Overview
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Dhanjoo N. Ghista
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Dept. of Bio Medical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
- Mathematische Modellierung in Physik, Biologie und Medizin
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Table of contents (54 papers)
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Electrocardiography: Processes and Analyses
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- C. R. Johnson, R. S. MacLeod
Pages 223-233
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- J. C. Clements, R. Carroll, B. M. Horáček
Pages 235-246
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Gastrointestinal Mechanisms and Disorders
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- R. Miftakhov, G. Abdusheva
Pages 253-260
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- R. Miftakhov, G. Abdusheva, A. Mougalli
Pages 261-267
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- S. Salinari, R. Mancinelli
Pages 269-280
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About this book
D. N. Ghista (Based on the Opening Address at the International Conference on Biomedical Physics & Mathematics of the Gauss Symposium, August 2, 1993 at Ludwig Maximillians Universitiit, Munchen, Germany) The traditional practice of Biomedical physics has now expanded to involve multiple aspects of medical practice: development of systems and technology in medical monitoring (e. g. , PET visualization of brain receptors to identify neuronal dysfunction), diagnosis (e. g. , computer-aided echocardiographic texture analysis to detect myocardial infarcts), organ support (e. g. , peritoneal dialysis), and therapeutic function (e. g. , encapsulation of insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells for treatment of diabetes). However, is Biomedical Physics a relatively new field? Not really, although we may have opened up new vistas of it, as presented in this book. Let us recall some early and well-known physician-cum-biomedical physicists. Both physical and physiological scientists will know of Jean Poiseuille (1799-1869), physician and physiologist; he measured blood pressure with a mercury manometer while being a medical student in Paris, received his medical degree in 1928, and then went on to describe the law of viscous flow (applicable to arteriolar flow).
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. of Bio Medical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Dhanjoo N. Ghista
About the editor
Dr. Dhanjoo N. Ghista ist Professor am Department of Medical Physics & Engineering der United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain.
