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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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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).
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Table of contents (54 papers)
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Metabolic Control, Gowth, and Optimization
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- H. V. Westerhoff, M. Bier, D. Molenaar, E. C. Spoelstra, J. Lankelma, A. P. M. Jongsma et al.
Pages 25-31
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- E. Meléndez-Hevia, T. G. Waddell, J. Sicilia
Pages 49-59
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- W. Düchting, T. Ginsberg, W. Ulmer
Pages 61-69
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- S. Schuster, C. Hilgetag, R. Schuster
Pages 101-114
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- M. Bier, G. Borst, K. Kits
Pages 115-124
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- R. Schuster, H.-G. Holzhütter
Pages 125-135
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- P. Moniz-Barreto, D. A. Fell
Pages 137-144
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- I. Bernhardt, S. Richter, K. Denner, R. Heinrich
Pages 145-154
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Electrocardiography: Processes and Analyses
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- F. Montero, J. C. Nuño, M. A. Andrade, C. Pérez-Iratxeta, F. Morán, E. Meléndez-Hevia
Pages 155-168
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- P. Colli Franzone, L. Guerri, M. Pennacchio
Pages 173-180
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- B. M. Horáček, J. Nenonen, J. A. Edens, L. J. Leon
Pages 181-190
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- J. Nenonen, B. M. Horáček
Pages 191-201
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- A. van Oosterom, G. Huiskamp
Pages 203-214
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.