Biomedical and Clinical Engineering for Healthcare Advancement

Biomedical and Clinical Engineering for Healthcare Advancement
Author: Sriraam, N.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2019-07-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1799803279

The rapid development of new technologies has created a lasting impact in the healthcare sector during the past decades. Due to this influence, potential clinical problems have decreased while the quality of healthcare delivery and overall user friendliness has increased and contributed to cost-effective healthcare systems. Biomedical and Clinical Engineering for Healthcare Advancement is an essential reference source that discusses growth in healthcare applications driven by the adoption of new technologies, as well as the expansion of machine learning algorithms for clinical decision making. It focuses on combining vision, motion, data acquisition, and automated control to accelerate the development of affordable and portable medical devices. Featuring research on topics such as artificial intelligence, drug delivery, and retinal imaging, this book is ideally designed for healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, biomedical professionals, clinicians, hospital directors, physicians, medical students, and clinical researchers.

Introduction to Clinical Engineering

Introduction to Clinical Engineering
Author: Samantha Jacques
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128181044

Introduction to Clinical Engineering focuses on the application of engineering practice within the healthcare delivery system, often defined as clinical engineering. Readers will explore the fundamental concepts integral to the support of healthcare technology to advance medical care. The primary mission of clinical engineers is the utilization of medical devices, software, and systems to deliver safe and effective patient care throughout technology's lifecycle. This unique and interdisciplinary workforce is part of the healthcare team and serves as the intersection between engineering and medicine. This book is aimed at practitioners, managers, students, and educators to serve as a resource that offers a broad perspective of the applications of engineering principles, regulatory compliance, lifecycle planning, systems thinking, risk analysis, and resource management in healthcare. This book is an invaluable tool for healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals and can serve as a guide for students to explore the profession in depth. - Offers readers an in-depth look into the support and implementation of existing medical technology used for patient care in a clinical setting - Provides insights into the clinical engineering profession, focusing on engineering principles as applied to the US healthcare system - Explores healthcare technology, hospital and systems safety, information technology and interoperability with medical devices, clinical facilities management, as well as human resource management

Clinical Engineering

Clinical Engineering
Author: Azzam Taktak
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2019-12-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0081026951

Clinical Engineering: A Handbook for Clinical and Biomedical Engineers, Second Edition, helps professionals and students in clinical engineering successfully deploy medical technologies. The book provides a broad reference to the core elements of the subject, drawing from a range of experienced authors. In addition to engineering skills, clinical engineers must be able to work with both patients and a range of professional staff, including technicians, clinicians and equipment manufacturers. This book will not only help users keep up-to-date on the fast-moving scientific and medical research in the field, but also help them develop laboratory, design, workshop and management skills. The updated edition features the latest fundamentals of medical technology integration, patient safety, risk assessment and assistive technology. Provides engineers in core medical disciplines and related fields with the skills and knowledge to successfully collaborate on the development of medical devices, via approved procedures and standards Covers US and EU standards (FDA and MDD, respectively, plus related ISO requirements) Includes information that is backed up with real-life clinical examples, case studies, and separate tutorials for training and class use Completely updated to include new standards and regulations, as well as new case studies and illustrations

Clinical Engineering

Clinical Engineering
Author: Roberto Miniati
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2015-12-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128038241

Clinical Systems Engineering: New Challenges for Future Healthcare covers the critical issues relating to the risk management and design of new technologies in the healthcare sector. It is a comprehensive summary of the advances in clinical engineering over the past 40 years, presenting guidance on compliance and safety for hospitals and engineering teams. This contributed book contains chapters from international experts, who provide their solutions, experiences, and the successful methodologies they have applied to solve common problems in the area of healthcare technology. Topics include compliance with the European Directive on Medical Devices 93/42/EEC, European Norms EN 60601-1-6, EN 62366, and the American Standards ANSI/AAMI HE75: 2009. Content coverage includes decision support systems, clinical complex systems, and human factor engineering. Examples are fully supported with case studies, and global perspective is maintained throughout. This book is ideal for clinical engineers, biomedical engineers, hospital administrators and medical technology manufacturers. - Presents clinical systems engineering in a way that will help users answer many questions relating to clinical systems engineering and its relationship to future healthcare needs - Explains how to assess new healthcare technologies and what are the most critical issues in their management - Provides information on how to carry out risk analysis for new technological systems or medical software - Contains tactics on how to improve the quality and usability of medical devices

