessible Forms for Dyslexic Students.- UniNotesXR - Accessible Collaboration in Extended Reality: A Spatial Whiteboard with 3D Audio User Guidance for the Visually Impaired.- Immersive Learning for Inclusive Workplaces: Evaluating Mixed Reality in Vocational Training for People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders.- Augmented Reality-Based Training for Gardening: Enhancing Skills for Individuals with Special Needs at Il Seme Social Cooperative.- Bridging the Digital Media Divide - Enhancing Internet Accessibility for Students with Special Needs via [App’s Name].- Impact of Interactive Sensory Ball on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Enhancing Engagement, Self-Regulation, and Teacher Support.- Accessibility in digital spaces.- Flex Picture eBook: Software for the Creation of Accessible Interactive Images.- Uses of Email applications by People who are Blind and Low vision.- Accessibility Guidelines for 360-Degree Platforms: Derivation and Implementation.- Accessible indoor navigation systems.- A Systematic Review of Smartphone-based Indoor Navigation Assistance for Blind and Visually Impaired People.- Analysis of Indoor Wayfinding Accessible-Assistive Technologies for Mobility, and Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals.- Creating User-Centered Guidelines For Digital Guidance Systems.- Advancing diagnosis and rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disorders: The role of virtual reality, eye-tracking, and serious games.- Sensors in Inclusive Virtual Reality Games for People with Intellectual Disability.- Usability of Smart Wearable for Adult and Paediatric Neurological Upper Limb Re/Habilitation: Perspectives of Users and Allied Health Professionals.- Creating a Virtual Environment For The Development Of Social And Communication Skills Of Children With Autism.- A New Path to Recovery: Virtual Reality-Driven Treadmill Exercises.- Recommendation System of Virtual Reality (VR) Application for Rehabilitation Purposes.- User-center Game Development For Older Adults.- Artificial intelligence in care and support ecosystems.- Lessons Learnt And Hands-On Experience In Developing Personalized AI-Powered Assistive Technology Companions For Use In Patient Care Settings.- A Novel AI-powered Approach for Improving Inclusion and Participation of Unpaid Caregivers in a Digital Carer Support Community.- About Assistive Technology Stack Supporting Active and Healthy Aging Based on Personalization and Application of Sensor Measurements.- Artificial intelligence in higher education: Advancing inclusive environments, pedagogical approaches, and assistive technologies.- AI Research: Where are the Disabled Researchers and the Voices of Disabled People.- Comparative Study on Gen-AI Models to Write Alt Text.- Evaluating Large Multimodal Models for Inclusive Mathematics Education: Addressing Dyslexia and Dyscalculia in Higher Education.- Assistive technologies outcomes and impact measurement.- Satisfaction With And Perceived Effectiveness Of Assistive Technologies: Experiences Of People With Disabilities And Older Adults In The Hague.- Shades Of Grey In The Use, Underuse And Non-use Of Assistive Products: Exploring The Ways Practitioners And Researchers Articulate Assistive Product Utilization.- A Full Lifespan Comparison of Virtual Reality Based Cognition Testing on Acceptance, Effectiveness and Satisfaction.- From End Users to Principal Communicators: Ensuring Deaf Agency in Technologies.- Implementation of a Web Platform to Improve Residential Autonomy: Usability and Self-determination for Persons with Physical Disability.- Enhancing Mobility and Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study on the Impact of Customized Wheelchairs in India.- Development Of A Value Appraisal Tool For Implementing Technology In Elderly Care.- My Assistive Technology Outcomes Framework: Tools For Assistive Technology Users And The Practitioners That Support Them.- Theoretical Framework For Video Game Accessibility: Bridging User Experiences And Industry Data For Inclusive Design.- Assistive Technology in Education: Impact of Smartphone-Based Accessibility Features for Young Adults with Visual Impairments.- Teachers' Evaluation of Tools for Assessing the Usability of Technology Designed for Children with Autism.- Investigating the Potential of Assistive Technology Passports for Enhanced Access to Assistive Technology and the Development of an Implementation and Adoption Framework.- Method for Adapting the SUS and UTAUT-2 for Individuals with Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury and Intellectual Disability.- Assistive technology and accessibility for cognitive disabilities.- From Challenges to Solutions: Evaluating Assistive Technologies for Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education.- Is Easy Good Enough? Evaluation Of Easy Web Check, A Simplified And Open Method For Testing Website Accessibility.- A Personalized Digital Solution to Assist Task Organization and Time Management for People with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).- Transferring Linguistic Knowledge Representation to Automatically Adapt Easy-to-Read Text Guidelines from Spanish to German.- Assistive technology and accessibility training.- Integrating Digital Accessibility into Software Engineering Education: A Case Study of Learning Outcomes.- Modeling Transcription Task of Educational Documents for Visually Impaired Students.- Designing And Evaluating Disability Simulation Games For Positive Player Impact.- MuVie: Innovative Methods and Digital Technologies for Blind Music Education – Needs Analysis.- MuVie: Innovating Braille Jazz Notation and Enhancing Music Accessibility for Blind Students.- Empowering Inclusive Music Education Through AT Tools And Capabilities Of Synth4kids Software In The Early Childhood.- Building an Inclusive Future: Creating a Master’s Program in Assistive Technology Through International Course Mapping.- Assistive technology for sensory impairments.- Developing And Pilot Testing A Hybrid Prototype For Audio-tactile Graphics.- MS-EXPLORER: Multimodal Spatial Access to Information for Visually Impaired People.- DEEP: An Automatic Bidirectional Translator For Italian Sign Language.- Guiding Methods for On- and Off-Screen Subtitles in XR: Enhancing Accessibility for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Users.
