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This is a complete introduction to physiological modeling course text for students of biomedical engineering and related disciplines. It is suitable for courses in modeling, quantitative physiology or engineering physiology.

It provides an introduction to both the mathematical foundations of modelling, and to physiological systems. The book assumes readers have taken freshman or sophomore courses in calculus and chemistry, but is otherwise complete and self-contained in its introduction to biomedical engineering through physiological models at either sophomore or junior level, depending where courses fall in the curriculum. The physiological modeling material alone is also perfect for use up to graduate level

For completeness the book presents a brief introduction to the physiological modeling aspects of traditional engineering topics (electrical, mechanical, control, fluid, and thermal) at the start of each section, before moving onto biological systems applications.

Modeling forms the core of much of the work of biomedical engineers, and the strength of this book is how it clearly and logically helps the reader to grasp the nature of physiological modeling. Mathematics is introduced step by step, with rigorous discussion, worked examples and proofs presented where necessary. However, with the ultimate goal of clarity, less rigorous mathematics are used where appropriate, to help students move on.

Throughout the text frequent illustrative biomedical engineering applications and examples clarify concepts and help to develop problem-solving skills. MATLAB and SIMULINK are used as problem solving tools throughout, with code available for download. Each chapter ends with a wide selection of graded exercises.


* The only physiological modeling text written explicitly for biomedical engineering students, focuses on the topics and techniques required by ABET at junior and senior level
* Self-contained, it includes an introduction to the requried mathematical fundamentals (differential equations and Laplace transforms) and covers realistic engineering applications. Throughout the text, MATLAB and SIMULINK are used to assist with problem solving.
* Full color presentation with excellent illustrations support learning, copious worked examples and exercises, downloadable MATLAB and SIMULINK code, plus a separate fully worked instructor's manual. ... Read more

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These lectures provide the basic understanding of various clinical signs and symptoms from a thorough insight into basic principles of neurology, (neuro-)physiology and neuroanatomy. The primary audience is therefore students whose future work will be in these fields, however with the goals of typical clinical medical specialists driving the technological evolution. These students are primarily trained to contribute to new developments and innovations in neurology and clinical neurophysiology. They are confronted with patients but are not trained for routine patient care. Rather, their skills are technologically based knowledge, ranging from sensor technology to mathematical modeling, or advanced signal analysis.

Essentials of neurophysiology therefore presents a hybrid of information, both from the clinical field and from basic physiology, with a very strong emphasis on concepts, including mathematical descriptions if felt necessary for a thorough understanding, but with less emphasis on various diseases. However, prototype examples of neurological diseases are discussed. In this respect, more technically and/or research minded medical students, residents, neurologists and clinical neurophysiologists, will also find this text useful.

The topics covered range from basic neuroanatomy to physiology, from membrane potentials to interneuronal communication. In addition, the author explains how various measurements on the human nervous system can be performed, including a treatise on medical measurements in general. A short chapter on medical decision making is included, since this is a potential field for innovation, as well (computer supported decision making). Throughout the text, we will present various examples of neurological diseases.

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The biomedical engineering senior capstone design course is probably the most important course taken by undergraduate biomedical engineering students. It provides them with the opportunity to apply what they have learned in previous years; develop their communication (written, oral, and graphical), interpersonal (teamwork, conflict management, and negotiation), project management, and design skills; and learn about the product development process. It also provides students with an understanding of the economic, financial, legal, and regulatory aspects of the design, development, and commercialization of medical technology. The capstone design experience can change the way engineering students think about technology, society, themselves, and the world around them. It gives them a short preview of what it will be like to work as an engineer. It can make them aware of their potential to make a positive contribution to health care throughout the world and generate excitement for and pride in the engineering profession. Working on teams helps students develop an appreciation for the many ways team members, with different educational, political, ethnic, social, cultural, and religious backgrounds, look at problems. They learn to value diversity and become more willing to listen to different opinions and perspectives. Finally, they learn to value the contributions of nontechnical members of multidisciplinary project teams. Ideas for how to organize, structure, and manage a senior capstone design course for biomedical and other engineering students are presented here. These ideas will be helpful to faculty who are creating a new design course, expanding a current design program to more than the senior year, or just looking for some ideas for improving an existing course. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), published by T.H.E. Journal, LLC on January 1, 1992. The length of the article is 1699 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: EyeMouse, a specialized mouse device developed by biomedical engineers at the Univ of Iowa, enables physically handicapped individuals to gain complete use of a microcomputer. The system is based on a closed-circuit television camera, two microcomputers and custom software written in Microsoft Macro Assembler. A video signal is sent from the camera to the eye monitor hardware, which reads the eye movements of the user. The hardware resides on two special boards on the AT (ISA) bus of a Zenith Data Systems Z-386/25 microcomputer. EyeMouse input is translated into a conventional mouse signal by a Microsoft Windows 3.0 program. The uniqueness of the design of EyeMouse is that it bases its measurements on the total surface of the iris. The device was designed with three goals in mind: fully automatic operation, ease of use and modifiability.