Clinical Engineering Handbook

Clinical Engineering Handbook
Author: Joseph F. Dyro
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2004-08-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 012226570X

As the biomedical engineering field expands throughout the world, clinical engineers play an ever more important role as the translator between the worlds of the medical, engineering, and business professionals. They influence procedure and policy at research facilities, universities and private and government agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. Clinical engineers were key players in calming the hysteria over electrical safety in the 1970s and Y2K at the turn of the century and continue to work for medical safety. This title brings together all the important aspects of Clinical Engineering. It provides the reader with prospects for the future of clinical engineering as well as guidelines and standards for best practice around the world.

Data Analytics in Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare

Data Analytics in Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare
Author: Kun Chang Lee
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2020-10-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128193158

Data Analytics in Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare explores key applications using data analytics, machine learning, and deep learning in health sciences and biomedical data. The book is useful for those working with big data analytics in biomedical research, medical industries, and medical research scientists. The book covers health analytics, data science, and machine and deep learning applications for biomedical data, covering areas such as predictive health analysis, electronic health records, medical image analysis, computational drug discovery, and genome structure prediction using predictive modeling. Case studies demonstrate big data applications in healthcare using the MapReduce and Hadoop frameworks. - Examines the development and application of data analytics applications in biomedical data - Presents innovative classification and regression models for predicting various diseases - Discusses genome structure prediction using predictive modeling - Shows readers how to develop clinical decision support systems - Shows researchers and specialists how to use hybrid learning for better medical diagnosis, including case studies of healthcare applications using the MapReduce and Hadoop frameworks

Medical Equipment Management

Medical Equipment Management
Author: Keith Willson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1420099590

Know What to Expect When Managing Medical Equipment and Healthcare Technology in Your OrganizationAs medical technology in clinical care becomes more complex, clinical professionals and support staff must know how to keep patients safe and equipment working in the clinical environment. Accessible to all healthcare professionals and managers, Medica

Management of Medical Technology

Management of Medical Technology
Author: Joseph D. Bronzino
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 148319390X

Management of Medical Technology: A Primer for Clinical Engineers introduces and examines the functions and activities of clinical engineering within the medical environment of the modern hospital. The book provides insight into the role that clinical engineers play in the management of medical technology. Topics covered include the history, job functions, and the professionalization of clinical engineering; safety in the clinical environment; management of hospital equipment; assessment and acquisition of medical technologies; preparation of a business plan for the clinical engineering department; and the moral and ethical issues that surround the delivery of health-care. Clinical engineers and biomedical engineers will find the book as a great reference material.

Internet of Things in Biomedical Engineering

Internet of Things in Biomedical Engineering
Author: Valentina Emilia Balas
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2019-06-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128173572

Internet of Things in Biomedical Engineering presents the most current research in Internet of Things (IoT) applications for clinical patient monitoring and treatment. The book takes a systems-level approach for both human-factors and the technical aspects of networking, databases and privacy. Sections delve into the latest advances and cutting-edge technologies, starting with an overview of the Internet of Things and biomedical engineering, as well as a focus on 'daily life.' Contributors from various experts then discuss 'computer assisted anthropology,' CLOUDFALL, and image guided surgery, as well as bio-informatics and data mining. This comprehensive coverage of the industry and technology is a perfect resource for students and researchers interested in the topic. - Presents recent advances in IoT for biomedical engineering, covering biometrics, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, computer vision and various network applications - Discusses big data and data mining in healthcare and other IoT based biomedical data analysis - Includes discussions on a variety of IoT applications and medical information systems - Includes case studies and applications, as well as examples on how to automate data analysis with Perl R in IoT