The development of biomedical engineering as experienced by one biomedical engineer

The development of biomedical engineering as experienced by one biomedical engineer

This personal essay described the development of the field of Biomedical Engineering from its early days, from the perspective of one who lived through that development. It describes the making of a major invention using data that had been rejected by other scientists, the re-discovery of an obscure fact of physiology and its use in developing a major medical instrument, the development of a ne...

Biomedical engineering for health research and development.

Biomedical engineering is a new area of research in medicine and biology, providing new concepts and designs for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of various diseases. There are several types of biomedical engineering, such as tissue, genetic, neural and stem cells, as well as chemical and clinical engineering for health care. Many electronic and magnetic methods and equipments are used f...

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PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Introduction Osteoporotic fractures mainly occur at sites with relatively large amounts of trabecular bone. The devastating effects of such fractures can be prevented with accurate predictions of trabecular bone strength. Micro-finite element (μFE) models have been successfully used to study and predict trabecular bone elastic and yield properties....

Polymers for Biomedical Engineering

Advances in biomedical engineering.

The most visible contributions of biomedical engineering to clinical practice involve instrumentation for diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation. Cell and tissue engineering also have emerged as clinical realities. In the next 25 years, advances in electronics, optics, materials, and miniaturization will accelerate development of more sophisticated devices for diagnosis and therapy, such as ima...