Biomedical Engineering

Biobanks ensuring the governance and management of biological resources have become essential entities. The development of biotechnologies, the increased prevalence of biological drugs and the identification of biomarkers associated with molecular classifi... (Read more)

Overdispersion is a phenomenon commonly encountered when analyzing count data. It occurs in many areas: insurance, economics, epidemiology, sociology, etc. Its causes are varied, for instance the presence of unobserved heterogeneity between individuals or ... (Read more)

The patterns of codon usage are shaped by mutational and selective mechanisms at the molecular level. Multivariate analyses are helpful in discovering and interpreting these patterns. This book is a complete step-by-step case study of the extraordinary ... (Read more)

This book traces the discovery of stem cells and examines how they represent hope in the field of health by leading scientific advances in regenerative medicine. Capable of infinitely multiplying and producing all the cells of the human body, stem cells... (Read more)

Multiscale Biomechanics provides new insights on multiscale static and dynamic behavior of both soft and hard biological tissues, including bone, the intervertebral disk, biological membranes and tendons. The different authors introduce the necessary p... (Read more)

This volume of the Biostatistics and Health Sciences Set focuses on statistics applied to clinical research. The use of SAS for data management and statistical modeling is illustrated using various examples. Many aspects of data processing and statisti... (Read more)

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) has transformed the field of Biology. In the last ten years, the development of new genome sequencing technologies has made DNA sequencing, RNA-seq and high-throughput screening crucial research tools in areas like agricult... (Read more)

This volume of the Biostatistics and Health Sciences Set focuses on statistics applied to clinical research. The use Stata for data management and statistical modeling is illustrated using various examples. Many aspects of data processing and statistical ... (Read more)

Brain–computer interfaces (BCI) are devices which measure brain activity and translate it into messages or commands, thereby opening up many possibilities for investigation and application. This book provides keys for understanding and designing these m... (Read more)

This volume of the Biostatistics and Health Sciences Set focuses on statistics applied to clinical research, epidemiology, economics, sociology of health and medical biology. Medical statistics are a valuable scientific resource for practitioners who wa... (Read more)

Brain–computer interfaces (BCI) are devices which measure brain activity and translate it into messages or commands, thereby opening up many investigation and application possibilities. This book provides keys for understanding and designing these mul... (Read more)

Cell assays include all methods of measurements on living cells. Confined for a long time to research laboratories, these emerging methods have, in recent years, found industrial applications that are increasingly varied and, from now on, regulatory. Ba... (Read more)

This book presents e-Health, from its implementation at the physical level to the networks of communication between the different systems and sensors involved, as well as the most relevant solutions at the application layer. The authors focus on ICT tec... (Read more)

This book presents current and emerging methods developed for the processing and analysis of multi-modality cardiac images from state-of-the-art imaging systems, especially cardiac ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tom... (Read more)

Understanding human motion has, for a long time, involved a multidisciplinary approach encompassing many scientific disciplines: biomechanics, functional anatomy, physiology and neuroscience, among others. Although these different perspectives are all impo... (Read more)

This book provides an overview of the field of biomaterials from its origins to the state of the art today. The various chapters attempt to make the world of biomaterials understandable to the reader. It begins with the history of biomaterials and the ... (Read more)

Systems Biology is the systematic study of the interactions between the components of a biological system and studies how these interactions give rise to the function and behavior of the living system. Through this, a life process is to be understood as a ... (Read more)

Due to the consequences of global warming and significant emissions of greenhouse gases, several avenues of research have been conducted to either reduce these emissions or to propose solutions to eliminate the pollutants. One of the most promising avenues... (Read more)

This book is a forerunner regarding data uncertainty and knowledge modeling in the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. It begins with the state of the art in related topics such as data uncertainty, knowledge modeling, and the biomechanics of t... (Read more)

The importance of medical imaging for diagnostics is strongly increasing. It is now necessary to have a good knowledge of the different physical principles possible. This book provides an overview of the progress made in the different domains of imaging... (Read more)