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Springer Nature Switzerland Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention MICCAI 2025
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Springer Bridging the Gap between Mind and Machine
Book SynopsisAre AI machines making humans obsolete.- The embodiment paradox integrating prosthetic systems to enhance human machine integration.- Affective Edge Computing Challenges and Opportunities in Decoding Emotional States.- Modeling Human Emotions via Interpretable EEG Based Spatio nterfaces for Neurorehabilitation Trends Methods and Challenges Temporal Attention Network.- Vibes that emote Eliciting affect through vibrotactile stimulation.- Assessing Cognitive Fatigue in Human Teammates During Human Robot Collaboration.- Mind Over Machine Using Action Observation to Reduce Mental Fatigue in Motor Imagery.- Synergies between Mind and Machine in Autism Research An AI Based Framework for Understanding and Reconstructing Neural Dynamics.- Human Intent into Motion Neuro Motor Controlled Prosthetic Hand.- Design of a Human Machine Interface for Assisted Speech on an EOG based voice speller.- Enhancing Hand Exoskeleton Grasping Performance with Robust Force Controller Development.- A Pairing Free Approach for End to End Mapping from Human to Kinematically Dissimilar Robotic Hands.- Human Centered Shared Autonomy for Motor Planning Learning and Control Applications.- Enhancing Surgeon Feedback via LSTM Driven Prediction of Tissue Puncturing Events.- Synergy based Intuitive Virtual and Augmented Therapy for Mental Health.- Building Neuro Musculoskeletal Models of Upper and Lower limb In Silico by Bridging Neural Circuitry Biomechanics and Intelligent Control.
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Springer Sustainable Green Technologies
Book Synopsis.- 1 Environmental sustainability and green technologies: A new paradigm.- 2 Phytoremediation: a sustainable environmental technology to eliminate pollutants from the environment.- 3 Remediation of Heavy Metals Through Genetically Engineered Microorganism.- 4 Metagenomics in Bioremediation: Prospects and Applications, etc.
