Advances in Medical Engineering

Advances in Medical Engineering

Author
Thorsten M. Buzug, Dietrich Holz, Jens Bongartz, …
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Engineering

In this book, research and development trends of physics, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences in biomedical engineering are presented. Contributions from industry, clinics, universities and research labs with foci on medical imaging (CT, MRT, US, PET, SPECT etc.), medical image processing (segmentation, registration, visualization etc.), computer-assisted surgery (medical robotics, navigation), biomechanics (motion analysis, accident research, computer in sports, ergonomics etc.), biomedical optics (OCT, soft-tissue optics, optical monitoring etc.) and laser medicine (tissue ablation, gas analytics, topometry etc.) give insight to recent engineering, clinical and mathematical studies.


Keywords: Engineering / Biomedical optics / Monitor / Biomechanics / Biomedical engineering / Image processing / Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) / Mechanics / Optics / Robotics / Surgery / Tissue / Visualization