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Genre/Form: | 0 Gesamtdarstellung |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
W Mark Saltzman |
ISBN: | 9780521840996 0521840996 |
OCLC Number: | 263409098 |
Description: | xxi, 633 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction : what is biomedical engineering? -- Biomolecular principles -- Biomolecular principles : nucleic acids -- Biomolecular principles : proteins -- Cellular principles -- Communication systems in the body -- Engineering balances : respiration and digestion -- Circulation -- Removal of molecules from the body -- Biomechanics -- Bioinstrumentation -- Bioimaging -- Biomolecular engineering I : biotechnology -- Biomolecular engineering II : engineering of immunity -- Biomaterials and artificial organs -- Biomedical engineering and cancer -- Appendix A : Physiological parameters -- Appendix B : Chemical parameters -- Appendix C : Units and conversion factors. |
Series Title: | Cambridge texts in biomedical engineering. |
Responsibility: | W. Mark Saltzman. |
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Abstract:
This book is an introduction to biomedical engineering, starting from the basics and demonstrating the engineering principles that are used to create new diagnostic methods and therapies for human disease. Although biomedical engineering is a relatively new field of study, it impacts almost every person in the world.
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"Biomedical engineering is the newest of the engineering disciplines, so the cannon of biomedical engineering textbooks is very much a work in progress...Saltzman has written an excellent upper-level textbook on the topics of drug delivery and tissue engineering..highly recommended" - CHOICE Read more...
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