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Springer Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
Book Synopsis.- Biosensors and Data Acquisition..- Methods for Wearable Electrocardiogram and Photoplethysmogram Synchronization..- Optimization of the Tau Parameter in Phase Space Plots for ECG Signal Quality Assessment..- Use of the graphic tablet for monitoring and analysis of the spatial and temporal characteristics of a precise manual task..- Emerging Trends and Innovations in E-Health..- Vision Language Models for Dynamic Human Activity Recognition in Healthcare Settings..- Method for detection and analysis of the sit-to-walk transition in older adults. Threshold-based transition detection application: a case study..- Agent-Based Modeling of Retinal Development..- High Performance in Bioinformatics..- Benchmarking variant calling algorithms for the analysis of genomic data in panel sequencing..- VCFX: A Minimalist, Modular Toolkit for Streamlined Variant Analysis..- Machine Learning-Based Screening Tool for Lung Adenocarcinoma Via Gut Microbiome..- Cost-Effective Microbiome Profiling: Abridged Shotgun Sequencing..- Correlation between CYP1A2 Genetic Polymorphism and Drug ResponseI..- A Systematic Comparison of Phylogenetic Inference Methods Using an Inverse Problem Approach..- Innovations in Cancer Research: The Role of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering..- Differential Flux-balance Analysis infers metabolic mutations associated with cancer..- Explainable AI for Clinical Decision-Making: Unlocking the Potential of MSI Thresholds in Bladder Cancer..- IGHV Mutational Status and DNA Entropy: Refining Prognostic Tools in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia..- Machine learning in Bioinformatics and Biomedicine..- Machine Learning Models for Assessing Depression in Syrian Adolescent Refugees in Jordan..- Predicting T cell receptor specificity with graph attention networks..- CyberKnife and Data Mining: Exploring opportunities for clinical advancements..- Sickle cell disease patient care system using artificial intelligence..- Automated Annotation of Electronic Health Records Using Large Language Models..- A supervised learning strategy to investigate age effect on brain activity and support biomarkers detection for neurological disorders..- Recent Advances in Bioinformatics..- NucleoConvert Analytics: An Integrated Platform for DNA-to-RNA Conversion and Sequence Analysis..- Computational Analysis and Prediction of CYP1A2-Related Toxicants for Safer Drug Discovery..- Gene Co-Expression Network analysis based on GPUs for biomarkers discovery in sarcomas..- An Algorithm For Local Pairwise Alignment Of DNA Sequences..- Metabolomic Predictions via SOM: A Cold-Stress Case Study in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Springer-Verlag GmbH Healthcare 5.0
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Springer-Verlag GmbH Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG FDA and Intellectual Property Strategies for Medical Device Technologies
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG XLVIII Mexican Conference on Biomedical Engineering
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Springer Intelligent Systems in Biomedicine
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Springer International Publishing AG The Physics of Living Systems
Book SynopsisIn this book, physics in its many aspects (thermodynamics, mechanics, electricity, fluid dynamics) is the guiding light on a fascinating journey through biological systems, providing ideas, examples and stimulating reflections for undergraduate physics, chemistry and life-science students, as well as for anyone interested in the frontiers between physics and biology.Rather than introducing a lot of new information, it encourages young students to use their recently acquired knowledge to start seeing the physics behind the biology. As an undergraduate textbook in introductory biophysics, it includes the necessary background and tools, including exercises and appendices, to form a progressive course. In this case, the chapters can be used in the order proposed, possibly split between two semesters. The book is also an absorbing read for researchers in the life sciences who wish to refresh or go deeper into the physics concepts gleaned in their early years of scientific training. Less physics-oriented readers might want to skip the first chapter, as well as all the "gray boxes" containing the more formal developments, and create their own á-la-carte menu of chapters.Trade Review“Cleri does a masterful job of integrating the history of science with some of the most recent results, in order to give the reader a comprehensive view of where our field has been, and where it now stands. … figures help to bring the material alive, and the detailed ‘grey boxes’ provide important context. … includes a number of challenging and subtle questions at the end of each chapter, guaranteed to make the student (and instructor) think deeply.” (Sonya Bahar, Journal of Biological Physics, 2016)Table of ContentsThermodynamics for Living Systems, Appendix, Problems, References.- Energy, Information and the Origins of Life, Problems, References.- Energy Production and Storage for Life, Problems, References.- Entropic Forces in Cells: Thermodynamics and Hydrodynamics, Problems, References.- Molecular Motors in the Cell, Appendix, Problems, References.- Bioelectricity, Hearts and Brains, Problems, References.- Elasticity and Mechanics of Cells and Tissues, Appendix, Problems, References.- Muscles as Engines, Problems, References.- Physical Variables in Living Systems, Problems, References.- Shapes of Nature, Problems, References.- The Hidden Mathematics of Living Systems, Problems, References.
