Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-09-26
Dewey code: 616.075
List Price: $159.95
Price: $133.09
Review Noninvasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis (Biomedical Engineering) / CRC:Noninvasive medical diagnosis (NIMD) is as old as medical practice itself. From the earliest healers' observations of odors, skin color, and breath sounds to today's wealth of technologies, the basics remain the same and keep the role of NIMD essential to effective medical care. Noninvasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis is the first book dedicated to NIMD tools and techniques. Featuring emerging technologies along with traditional instruments, it describes how these non-invasive tools and techniques work and explores developments that will make NIMD simpler, more reliable, less expensive, and risk-free. Much of the material is descriptive, but the author includes rigorous mathematical analysis where appropriate. The treatment is readily accessible to readers with a background in basic algebra and ordinary differential equations, basic circuit theory, and concepts such as frequency response and transient response of linear systems. The rapid evolution of biomedical instrumentation has meant that books just five years old are already outdated. Whether used for an upper-level, biomedical engineering class or as a reference for medical students, healthcare professional, physicists, or physiologists, Noninvasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis stands alone in presenting the state of NIMD art and science.
Authors
- Marie B. Teixeira
- Richard Bradley
Publication date: 2002-09-20
Dewey code: 681.761
List Price: $169.95
Price: $135.96
Review Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry (Lung Biology in Health & Disease) / CRC:This reference provides real-world examples, strategies, and templates for the implementation of effective design control programs that meet current ISO 9000 and FDA QSR standards and regulations-offering product development models for the production of safe, durable, and cost-efficient medical devices and systems. Details procedures utilized by leading companies to successfully meet FDA and end-user requirements, manufacture high-quality products, and improve and generate profit. Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry contains valuable guidelines that enable readers to · prepare for an FDA audit · identify consumer needs, resolve project objectives, and process inconsistencies and discrepancies · determine the compatibility of design specifications and manufacturing, installation, and servicing demands · ensure that proper design, function, and performance stipulations are understood and met · verify and validate design criteria and production schemes · eliminate confusion and prevent communication breakdowns · allocate and conserve resources · perform risk assessment analyses · predict potential hazards under normal and fault conditions Presenting blueprints for the application, evaluation, and refinement of quality assurance and performance practices-from product launch through engineering and assembly-Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry is a clear and indispensable source for biomedical, quality assurance, reliability, software, product design, manufacturing, research and development, and industrial engineers; project directors and managers; biomedical technicians; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Creator: Yuehuei H. An
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-09-30
Dewey code: 616.716
List Price: $199.95
Price: $119.42
Review Orthopaedic Issues in Osteoporosis / Informa HealthCare:Orthopaedic procedures in elderly patients are challenging and costly. As the population ages these costs will continue to escalate. ORTHOPAEDIC ISSUES IN OSTEOPOROSIS weaves together theory and applications to provide the first reference available on the orthopaedic aspects of osteoporosis. The focus on the management of patients who have had a fracture sets this book apart. Featuring extensive coverage of surgical management of osteoporotic fractures, it highlights the challenges of internal repair in osteoporotic bone. The chapters combine the basic and clinical essentials of osteoporosis with the latest orthopaedic findings in applied research and surgical treatment. Fractures associated with osteoporosis account for the majority of the money spent on this condition. However, the orthpaedic treatment of osteoporotic bone is a formidable surgical problem, and one not covered explicitly in any book - until now. With over 300 tables, line drawings, equations, and macro or X-ray photographs, ORTHOPAEDIC ISSUES IN OSTEOPOROSIS is a long overdue resource. About the Editor: Yuehuei H. [+](Huey) An, MD, graduated from the Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Northeast China in 1983 and was trained in orthopaedic surgery at the Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital (Residency), and in hand surgery at Sydney Hospital (Clinical Fellow), Australia. In 1991, Dr. An joined with Dr. Richard J. Friedman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina to establish the MUSC Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, which is now a multifunctional orthopaedic research center. Dr. An has published more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters and more than 100 abstracts and edited 6 books, including Animal Models in Orthopaedic Research (CRC Press 1999) and Mechanical Testing of Bone and the Bone-Implant Interface (CRC Press 2000). He is an active member of eight academic societies in the fields of orthopaedics, biomaterials, biomechanics, and tissue engineering.
