An Introduction to Biomedical Optics

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Many universities now offer a course in biomedical optics, but lack a textbook specifically addressing the topic. Intended to fill this gap, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics is the first comprehensive, introductory text describing both diagnostic and therapeutic optical methods in medicine. It provides the fundamental background needed for graduate students in biomedical and electrical engineering, physics, biology, and medicine to learn about several biomedical optics issues.

The textbook is divided into three main sections: general optics theory, therapeutic applications of light, and diagnostic optical methods. Each chapter has different levels of detail to build students’ knowledge from one level to the next. The first section covers the history of optics theory and the basic science behind light-tissue interactions. It also introduces the relevant approaches and approximations used to describe light propagation in turbid biological media. In the second section, the authors look more closely at light-tissue interactions and their applications in different medical areas, such as wound healing and tissue welding. The final section examines the various diagnostic methods that are employed using optical techniques. Throughout the text, the authors employ numerical examples of clinical and research requirements.

Fulfilling the need for a concise biomedical optics textbook, An Introduction to Biomedical Optics addresses the theory and applications of this growing field.

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The Biomedical Engineering Handbook

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This handbook defines the discipline of Biomedical Engineering by bringing together the core of knowledge that now makes up this rapidly growing field. The book is primarily written for the biomedical engineering professional who needs factual information on a particular topic or the professional from other engineering and medical disciplines who wants a comprehensive overview of the entire field. The second edition has been completely updated and revised.

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Biomedical Engineering Principles – Introduction to Fluid, Heat and Mass Transport Processes

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Biomedical Engineering Principles is a fundamentally unique introduction in biomedical engineering. It achieves a synthesis of engineering information and data from the life sciences to describe transport problems in the human body in terms of principles most familiar to engineers. No other book is available which offers a quantitative treatment of biomedical transport processes at the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level. After a review of pertinent historical developments in medicine, a basic quantitative characterization of the human body – stressing the physical, chemical, and flow properties of blood – is given. Next, the author examines the modeling of fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer processes in the body. A more detailed treatment of mass transfer across biological membranes, especially the kidneys and lungs, is then presented. Finally, the volume considers two major developments within biomedical engineering, artificial kidneys and blood oxygenators.

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Biophotonics

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More profound understanding of the nature of light and light-matter interactions in biology has enabled many applications in the biology and medical fields. So a new discipline is born, namely biophotonics. The aim of this book is to review the current state-of-the-art of the field by means of authoritative chapters written by the world leaders of the respective fields. Biosensors, biochips, optical tomography, optical microsurgery, photodynamics therapy, bioactivation of gene, photobiology of skin, and nanobiophotonics are each introduced and recent advances presented. This book will be useful not only to physicians, biologists, physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers but also to graduate students who are interested in these rapidly developing fields.

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Ion Channels

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Ion channels play a vital role in basic physiological functions such as generation of electrical activity in nerves and muscle, control of cardiac excitability, intracellular signaling, hormone secretion, cell proliferation and many other biological processes. Because of their prevalence and the critical role they play in virtually all tissue types and organs, ion channels are also involved in a number of pathophysiological conditions. The aim of this volume is to review recent advances in the field of ion channel related diseases. Following an overview chapter summarizing the current state of ion channel screening technologies, five topics covering areas such as cancer, cardiac arrhythmias, cystic fibrosis, and pain have been selected, and the current state of knowledge is presented by leading experts in their field. Each chapter is structured to cover the biological rationale for the target, the current status in the development of agents to treat the disease, and future prospects and challenges facing each therapeutic area. The reader will receive a critical overview covering the progress made in the rapidly developing and complex field of ion channels and diseases.

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