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Complex Medical Engineering

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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Improving the Performance of a Traveling Wave Micropump for Fluid Transport in Micro Total Analysis Systems

      • Takaaki Suzuki, Isaku Kanno, Hidetoshi Hata, Hirofumi Shintaku, Satoyuki Kawano, Hidetoshi Kotera
      Pages 3-12
    3. Vision-based Tactile Sensor for Endoscopy

      • Kazuto Takashima, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Ken Ikeuchi
      Pages 13-23
    4. The Development of a New Kind of Underwater Walking Robot

      • Wei Zhang, Shuxiang Guo
      Pages 35-45
    5. Mid-Infrared Robotic Laser Surgery System in Neurosurgery

      • Shigeru Omori, Ryoichi Nakumura, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Ichiro Sakuma, Katsuhiro Miura, Masao Doi et al.
      Pages 47-55
    6. Development of a Compact Automatic Focusing System for a Neurosurgical Laser Instrument

      • Masafumi Noguchi, Eisuke Aoki, Etsuko Kobayashi, Shigeru Omori, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Hiroshi Iseki et al.
      Pages 57-66
    7. Non-invasive Monitoring of Arterial Wall Impedance

      • Akira Sakane, Kenji Shiba, Toshio Tsuji, Noboru Saeki, Masashi Kawamoto
      Pages 67-78
  3. Complex Virtual Technology in Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Development of a Prosthetic Walking Training System for Lower Extremity Amputees

      • Takahiro Wada, Satoshi Tanaka, Toyokazu Takeuchi, Kazuya Ikuta, Kazuyoshi Tsukamoto
      Pages 93-105
    3. Electrophysiological Heart Simulator Equipped with Sketchy 3-D Modeling

      • Ryo Haraguchi, Takeo Igarashi, Shigeru Owada, Takenori Yao, Tsunetoyo Namba, Takashi Ashihara et al.
      Pages 107-116
    4. Three-dimensional Display System of Individual Mandibular Movement

      • Michihiko Koseki, Akira Niitsuma, Norio Inou, Koutarou Maki
      Pages 117-127
    5. Robotic System for Less Invasive Abdominal Surgery

      • Ichiro Sakuma, Takashi Suzuki, Eisuke Aoki, Etsuko Kobayashi, Hiromasa Yamashita, Nobuhiko Hata et al.
      Pages 129-139
  4. Information and Communication Technology in Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Attribute Selection Measures with Possibility and Their Application to Classifying MRSA from MSSA

      • Kouichi Hirata, Masateru Harao, Minoru Wada, Shogo Ozaki, Shigeki Yokoyama, Kimiko Matsuoka
      Pages 143-151
    3. A Virtual Schooling System for Hospitalized Children

      • Eisuke Hanada, Mamoru Miyamoto, Kenji Moriyama
      Pages 153-163
    4. Using Computational Intelligence Methods in a Web-Based Drug Safety Information Community

      • A. Ammar Ghaibeh, Mikio Sasaki, Eiko Nakata Doolin, Kumiko Sakamoto, Hiroshi Chuman, Aiko Yamauchi
      Pages 165-172
    5. Analysis of Hospital Management Data using Generalized Linear Model

      • Yuko Tsumoto, Shusaku Tsumoto
      Pages 173-185

About this book

In the twenty-first century, applications in medicine and engineering must acquire greater safety and flexibility if they are to yield better products at higher efficiency. To this end, complex science and technology must be integrated in medicine and engineering. Complex medical engineering (CME) is a new field that merges medical science and technology, and includes biomedical robotics and biomechatronics, complex virtual technology in medicine, information and communication technology in medicine, complex technology in rehabilitation, cognitive neuroscience and technology, and complex bioinformatics. Experts from academia, industry, and government research laboratories who have pioneered CME ideas and technologies describe its concept and research approach and discuss related hardware and software, science and technology, and medicine and engineering. This book will be invaluable to scientists, researchers, and graduates in the emerging field of CME.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan

    Jing Long Wu

  • Complex Systems Analysis, Adaptive & Learning Systems, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

    Koji Ito

  • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Shozo Tobimatsu

  • Department of Intelligence Science and Technology, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Toyoaki Nishida

  • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Hidenao Fukuyama

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