Creator: Karen Becker Witkin
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-10-07
Dewey code: 610.28
List Price: $114.50
Price: $114.50
Review Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices: Principles and Case Studies / Humana Press:Building on the techniques used in clinical trials of pharmaceuticals, this book summarizes for the first time the key principles and approaches to be used in medical device clinical trials, and then demonstrates implementation of these principles in a revealing series of detailed, real-world case studies. The highly experienced contributors show how to design and evaluated clinical trials of medical defvices, as well as collect data that is acceptable to the FDA. Nine detailed case studies illustrate the wide range of study designs that have been successfully applied to many different research problems and a variety of therapeutic or diagnostic products. Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices provides today's only source of case-study-based practical information on how clinical study design principles are best tailored to the successful evaluation of medical devices. This book serves as a technical resource for scientific and regulatory professionals working in the field of new medical device development and commercialization. Chapters cover the basic principles of clinical study design and analysis, (including protocol requirements, selecting suitable endpoints, selecting a control group, sample size calculations, monitoring, data analysis, and presentation); and those describing research approaches on different classes of such devices as implanted devices and in vitro diagnostics.
Creator: R. Wayne Hendren
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1997-04-30
Dewey code: 615.7
List Price: $169.00
Price: $115.63
Review Protein Delivery: Physical Systems (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology) / Springer:Thirteen chapters by industrial and academic authorities in this rapidly evolving field present detailed case histories and reviews of current sophisticated protein-drug delivery technologies. Highlights include a comprehensive overview of insulin delivery and a discussion of the use of biodegradable microspheres.
Creator: L. Bos
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-05-01
Dewey code: 610.285
List Price: $161.00
Price: $112.68
Review Medical And Care Compunetics 3 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) / Ios Pr Inc:This publication covers aspects concerning information supply to patient and professional; electronic health records, its standards, its social implications; and new developments in medical & care compunetics. For citizen / patient-related information, it is necessary to use the latest medical and care compunetics. The editors recognize the possible thread to patient safety of the information available on the internet. They also see the problems of professionals to find information on the latest developments in medical and care compunetics in a structured way. This book is dedicated to the co-founder of the ICMCC Foundation, Prof. Swamy Laxminarayan, who passed away on September 29, 2005.
Creator: Martin L. Yarmush
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-08
Dewey code: 660
List Price: $181.00
Price: $126.70
Review Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2007 (Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering) / Annual Reviews:
Creator: Jos Vander Sloten
Publication date: 2000-01-13
Dewey code: 610.280113
List Price: $250.00
Price: $122.75
Review Computer Technology in Biomaterials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials Science & Engineering) / John Wiley & Sons:The Biomaterials Science and Engineering Series is designed to help stimulate further developments in biomaterials science and engineering by disseminating up-to-the-minute, quality information to academic and industrial research and development scientists employed in all areas of the medical, biomedical and bioengineering sciences whether in medical device R&D, pharmaceutical and pharmacological research or materials science, and to clinical specialists in prosthetics and surgery. Computer Technology in Biomaterials Science and Engineering Edited by Jos Vander Sloten, Division of Biomechanics and Engineering Design, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium One of the many advances in computer technology over the past decade has been the speed and ease with which data can now be transferred and analysed. Recent developments in this particular area have been greatly beneficial to the biomaterials engineering industry. Biomaterials engineering, as defined in this book, is the scientific discipline dealing with the analysis of biological tissues and tissue-implant behaviour, in addition to the design of the foreign objects for temporary or permanent use in the body and the technology required to produce and implant them. Computer Technology in Biomaterials Science and Engineering describes how computer models and design aids have: * given insight into the fundamental mechanisms of tissue behaviour and adaptation * allowed the