Advances in Medical Engineering [Paperback]

This book offers a lucid and comprehensive account of research and development trends of physics, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences in biomedical engineering. Contributions from industry, clinics, universities and research labs are reviewed. Coverage focuses on medical imaging, medical image processing, computer-assisted surgery, biomechanics, biomedical optics and laser medicine. The book is designed and written to give insight to recent engineering, clinical and mathematical studies.

In this book, research and development trends of physics, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences in biomedical engineering are presented. Contributions from industry, clinics, universities and research labs with foci on medical imaging (CT, MRT, US, PET, SPECT etc.), medical image processing (segmentation, registration, visualization etc.), computer-assisted surgery (medical robotics, navigation), biomechanics (motion analysis, accident research, computer in sports, ergonomics etc.), biomedical optics (OCT, soft-tissue optics, optical monitoring etc.) and laser medicine (tissue ablation, gas analytics, topometry etc.) give insight to recent engineering, clinical and mathematical studies.

Invited Paper.- Modelling and Imaging Electrophysiology and Contraction of the Heart.- Medical Imaging.- Influence of Corrections During Image Reconstruction on the Spatial Resolution of ClearPET Neuro.- Dynamic Reconstruction for the ClearPET Neuro Using Temporal B-Splines.- Local Compensation for Respiratory Motion in List-mode PET.- Hybrid Imaging with SPECT/CT  Presentation of 5 Cases.- The ?-MLEM Algorithm: An Iterative Reconstruction Technique for Metal Artifact Reduction in CT Images.- Quantification of Tissue Microcirculation by Dynamic MRI and CT: Comparative Analysis of Signal-Time Courses Measured in Muscle Tissue.- A Numerical Investigation of RF Heating Effects on Implants During MRI Compared to Experimental Measurements.- Real TilC*