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Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology
This is an ideal text for an introduction to biomedical engineering. The book presents the basic science knowledge used by biomedical engineers at a level accessible to all students and illustrates the first steps in applying this knowledge to solve problems in human medicine. Biomedical engineering now encompasses a range of fields of specialization including bioinstrumentation, bioimaging, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biomolecular engineering. This introduction to bioengineering assembles foundational resources from molecular and cellular biology and physiology and relates them to various sub-specialties of biomedical engineering. The first two parts of the book present basic information in molecular/cellular biology and human physiology; quantitative concepts are stressed in these sections. Comprehension of these basic life science principles provides the context in which biomedical engineers interact. The third part of the book introduces the sub-specialties in biomedical engineering, and emphasizes - through examples and profiles of people in the field - the types of problems biomedical engineers solve.
- GenresEngineering
656 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2009
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About the author
W. Mark Saltzman
7 booksWilliam Mark Saltzman is an author and research scientist at Yale University and was the founding chair of Yale’s Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2003. Saltzman worked on pioneering technologies in the fields of biomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and tissue engineering.
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February 16, 2023
SO HELPFUL!!! If you’re taking a biomedical engineering course this is literally a savior
June 23, 2024
An accurate representation of what modern Biomedical Engineering is all about. I graduated from Texas A&M in 2017. The book is a culmination of the curriculum I received from my BME BS degree.
The book serves as a great resource for those interested in studying Biomedical Engineering or looking to work for a medical device manufacturer. The author did a great job of describing the major branches of Biomedical Engineering and their applications to disease states and commercially available medical devices. Additionally, the author includes several “profiles in BME” in which professionals working in industry, government, or academia speak about what they do as it pertains to Biomedical Engineering. The book is heavy in math, physics, biology, and chemistry.
I found this book to be quite thorough from the basic sciences to the different definitions and interpretations that encompass Biomedical Engineering (or Bioengineering). This book is wholesome, taking the reader through various organ systems, implantable devices, imaging modalities, etc. For example, the author will take a major engineering concept (Diffusion) and apply it to a medical device (Dialysis). Furthermore, he goes into the physiology and key mathematics needed to solve or understand the problem/device. The technology and systems physiology described in the book have deep roots in math and physics, which is what I enjoyed most. I began reading this book as a senior in high school, knowing well that I would get my BS in Biomedical Engineering. I was able to see, clearly, the powerful role math and science have in this technical field. This book served as an underlying motivation, for I wanted to learn everything encompassed within it. Lastly, I appreciated that the book has several chapters on nucleic acids, proteins, and Biomolecular Engineering. One of the best courses I took in college was Bioengineering Thermodynamics. The applications are enormous.
The book serves as a great resource for those interested in studying Biomedical Engineering or looking to work for a medical device manufacturer. The author did a great job of describing the major branches of Biomedical Engineering and their applications to disease states and commercially available medical devices. Additionally, the author includes several “profiles in BME” in which professionals working in industry, government, or academia speak about what they do as it pertains to Biomedical Engineering. The book is heavy in math, physics, biology, and chemistry.
I found this book to be quite thorough from the basic sciences to the different definitions and interpretations that encompass Biomedical Engineering (or Bioengineering). This book is wholesome, taking the reader through various organ systems, implantable devices, imaging modalities, etc. For example, the author will take a major engineering concept (Diffusion) and apply it to a medical device (Dialysis). Furthermore, he goes into the physiology and key mathematics needed to solve or understand the problem/device. The technology and systems physiology described in the book have deep roots in math and physics, which is what I enjoyed most. I began reading this book as a senior in high school, knowing well that I would get my BS in Biomedical Engineering. I was able to see, clearly, the powerful role math and science have in this technical field. This book served as an underlying motivation, for I wanted to learn everything encompassed within it. Lastly, I appreciated that the book has several chapters on nucleic acids, proteins, and Biomolecular Engineering. One of the best courses I took in college was Bioengineering Thermodynamics. The applications are enormous.
December 22, 2024
Dificultad: 5
Viene con muchos ejercicios interesantes, toca temas que aunque ya no esten tan actualizados continuan siendo lo mas relevante, para alguien en ese rubro me imagino que llega a ser muy general pero en el nivel necesario, como dice este libro sirve como introducción.
Se lo recomendaria totalmente a alguien que tenga interes por el tema o que vaya empezando esa carrera, yo lo lei porque me encanta el tema aunque no sea mi vocación actual y siempre estoy leyendo cosas afines, todo lo de innovación me apasiona.
Las ilustraciones y los temas creo que son suficientes para encaminarte al mundo de la ingeniería biomedica. Pero no me sorprendería que quedara un poco por encima de lo que alguien ya en la rama este buscando, pues no es un libro que entre en detalles muy especificos.
Viene con muchos ejercicios interesantes, toca temas que aunque ya no esten tan actualizados continuan siendo lo mas relevante, para alguien en ese rubro me imagino que llega a ser muy general pero en el nivel necesario, como dice este libro sirve como introducción.
Se lo recomendaria totalmente a alguien que tenga interes por el tema o que vaya empezando esa carrera, yo lo lei porque me encanta el tema aunque no sea mi vocación actual y siempre estoy leyendo cosas afines, todo lo de innovación me apasiona.
Las ilustraciones y los temas creo que son suficientes para encaminarte al mundo de la ingeniería biomedica. Pero no me sorprendería que quedara un poco por encima de lo que alguien ya en la rama este buscando, pues no es un libro que entre en detalles muy especificos.
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