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Materials and Composites
Book SynopsisWith its content taken from only the very latest results, this is an extensive summary of the various polymeric materials used for biomedical applications. Following an introduction listing various functional polymers, including conductive, biocompatible and conjugated polymers, the book goes on to discuss different synthetic polymers that can be used, for example, as hydrogels, biochemical sensors, functional surfaces, and natural degradable materials. Throughout, the focus is on applications, with worked examples for training purposes as well as case studies included. The whole is rounded off with a look at future trends.Trade Review"[R]esearchers with a chemical background who are entering the biomedical field are the ones who will get the most out of this book. Others, coming from a more mechanical background will still find the book very useful owing to the number of concise comparisons of the materials within the various classes which will facilitate material selection and design of biomedical technologies. Indeed, it is an excellent picture of the current state and direction of research in this area, well supported by a wealth of references in each chapter (there are between 40 300 references per chapter) with pertinent and well-presented figures throughout." (Applied Rheology June 2017)Table of ContentsList of Contributors XV Preface XIX 1 Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications 1Brahatheeswaran Dhandayuthapani and Dasappan Sakthi kumar 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Polymers as Hydrogels in Cell Encapsulation and Soft Tissue Replacement 2 1.3 Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Systems 4 1.4 Biomaterials for Heart Valves and Arteries 7 1.5 Biomaterials for Bone Repair 9 1.6 Conclusion 11 Abbreviations 12 References 13 2 Conducting Polymers: An Introduction 21Nidhin Joy, Joby Eldho, and Raju Francis 2.1 Introduction 21 2.2 Types of Conducting Polymers 24 2.3 Synthesis of Conducting Polymers 28 2.4 Surface Functionalization of Conducting Polymers 28 Abbreviations 30 References 31 3 Conducting Polymers: Biomedical Applications 37Nidhin Joy, Geethy P. Gopalan, Joby Eldho, and Raju Francis 3.1 Applications 37 3.2 Conclusions 72 Abbreviations 72 References 73 4 Plasma-Assisted Fabrication and Processing of Biomaterials 91Kateryna Bazaka, Daniel S. Grant, Surjith Alancherry, and Mohan V. Jacob 4.1 Introduction 91 4.2 Conclusion 113 References 114 5 Smart Electroactive Polymers and Composite Materials 125T.P.D. Rajan and J. Mary Gladis 5.1 Introduction 125 5.2 Types of Electroactive Polymers 126 5.3 Polymer Gels 126 5.4 Conducting Polymers 129 5.5 Ionic Polymer–Metal Composites (IPMC) 131 5.6 Conjugated Polymer 132 5.7 Piezoelectric and Electrostrictive Polymers 133 5.8 Dielectric Elastomers 135 5.9 Summary 137 References 137 6 Synthetic Polymer Hydrogels 141Anitha C. Kumar and Harikrishna Erothu 6.1 Introduction 141 6.2 Polymer Hydrogels 141 6.3 Synthetic Polymer Hydrogels 142 6.4 Applications of Synthetic Polymer Hydrogels 155 6.5 Conclusion 156 Abbreviations 156 References 157 7 Hydrophilic Polymers 163Harikrishna Erothu and Anitha C. Kumar 7.1 Introduction 163 7.2 Classification 163 7.3 Applications of Hydrophilic Polymers 175 7.4 Conclusions 177 Abbreviations 177 References 178 8 Properties of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers 187Raju Francis, Geethy P. Gopalan, Anjaly Sivadas, and Nidhin Joy 8.1 Introduction 187 8.2 Physically Dependent Stimuli 188 8.3 Chemically Dependent Stimuli 203 8.4 Biologically Dependant Stimuli 207 8.5 Dual Stimuli 209 8.6 MultiStimuli-Responsive Materials 213 8.7 Conclusion 217 Abbreviations 218 References 220 9 Stimuli-Responsive Polymers: Biomedical Applications 233Raju Francis, Nidhin Joy, Anjaly Sivadas, Geethy P. Gopalan, and Deepa K. Baby 9.1 Introduction 233 9.2 Imaging 235 9.3 Sensing 238 9.4 Delivery ofTherapeutic Molecules 241 9.5 Other Applications 249 9.6 Conclusion 252 Abbreviations 252 References 253 10 Functionally Engineered Sol–Gel Derived Inorganic Gels and Hybrid Nanoarchitectures for Biomedical Applications 261Vazhayal Linsha, Kallyadan Veettil Mahesh, and Solaiappan Ananthakumar 10.1 Introduction 261 10.2 Some of the Useful Definitions of Various Gel Forms 263 10.3 Inorganic Metal-Oxide Gels and Hybrid Nanoarchitectures 267 10.4 Sol–Gel Synthesis of Inorganic Metal-Oxide Gels 267 10.5 Physically Cross-Linked Inorganic and Hybrid Gel 271 10.6 Sol–Gel Derived Hybrid Metal-Oxides Nanostructures 273 10.7 Biomedical Applications of Sol–Gel Derived Inorganic and Hybrid Nanoarchitectures for Both Therapeutic and Diagnostic (Theranostics) Functions 275 10.8 Sol–Gel Matrices for Controlled