development of screen-based pre-surgical planning systems * facilitated the design of personalised implants at reasonable cost * aided surgical and medical robotics to assure optimal implantation in the body In addition to presenting an extensive overview of state-of-the-art computer technology and its applications in biomaterials engineering, the authors indicate future trends in this fast changing technology. Researchers in both universities and industry will find this book to be a concise reference source of computer technology in biomaterials science and engineering. Cover shows a computer-aided design image of the gradual transition from a microscopic trabecular bone structure to an engineered biomaterial scaffold. Image reproduced by the kind permission of Hans Druyts and Karel Van Brussel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
Creator: Clement McDonald
Publication date: 1993-01-01
Dewey code: 362
List Price: $119.00
Price: $119.00
Review Progress in Standardization in Health Care Informatics, (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol 6) / IOS Press:In Europe, standardization activities in healthcare informatics officially started in the 90s. The papers featured in this publication were presented at a conference which presented the current standing of important activities connected with healthcare informatics/telematics standards and to explore the ways of ensuring international coordination and cooperation worldwide. The publications shows interest from communities from Europe, United States, Australia and Japan. This guarantees the elaboration of high quality implementable healthcare informatics standards, which play an important role in the achievement of better healthcare to the benefit of the patient.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-11-01
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $129.00
Price: $119.87
Review Future of Intelligent and Extelligent Health Environment: Volume 118 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics / IOS Press:The technology on our body, in our body and all around us enhances our health and well-being from conception to death. Human body and the world in which it functions is a continuously changing complex adaptive system. We are able to collect more and more data about it but the real challenge is to infer local dynamics from that data. Intelligent Caring Biomechatronic Creatures and Healthmaticians (mathematicians serving human health) have a better chance of inferring the dynamics that needs to be understood than human physicians. Humans can only process comfortably three dimensions while computers can see infinite number of dimensions. We will need to trust the distributed network of healthons, Intelligent Caring Creatures, and NURSES (New Unified Resource System Engineers) to create Health Extelligence. We need new vocabulary to push forward in a new way. For instance; healthons are tools combining prevention with diagnosis and treatment based on continuous monitoring and analyzing of our vital signs and biochemistry.
Creator: A. Merolli
Publication date: 1995-01-01
Dewey code: 617.560754
List Price: $158.00
Price: $157.98
Review Threedimensional Analysis of Spinal Deformities, (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , Vol 15) / IOS Press:Specific 3-D measurement techniques, based on optical or opto-electronic principles of image capture, can today provide a complete set of results to quantify, without any risk for the patient, the actual state of the rachis and the effects induced by the disease on the whole postural performance. The book deals with theoretical and clinical aspects of spinal deformities. It covers topics such as 3-D acquisition, reconstruction and modelling techniques; 3-D biomechanical analysis; 3-D etiological and prognostic aspects; 3-D treatment of scoliosis; surface topography and internal 3-D spinal and/or trunk anatomy.
Creator: Robin Murray
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-06-01
Dewey code: 616
List Price: $139.95
Price: $116.45
Review Neuroimaging in Pyschiatry / Informa HealthCare:New neuroimaging techniques are developing at a break neck pace-every academic journal contains glossy pictures of brain activity corresponding to a particular task emblazoned in glorious technicolor. Discoveries about brain function in psychiatric disorders have been made at an equally rapid rate. However, most books on the subject have been written from a technical point of view. An introductory, easy-to-read guide, Neuroimaging in Psychiatry provides an overview and the clinical relevance of the latest neuroimaging findings. With contributions from an international panel of experts, this book reviews current findings from neuroimaging in schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, eating disorders, psychopathy, aging, and drug addiction. Chapter authors explore innovative and imaginative uses of neuro imaging technology, implications for our understanding of these disorders, and their impact on clinical practice. The book gives you a general overview of the main techniques to help you successfully complete a neuroimaging project.
