Book Description
Presenting a bird's eye view of the important components in biomedical engineering, this book explores how bioengineering has emerged as an important aid to diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation. The author discusses the application of electrical, mechanical, chemical, optical and other engineering principles to understand, modify or control biological systems. He covers the design and manufacture of products for monitoring physiological functions, assisting in diagnoses, assessing prognoses, and helping in treatment of patients. It also provides a glimpse of emerging trends in biomedical engineering like telemedicine and the wider use of computers in health care.

AA: Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari is at present the Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the TIFAC-CORE in Biomedical Technology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri and Centre for Digital Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

TS: "A Short Introduction to Biomedical Engineering presents a bird's-eye view of the important components of biomedical engineering for the benefit of undergraduate and postgraduate students. It also provides a glimpse of emerging trends in biomedical engineering, such as telemedicine and the wider use of computers in health care."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Sect. 1       Bioinstrumentation                                                                                        1

1               Origin of biopotentials, electrodes, transducers and amplifiers                           2

2               Some important biomedical equipment                                                            12

3               Biotelemetry                                                                                                 25

Sect. 2       Electrophysiological signal analysis and processing                                           41

4               Interaction of signals in the neuromuscular system and their models                  42

5               Acquisition, digitisation, storing and display of some important biomedical signals        50

6               Some signal processing tools                                                                         59

7               Methods of medical data acquisition, analysis, compression and monitoring        80

Sect. 3       Biomechanics                                                                                               88

8               Properties and models of bones                                                                      89

9               Biomechanics of implant tissues                                                                     97

10              Sports biomechanics                                                                                     103

Sect. 4       Biomaterials                                                                                                 109

11              Structure and properties of some biological materials                                        110

12              Properties, compatibility characteristics and performance of implants                 118

13              Structural properties of synthetic biomaterials and their use as biomaterial substitutes          131

Sect. 5       Kinesiology and biological control                                                                   140

14              Kinesiology of human musculoskeletal system, orthopedic biomechanics, locomotion analysis            141

15              Biomechanics of human motion and control interfaces with application to limb orthotics and prosthetics           149

16              Principles of feedback control and fluid (blood/air) mechanics in biology            158

Sect. 6       Imagology                                                                                                   166

17              Ultrasonography, colour doppler                                                                    167

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