Drug Delivery 276 10.9 Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems 282 10.10 Sol–Gel Matrix Targeted CancerTherapy 286 10.11 Sol–Gel Matrices for Imaging and Radiotherapy (Radiolabeling) 288 10.12 Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives 294 Acknowledgment 296 Abbreviations 296 References 297 11 Relevance of Natural Degradable Polymers in the Biomedical Field 303Raju Francis, Nidhin Joy, and Anjaly Sivadas 11.1 Introduction 303 11.2 Natural Biopolymers and its Application 304 11.3 Conclusion 342 Abbreviations 343 References 344 12 Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers for Medical and Clinical Applications 361Raju Francis, Nidhin Joy, and Anjaly Sivadas 12.1 Introduction 361 12.2 Polyesters/Poly(α-hydroxy acids) 363 12.3 Poly(glycolide) 364 12.4 Polylactide 364 12.5 Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) Acid 365 12.6 Poly(ε-caprolactone) 366 12.7 Polyurethanes 366 12.8 Polyanhydrides 367 12.9 Polyphosphazenes 367 12.10 Polyhydroxyalkanoates 368 12.11 Polyorthoesters 368 12.12 Poly(propylene fumarate) 369 12.13 Polyacetals 369 12.14 Polycarbonates 369 12.15 Polyphosphoesters 370 12.16 Synthesis and Application of Different Modified Synthetic Biopolymer 371 12.17 Conclusion 376 Abbreviations 377 References 377 Index 383
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Optical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry: Technology, Design Principles and Clinical Applications
Book SynopsisOptical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry Medical technology is a fast growing field. Optical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry gives a comprehensive review of modern optical technologies in ophthalmology and optometry alongside their clinical deployment. It bridges the technology and clinical domains and will be suitable in both technical and clinical environments. The book introduces and develops basic physical methods (in optics, photonics, and metrology) and their applications in the design of optical systems for use in ophthalmic medical technology. Medical applications described in detail demonstrate the advantage of utilizing optical-photonic methods. Exercises and solutions for each chapter help understand and apply basic principles and methods. From the contents: Structure and Function of the Human Eye Optics of the Human Eye Visual Disorders and Major Eye Diseases Introduction to Ophthalmic Diagnosis and Imaging Determination of the Refractive Status of the Eye Optical Visualization, Imaging, and Structural Analysis Optical Coherence Methods for Three-Dimensional Visualization and Structural Analysis Functional Diagnostics Laser???Tissue Interaction Laser Systems for Treatment of Eye Diseases and Refractive Errors Trade Review“This unique and timely compendium is an excellent way to stay on top. It is written in a manner that makes the technology and corresponding clinical applications understandable, even for those with limited technical knowledge.” (Doody’s, 2 October 2015) “Optical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry is a timely, highly readable, and beautifully illustrated text that fulfills the need to bridge technical and clinical optics. In whole or part, it is an invaluable reference or basic text for Optometry, Ophthalmology, and Vision Science.” (Optometry & Vision Science, 1 May 2015) “The book is clearly written with many excellent illustrations.” (Optics and Photonics News, 31 October 2014) “Optical Devices in Ophthalmology and Optometry sets a very high standard for biomedical optics textbooks. I am impressed with the integration of the mathematical physics, the explanations of the fundamental physics with the emphasis on physical insights, the instrument design principles and their relation to the function of resulting medical device, and the clear explanations of the coupling between the optical properties of the eye and the coupling with the optical devices.” (Journal of Biomedical Optics, 1 July 2014) Table of ContentsPART I 1. Structure and Function 2. Optics of the Human Eye 3. Visual Disorders and Major Eye Diseases PART II 4. Introduction to Ophthalmic Diagnosis and Imaging 5. Determination of the Refractive Status of the Eye 6. Optical Visualization, Imaging, and Structural Analysis 7. Optical Coherence Methods for Three-Dimensional Visualization and Structural Analysis 8. Functional Diagnostics PART III 9. Laser-Tissue Interaction 10. Laser Systems for Treatment of Eye Diseases and Refractive Errors PART IV A. Basics of Optics B. Basics of Laser Systems C. Used Variables and Abbreviations
£125.96
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Dynamics of Neural Networks: A Mathematical and