Authors
- Alice S. Weissfeld
- Daniel F. Sahm
- Betty A. Forbes
Publication date: 2007-02-27
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $117.00
Price: $116.68
Review Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology - Text and Study Guide Package (Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology) / Mosby:This package contains Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology, 12e and Study Guide for Bailey and Scott's Diagnsotic Microbiology, 12e. Together, this innovative system of learning resources - the text, the study guide, and the EVOLVE website offer you reliable, state-of-the-art guidance to help you excel in Microbiology!.
Creator: Garth W. Hastings
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1999-10-15
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $179.00
Price: $118.05
Review Bioceramics: Volume 12 / World Scientific Publishing Company:Presents discussions on recent bioceramic technologies for the development of ceramics with tissue-bonding properties.
Edition: 1999 & 12th
Publication date: 1999-06
Dewey code: 610
List Price: $120.00
Price: $120.00
Review 12th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Sysems: Proceedings : June 18-20, 1999 Stamford, Connecticut (Ieee Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems//Proceedings) / Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee:This text contains the proceedings of the 12th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medial Systems. Topics covered include: telemedicine; virtual medicine and modelling; intelligent systems; image and signal processing; management and decision systems; and information technologies.
Creator: David G. Castner
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-02-28
Dewey code: 610.28
List Price: $158.00
Price: $145.85
Review Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials / Springer:
Publication date: 2008-03-31
Price: $120.00
Review Tissue Management Self-Assessment Tool fo Transfusion Services and Hospitals / Amer Assn of Blood Banks:Looking to get a handle on all the new requirements for tissue management in the hospital setting? Tissue Management Self-Assessment Tool for Transfusion Services and Hospitals is a handy resource, which offers a comprehensive view of the standards of multiple accrediting bodies and guidance in evaluating your facility against those standards. Organized according to the 10 Quality System Essentials (QSEs) and focused on tissue dispensing services, this is your tool for preparing for and maintaining accreditation with AABB, CAP, and The Joint Commission. Topics include:Crosswalks matching AABB tissue-related standards with similar standards of the AATB, CAP, and The Joint Commission, as well as an explanation of the general intent of the standards. Examples of compliance with the standards, which includes a sample policy statement and action plan for each QSE. Checklists for self-assessment according to each QSE. Templates for the self-assessment checklists and action plan tables in Microsoft Word on the accompanying CD-ROM. Explanations of FDA regulations and how they relate to tissue dispensing services and other tissue facilities (includes the form for registration with FDA if applicable).
Authors
- Denis Flandre
- Fernando Silveira
Publication date: 2004-01-31
Dewey code: 617.4120645
List Price: $165.00
Price: $113.79
Review Low Power Analog CMOS for Cardiac Pacemakers: Design and Optimization in Bulk and SOI Technologies (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) / Springer:Power reduction is a central priority in battery-powered medical implantable devices, particularly pacemakers, to either increase battery lifetime or decrease size using a smaller battery. Low Power Analog CMOS for Cardiac Pacemakers proposes new techniques for the reduction of power consumption in analog integrated circuits. Our main example is the pacemaker sense channel, which is representative of a broader class of biomedical circuits aimed at qualitatively detecting biological signals. The first and second chapters are a tutorial presentation on implantable medical devices and pacemakers from the circuit designer point of view. This is illustrated by the requirements and solutions applied in our implementation of an industrial IC for pacemakers. There from, the book discusses the means for reduction of power consumption at three levels: base technology, power-oriented analytical synthesis procedures and circuit architecture. At the technology level, we analyze the impact that the application of the fully depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD SOI) technology has on this kind of analog circuits. The basic building block levels as well as the system level (pacemaker sense channel) are considered. Concerning the design technique, we apply a methodology, based on the transconductance to current ratio that exploits all regions of inversion of the MOS transistor. Various performance aspects of analog building blocks are modeled and a power optimization synthesis of OTAs for a given total settling time (including the slewing and linear regions) is proposed. [+]At the circuit level, we present a new design approach of a class AB output stage suitable for micropower application. In our design approach, the usual advantages of the application of a class AB output stage are enhanced by the application of a transconductance multiplication effect. These techniques are tested in experimental prototypes of amplifiers and complete pacemaker sense channel implementations in SOI and standard bulk CMOS technologies. An ultra low consumption of 110 nA (0. 3 mW) is achieved in a FD SOI sense channel implementation. Though primarily addressed to the pacemaker system, the techniques proposed are shown to have application in other contexts where power reduction is a main concern.
