Overview
- Provides a set of thoroughly classroom-tested exercises and worked examples for student readers
- Offers an accessible introduction to physiology for physical sciences and engineering students, building on concepts with which they are already familiar
- Focuses on engineering methods and their application to a range of physiological systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics (BIOSYSROB, volume 13)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides an introduction to qualitative and quantitative aspects of human physiology. It looks at biological and physiological processes and phenomena, including a selection of mathematical models, showing how physiological problems can be mathematically formulated and studied. It also illustrates how a wide range of engineering and physics topics, including electronics, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics and control theory can be used to describe and understand physiological processes and systems. Throughout the text there are introductions to measuring and quantifying physiological processes using both signal and imaging technologies. Physiology for Engineers describes the basic structure and models of cellular systems, the structure and function of the cardiovascular system, the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart and provides an overview of the structure and function of the respiratory and nervous systems. It also includes an introduction to the basic concepts and applications of reaction kinetics, pharmacokinetic modelling and tracer kinetics. It is of interest to final year biomedical engineering undergraduates and graduate students alike, as well as to practising engineers new to the fields of bioengineering or medical physics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
biomedical engineering was a separate option. Having spent some time modelling bubbles in the bloodstream
and using imaging to measure perfusion and pH in the brain he has found that engineering is a great
foundation for taking a quantitative view of physiology and thus contributing to medical research as a
biomedical engineer.
Dr Payne has worked in physiological modelling for over 10 years, with particular interests in blood flow in
the brain and heat treatment of cancer. Having entered the field of biomedical engineering before it was
available even as an undergraduate option course, he has seen first-hand how difficult it can be to learn about
physiology in a way that makes it amenable to mathematical treatment, such as mathematical modelling,
without good introductory guides.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physiology for Engineers
Book Subtitle: Applying Engineering Methods to Physiological Systems
Authors: Michael Chappell, Stephen Payne
Series Title: Biosystems & Biorobotics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26197-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-26197-3Published: 27 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2195-3562
Series E-ISSN: 2195-3570
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 167
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Human Physiology, Systems Biology, Cell Physiology, Systems Biology