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Title: The EyeMouse. (biomedical engineers at the University of Iowa develop a specialized mouse device for disabled users) (special Zenith Data Systems supplement)
Author: Glenn A. Myers
Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: T.H.E. Journal, LLC
Volume: v19Issue: n6Page: pS13(3)

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This is the second in a series of three short books on probability theory and random processes for biomedical engineers. This volume focuses on expectation, standard deviation, moments, and the characteristic function. In addition, conditional expectation, conditional moments and the conditional characteristic function are also discussed. Jointly distributed random variables are described, along with joint expectation, joint moments, and the joint characteristic function. Convolution is also developed. A considerable effort has been made to develop the theory in a logical manner—developing special mathematical skills as needed. The mathematical background required of the reader is basic knowledge of differential calculus. Every effort has been made to be consistent with commonly used notation and terminology—both within the engineering community as well as the probability and statistics literature. The aim is to prepare students for the application of this theory to a wide variety of problems, as well give practicing engineers and researchers a tool to pursue these topics at a more advanced level. Pertinent biomedical engineering examples are used throughout the text. ... Read more

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There are many books written about statistics, some brief, some detailed, some humorous, some colorful, and some quite dry. Each of these texts is designed for a specific audience. Too often, texts about statistics have been rather theoretical and intimidating for those not practicing statistical analysis on a routine basis. Thus, many engineers and scientists, who need to use statistics much more frequently than calculus or differential equations, lack sufficient knowledge of the use of statistics. The audience that is addressed in this text is the university-level biomedical engineering student who needs a bare-bones coverage of the most basic statistical analysis frequently used in biomedical engineering practice. The text introduces students to the essential vocabulary and basic concepts of probability and statistics that are required to perform the numerical summary and statistical analysis used in the biomedical field. This text is considered a starting point for important issues to consider when designing experiments, summarizing data, assuming a probability model for the data, testing hypotheses, and drawing conclusions from sampled data. A student who has completed this text should have sufficient vocabulary to read more advanced texts on statistics and further their knowledge about additional numerical analyses that are used in the biomedical engineering field but are beyond the scope of this text. This book is designed to supplement an undergraduate-level course in applied statistics, specifically in biomedical engineering. Practicing engineers who have not had formal instruction in statistics may also use this text as a simple, brief introduction to statistics used in biomedical engineering. The emphasis is on the application of statistics, the assumptions made in applying the statistical tests, the limitations of these elementary statistical methods, and the errors often committed in using statistical analysis. ... Read more

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This is the first in a series of short books on probability theory and random processes for biomedical engineers. This text is written as an introduction to probability theory. The goal was to prepare students, engineers and scientists at all levels of background and experience for the application of this theory to a wide variety of problems—as well as pursue these topics at a more advanced level. The approach is to present a unified treatment of the subject. There are only a few key concepts involved in the basic theory of probability theory. These key concepts are all presented in the first chapter. The second chapter introduces the topic of random variables. Later chapters simply expand upon these key ideas and extend the range of application. A considerable effort has been made to develop the theory in a logical manner—developing special mathematical skills as needed. The mathematical background required of the reader is basic knowledge of differential calculus. Every effort has been made to be consistent with commonly used notation and terminology—both within the engineering community as well as the probability and statistics literature. Biomedical engineering examples are introduced throughout the text and a large number of self-study problems are available for the reader. ... Read more