Book SynopsisThis book treats essentials from neurophysiology (Hodgkin–Huxley equations, synaptic transmission, prototype networks of neurons) and related mathematical concepts (dimensionality reductions, equilibria, bifurcations, limit cycles and phase plane analysis). This is subsequently applied in a clinical context, focusing on EEG generation, ischaemia, epilepsy and neurostimulation. The book is based on a graduate course taught by clinicians and mathematicians at the Institute of Technical Medicine at the University of Twente. Throughout the text, the author presents examples of neurological disorders in relation to applied mathematics to assist in disclosing various fundamental properties of the clinical reality at hand. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter; answers are included. Basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, differential equations and familiarity with MATLAB or Python is assumed. Also, students should have some understanding of essentials of (clinical) neurophysiology, although most concepts are summarized in the first chapters. The audience includes advanced undergraduate or graduate students in Biomedical Engineering, Technical Medicine and Biology. Applied mathematicians may find pleasure in learning about the neurophysiology and clinic essentials applications. In addition, clinicians with an interest in dynamics of neural networks may find this book useful, too.Trade Review“The book is for sure a valuable contribution to make understandable the concepts of neurophysiology, it’s connection to applied mathematics and the benefits of theoretical achievements for application to clinical problems.” (Claudia simionescu-Badea, zbMATH 1482.92005, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I Physiology of neurons and synapses: Electrophysiology of the Neuron.- Synapses.- Part II Dynamics: Dynamics in one-dimension.- Dynamics in two-dimensional systems.- Part III Networks: Prototype neural networks.- Part IV The electroencephalogram: Basics of the EEG.- Neural mass modeling of the EEG.- Part V Pathology: Hypoxia and neuronal function.- Seizures and Epilepsy.- Part VI Neurostimulation: Neurostimulation.- Epilogue.
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£67.19
Springer-Verlag GmbH Advances for Prosthetic Technology
£132.99
Brill Ethics in Biomedical Research: International Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the international assessment and regulation of biomedical research. In its chapters, some of the leading figures in today’s bioethics address questions centred on global development, scientific advances, and vulnerability. The series Values In Bioethics makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics.Table of ContentsAlexander MORGAN CAPRON: Foreword: Why Bother with Ethics in Biomedical Research? Preface Matti HÄYRY, Tuija TAKALA, and Peter HERISSONE-KELLY: Introduction: Development, Research, and Vulnerability Part One: Facts, Fears, and Hopes Concerning Development Solomon R. BENATAR: New Perspectives on International Research Ethics Matti HÄYRY: Some Current Issues in the Ethics of Biomedical Research and Their Background in the Protection of the Dignity and Autonomy of the Vulnerable Florencia LUNA: Bioethics and Biomedicine: Developing Countries’ Perspective Leo PESSINI and Leonard M. MARTIN: Brazilian Research Ethics: A North-South Dialogue Aiming to Build a New Culture of Respect Angela AMONDI WASUNNA: Who Sets the Agenda for Health Research in Developing Countries? A Call for More Community Involvement Part Two: Research and Technology as Answers and as Questions Darryl MACER: Ethical Aspects in Introducing Genetically Modified Organisms for Public Health Purposes Michael PARKER, Richard ASHCROFT, Andrew WILKIE, and Alastair KENT: The Ethical Review of Research into Rare Genetic Disorders Rosemarie TONG: Ongoing and Emerging Biomedical Research Issues at the Beginning of Life: United States Perspectives Bart HANSEN and Paul SCHOTSMANS: Human Stem Cell Research as a Promising Hope for Humankind: A Christian-Ethical Contribution Boris G. YUDIN: Interrelations between Bioethics and Ethics of Bio technology Part Three: Vulnerability, Power, and Responsibility Leslie P. FRANCIS, Margaret P. BATTIN, Jeffrey R. BOTKIN, Jay A. JACOBSON, and Charles B. SMITH: Infectious Disease and the Ethics of Research: The Moral Significance of Communicability Leonardo D. de CASTRO: Is There a Duty to Serve as Research Subjects? Elma LOURDES CAMPOS PAVONE ZOBOLI: Vulnerability in Biomedical Research: A Framework for Analysis F Maria PATRÃO DO CÉU NEVES: New Vulnerabilities Raised by Biomedical Research Frank J. LEAVITT: How to Save the World: Some Alternatives to Biomedical Research About the authors Index
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