Biomedical Technology and Devices

Fully revised since its original publication, this reference illuminates the equipment, devices, and techniques used in modern medicine to diagnose, treat, and monitor human illnesses. With topics ranging from basic procedures like blood pressure measurements to cutting-edge imaging equipment, biological tests, and genetic engineering, the book is organized to navigate smoothly from simple procedures and concepts to more sophisticated and complex ones. Each section contains a description of the technique, its technical considerations, and its use according to its applications and relevant body systems.

James E. Moore, Jr., PhD, received his bachelor's in mechanical engineering with highest honor from the Georgia Institute of Technology, followed by an MS and a PhD from the same school and institute. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne, he has held faculty positions at Florida International University, Texas A&M University, and now Imperial College London. His research focuses on the biomechanics of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. Duncan J. Maitland, PhD, has worked as an engineer in aerospace, national defense, and biomedical applications since 1985. He received his BEE (electrical engineering) and MS (physics) from Cleveland State University. He received his PhD in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. After his PhD, he worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for 12 years and subsequently joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Texas A&M University in 2008. His research projects include endovascular interventional devices, micro actuators, optical therapeutic devices, and basic device-body interactions/physics, including computational and experimental techniques.

Section I Basic Clinical Measurements. Measuring Body Temperature. Ultrasonic Blood Flow and Velocity Measurement. Evoked Potentials. Electroencephalography. Hearing and Audiological Assessment. Section II Imaging Techniques. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Ultrasonic Imaging. Emission Imaging. Endoscopy. Optical Coherence Tomography. Biophotonics: Clinical Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging. Section III Biological Assays. Biological Assays: Cellular Level. Histology and Staining. Radioimmunoassay: Technical Background. Section IV Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Clinically Applied Biomaterials: Soft Tissue. Active Materials. Gene Therapy for Tissue Engineering. Bioactive Scaffold Design for Articular Cartilage Engineering. Section V Interventional Disease Treatment. Anesthesia Monitoring Devices. Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Technologies. Neuroendovascular Medical Devices. Electro-Physiological Solutions for Cardiac Disease. Stereotactic Procedures. Extracorporeal Blood-Filtering Technologies. Section VI Monitoring. Point-of-Care Monitoring Devices in Critical-Emergency-Disaster Care. Section VII Recovery. Neural Prostheses for Movement Restoration. Pharmaceutical Technical Background on Drug-Delivery Methods. Section VIII Alternative and Emerging Techniques. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Image-Guided Thermal Therapy. Medical Robotics. Index.