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This is the third in a series of short books on probability theory and random processes for biomedical engineers. This book focuses on standard probability distributions commonly encountered in biomedical engineering. The exponential, Poisson and Gaussian distributions are introduced, as well as important approximations to the Bernoulli PMF and Gaussian CDF. Many important properties of jointly Gaussian random variables are presented. The primary subjects of the final chapter are methods for determining the probability distribution of a function of a random variable. We first evaluate the probability distribution of a function of one random variable using the CDF and then the PDF. Next, the probability distribution for a single random variable is determined from a function of two random variables using the CDF. Then, the joint probability distribution is found from a function of two random variables using the joint PDF and the CDF.The aim of all three books is as an introduction to probability theory. The audience includes students, engineers and researchers presenting applications of this theory to a wide variety of problems—as well as pursuing these topics at a more advanced level. The theory material is presented in a logical manner—developing special mathematical skills as needed. The mathematical background required of the reader is basic knowledge of differential calculus. Pertinent biomedical engineering examples are throughout the text. Drill problems, straightforward exercises designed to reinforce concepts and develop problem solution skills, follow most sections. ... Read more

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A textbook for courses in electric circuit theory and bioinstrumentation in biomedical engineering and bioengineering programs, taught at Junior through Senior undergrad level, plus graduate level for those converting to Masters courses in BME from other engineering disciplines. The book is supported throughout by LabVIEW based exercises and projects.

Many biomedical instruments use a transducer or sensor to convert a signal created by the body into an electric signal. The goal of the text is to develop understanding of the fundamental electric circuit theory, operation and use of bioinstrumentation, including biosensors and biomeasurement.

National Instruments' LabVIEW is a graphical development environment for design, control, and test applications in data acquisition and signal processing. It is the leading software used by the electronic design and biomedical engineering communities in industry and academia. Multisim is a circuit design package. Publication of the book will be supported by National Instruments, with sales and marketing opportunities arising via their curriculum resources links (http://www.ni.com/academic/resources.htm) and cooperative marketing potential.

This book is written for students who have completed three semesters of calculus (i.e., typically the first 1 ½ years of a biomedical engineering or other engineering program). The book can also be used in a course in which differential equations is taken concurrently. A considerable effort has been made to develop the theoretical component of the book in a logical manner, making the book self-contained. All special mathematical skills required are developed within the text itself, with no assumed steps.

The book is designed to be used as a text for

1) Junior or Senior courses in bioinstrumentation and biomeasurement (sometimes biomedical electronics and circuits), typically comprising an introduction to circuit theory, biosensors and biomeasurement, and typically accompanied by laboratories or a design project.

2) Graduate level courses in bioinstrumentation for undergraduates who majored in non-BME courses.

This book is also suitable as a support text/reference for design-, project- and laboratory-based courses in BME, and as a reference for researchers and professionals who are working in the bioinstrumentation field using LabVIEW and Multisim.

This is a perfect companion text to Enderle's Introduction to BME.

* Written explicitly for students of biomedical and bioengineering taking courses in bioinstrumentation, who will benefit from the experience and expertise of internationally renowned educators, with over 40 years' experience teaching this topic
* Provides instructors with a comprehensive course teaching package, with worked example problems, application case studies, end of chapter problems and a fully worked solutions manual
* Incorporates an online suite of LabVIEW and Multisim based exercises and projects. LabVIEW, developed by National Instruments, is the leading electronics and circuit design tool ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Bioethics, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2483 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Contains general essays that historically trace the major religious families and traditions, as well as directory listings that include contact and descriptive information on individual churches, religious bodies, and spiritual groups. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Macmillan Reference USA Science Library: Plant Sciences, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 332 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of plant sciences, from forensic botany to genetic engineering, from wheat to kudzu. Includes articles on careers related to plant sciences and important individuals, as well as topics from acid rain to wood products. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1168 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "We do it all": ag engineers have the background to do anything.(Vision)
Author: Suzanne M. Howard
Publication: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 9Page: S8(2)

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