Medicine-Based Informatics and Engineering

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Medicine Based Engineering and Informatics to Foster Patient Physician Relationship

   • Franco Simini

   Pages 1-21

3. Statistical Gait Analysis Based on Surface Electromyography

   • Valentina Agostini, Marco Ghislieri, Samanta Rosati, Gabriella Balestra, Gregorio Dotti, Marco Knaflitz

   Pages 23-35

4. Brain-Computer Interfaces with Functional Electrical Stimulation for Motor Neurorehabilitation: From Research to Clinical Practice

   • L. Carolina Carrere, Carlos H. Ballario, Carolina B. Tabernig

   Pages 37-49

5. Biopotential Acquisition Systems

   • Federico N. Guerrero, Enrique M. Spinelli

   Pages 51-79

6. Wearable Bioimpedance Measuring Devices

   • Pedro Bertemes-Filho, Kaue Felipe Morcelles

   Pages 81-101

7. Predictive Cardiovascular Engineering: Transforming Data into Future Insights on Cardiovascular Disease

   • Ricardo Armentano

   Pages 103-116

8. Engineering Special Medical Devices for Vulnerable Groups

   • M. Rocío Ortiz-Pedroza, Martha R. Ortiz-Posadas

   Pages 117-135

9. Serious Games and Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation and Follow up of Wheelchaired Persons

   • Marta R. Bez, Simone de Paula, Elias Pereira, João B. Mossmann

   Pages 137-145

10. Society 5.0 and a Human Centred Health Care

    • Violeta Bulc, Bret Hart, Margaret Hannah, Barbara Hrovatin

    Pages 147-177

11. Clinical Practice, Patient-Physician Relationship and Computers

    • Alvaro Díaz Berenguer

    Pages 179-186

12. Interdisciplinary Collaboration Within Medicine-Based Informatics and Engineering for Societal Impact

    • Bianca Vienni Baptista, Franco Simini

    Pages 187-201

This book originates from the idea to adapt biomedical engineering and medical informatics to current clinical needs and proposes a paradigm shift in medical engineering, where the limitations of technology should no longer be the starting point of design, but rather the development of biomedical devices, software, and systems should stem from clinical needs and wishes.  Gathering chapters written by authoritative researchers, working the interface between medicine and engineering, this book presents successful attempts of conceiving technology based on clinical practice. It reports on new strategies for medical diagnosis, rehabilitation, and eHealth, focusing on solutions to foster better quality of life through technology, with an emphasis on patients’ and clinical needs, and vulnerable populations.   All in all, the book offers a reference guide and a source of inspiration for biomedical engineers, clinical scientists, physicians, and computer scientists. Yet, it alsoincludes practical information for personnel using biomedical equipment, as well as timely insights that are expected to help health agencies and software firms in their decision-making processes.

• Bioengineering in Clinical Practice
• Technology Transfer in Medical Engineering
• Wearable Sensors in Clinical Practice
• Bioimpedance Sensors
• Wearable Bioimpedance
• Biomedical Devices for Clinical Practice
• Devices for Blood Pressure Estimation
• Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Models
• Medical Devices for Vulnerable Groups
• Design of Biopotential Amplifiers
• BCI-FES for Motor Neurorehabilitation
• Patient-Physician Relationship in eHealth
• Arterial Biomechanics
• Serious Games for Rehabilitation
• Clinical Applications of Statistical Gait Analysis
• EMG Signal Processing

• Núcleo de Ingeniería Biomédica de las Facultades de Medicina e Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

  Franco Simini

• Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Joinville, Brazil

  Pedro Bertemes-Filho

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