Authors
- Johnna S. Temenoff
- Antonios G. Mikos
Publication date: 2008-01-12
Dewey code: 610.284
List Price: $157.00
Price: $114.99
Review Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science / Prentice Hall:Intended for use in an introductory course on biomaterials, taught primarily in departments of biomedical engineering. The book covers classes of materials commonly used in biomedical applications, followed by coverage of the biocompatibility of those materials with the biological environment. Finally, it covers some in-depth applications of biomaterials. It does all of this with an overall emphasis on tissue engineering.
Authors
- Sheshadri Narayanan
- Donald S. Young
List Price: $119.00
Price: $119.00
Review Effects of Herbs and Natural Products on Clinical Laboratory Tests / AACC Press:Effects of Herbs and Natural Products on Clinical Laboratory Tests complements AACC's publications on Effects of Drugs on Clinical Laboratory Tests, Effects of Disease on Clinical Laboratory Tests, and Effects of Preanalytical Variables on Clinical Laboratory Tests, which provide the background information necessary to interpret clinical laboratory test values. This publication provides both new entries and entries that were previously considered as being related to Drugs and/or Preanalytical Variables. Unlike other books in the Effects series, Effects of Herbs and Natural Products includes narrative accounts of the history of herbal medicine and a detailed discussion of both clinical and laboratory effects of commonly used herbs and natural products. As with the other Effects publications, condensed information is organized into five sections. The first section lists laboratory tests; and the second, herbs and natural products with appropriate cross-references. The third and fourth sections are alphabetic sorts by laboratory test and by herb or natural product name, respectively. Each entry describes the effect of a specific variable affecting a patient or a specimen removed from a patient, with a succinct explanation of the mechanism of the effect. The fifth and final section is a compilation of all the references, which are sorted in numerical sequence and provided to enable a more detailed understanding of the cited effects.
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Noninvasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis (Biomedical Engineering), Design Controls for the Medical Device Industry (Lung Biology in Health & Disease), Orthopaedic Issues in Osteoporosis, Clinical Evaluation of Medical Devices: Principles and Case Studies, Protein Delivery: Physical Systems (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology), Medical And Care Compunetics 3 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics) (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics), Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2007 (Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering), Computer Technology in Biomaterials Science and Engineering (Biomaterials Science & Engineering), Progress in Standardization in Health Care Informatics, (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol 6), Future of Intelligent and Extelligent Health Environment: Volume 118 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Threedimensional Analysis of Spinal Deformities, (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , Vol 15), Neuroimaging in Pyschiatry, Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology - Text and Study Guide Package (Bailey & Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology), Bioceramics: Volume 12, 12th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Sysems: Proceedings : June 18-20, 1999 Stamford, Connecticut (Ieee Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems//Proceedings), Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials, Tissue Management Self-Assessment Tool fo Transfusion Services and Hospitals, Low Power Analog CMOS for Cardiac Pacemakers: Design and Optimization in Bulk and SOI Technologies (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science), Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science, Effects of Herbs and Natural Products on Clinical Laboratory TestsTop headlines: Can the Youth Vote Save Obama?: With the Hillary juggernaut growing in strength every day, Barack Obama is hoping Iowas youth can help keep him in the game. ›14:47 8 Oct, Mon 'Obama cookie' bringing in a lot of dough: Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing? 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