Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

by B.H Brown, R.H Smallwood, D.C. Barber, P.V Lawford, D.R Hose

Overview

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering provides broad coverage appropriate for senior undergraduates and graduates in medical physics and biomedical engineering. Divided into two parts, the first part presents the underlying physics, electronics, anatomy, and physiology and the second part addresses practical applications. The structured approach means that later chapters build and broaden the material introduced in the opening chapters; for example, students can read chapters covering the introductory science of an area and then study the practical application of the topic. Coverage includes biomechanics; ionizing and nonionizing radiation and measurements; image formation techniques, processing, and analysis; safety issues; biomedical devices; mathematical and statistical techniques; physiological signals and responses; and respiratory and cardiovascular function and measurement. Where necessary, the authors provide references to the mathematical background and keep detailed derivations to a minimum. They give comprehensive references to junior undergraduate texts in physics, electronics, and life sciences in the bibliographies at the end of each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351991810
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/06/2017
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	768
File size:	27 MB
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About the Author

Brown, B.H; Smallwood, R.H; Barber, D.C.; Lawford, P.V; Hose, D.R

Table of Contents

Biomechanics. Biofluid mechanics. Physics of the senses. Biocompatilibity and tissue damage. Ionising radiation dose and exposure: measurements, standards and protection. Radioisotopes and nuclear medicine. Ultrasound. Nonionising electromagnetic radiation: tissue absorption and safety issues. Gaining access to physiological signals. Evoked responses. Image formation. Image production. Mathematical and statistical techniques. Image processing and analysis. Audiology. Electrophysiology. Respiratory function. Pressure measurement. Blood flow measurement. Biomechanical measurements. Ionising radiation: radiotherapy. Safety critical systems and engineering design: cardiac and blood related devices. Bibliography. Index.

Editorial Reviews

3 Stars from Doody

This book provides a broad overview of major subjects within the disciplines of biomedical engineering, medical physics, and physiologic measurements. It is an expansion of a 1981 text prepared by two of the authors entitled Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement. The book is published by the Institute of Physics (London) as an entry in the official book series of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering and the International Organization of Medical Physics. It is intended to be a broad introductory text in which the editors place the uses of physics and engineering in a medical, social, and historical context. In each chapter the editors present both the underlying science of the topic and practical applications in the arenas of medicine and biomedical research. The editors' intentions are very well met. This would be an excellent text choice for an overview course in biomedical engineering and medical physics at an upper undergraduate or early graduate level. The book is written principally as an introductory text for graduate students in biomedical engineering and medical physics. Also mentioned as possible audiences are technical staff and medical students. However, the book is probably too technical and mathematical to appeal to very many individuals in the latter categories. It is very well suited for beginning graduate students in the disciplines covered. The five editors are well-recognized experts from the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at the University of Sheffield and Central Sheffield University Hospitals in Sheffield, U.K. Each of the chapters is well written and illustrated, the major areas in medical physics andbiomedical engineering currently applied to clinical medicine are covered. Each chapter contains a list of short and longer questions and problems, with answers supplied for most problems. A comprehensive table of contents and a detailed subject index are included. The book is paperback, which may be a detriment in a book heavily used as a textbook by students. Illustrations are clear, and the overall preparation of the book is excellent. References tend to focus principally on publications from the U.K. This is an excellent book for use in an upper undergraduate or early graduate course in medical physics and biomedical engineering. In a few institutions these fields are encroaching increasingly on each other, and some academic leaders believe there is merit in a convergence of the disciplines insofar as education and training are concerned. Use of this text in an overview course of both disciplines would be an excellent way to encourage this convergence. I highly recommended it for consideration as well as a text for students concentrating on either medical physics or biomedical engineering.

William R. Hendee

Reviewer: William R. Hendee, PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Description: This book provides a broad overview of major subjects within the disciplines of biomedical engineering, medical physics, and physiologic measurements. It is an expansion of a 1981 text prepared by two of the authors entitled Medical Physics and Physiological Measurement. The book is published by the Institute of Physics (London) as an entry in the official book series of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering and the International Organization of Medical Physics.
Purpose: It is intended to be a broad introductory text in which the editors place the uses of physics and engineering in a medical, social, and historical context. In each chapter the editors present both the underlying science of the topic and practical applications in the arenas of medicine and biomedical research. The editors' intentions are very well met. This would be an excellent text choice for an overview course in biomedical engineering and medical physics at an upper undergraduate or early graduate level.
Audience: The book is written principally as an introductory text for graduate students in biomedical engineering and medical physics. Also mentioned as possible audiences are technical staff and medical students. However, the book is probably too technical and mathematical to appeal to very many individuals in the latter categories. It is very well suited for beginning graduate students in the disciplines covered. The five editors are well-recognized experts from the Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at the University of Sheffield and Central Sheffield University Hospitals in Sheffield, U.K.
Features: Each of the chapters is well written and illustrated, the major areas in medical physics and biomedical engineering currently applied to clinical medicine are covered. Each chapter contains a list of short and longer questions and problems, with answers supplied for most problems. A comprehensive table of contents and a detailed subject index are included. The book is paperback, which may be a detriment in a book heavily used as a textbook by students. Illustrations are clear, and the overall preparation of the book is excellent. References tend to focus principally on publications from the U.K.
Assessment: This is an excellent book for use in an upper undergraduate or early graduate course in medical physics and biomedical engineering. In a few institutions these fields are encroaching increasingly on each other, and some academic leaders believe there is merit in a convergence of the disciplines insofar as education and training are concerned. Use of this text in an overview course of both disciplines would be an excellent way to encourage this convergence. I highly recommended it for consideration as well as a text for students concentrating on either medical physics or biomedical engineering.

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I am impressed by the range and quality of topics covered.”
—Dr. P.H. Chappell, University of Southampton, UK

“… if a general reference covering the broad area of medical physics and biomedical engineering is required, then this is the book to buy.”
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