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Springer Handbook
of Medical Technology
Springer Handbook
provides
a concise compilation of approved
key information on methods of
research, general principles, and
functional relationships in physics
and engineering. The world’s lead-
ing experts in the fields of physics
and engineering will be assigned by
one or several renowned editors to
write the chapters comprising each
volume. The content is selected by
these experts from Springer sources
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and other systematic and approved
recent publications of physical and
technical information.
The volumes will be designed to
be useful as readable desk reference
book to give a fast and comprehen-
sive overview and easy retrieval of
essential reliable key information,
including tables, graphs, and bibli-
ographies. References to extensive
sources are provided.
Handbook
of Medical Technology
Rüdiger Kramme, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann,
Robert S. Pozos (Eds.)
With 1008 Figures and 139 Tables
Springer
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Editors
Rüdiger Kramme
Titisee, Germany
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Medical Engineering and Neuroprosthetics
St. Ingbert, Germany
Robert S. Pozos
San Diego State University
Department of Biology
San Diego, CA, USA
ISBN: 978-3-540-74657-7
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-74658-4
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-74658-4
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Preface
This Springer Handbook is an overview of the ex-
panding and exciting field of medical technology in
which the reader will find a modern presentation of
the relevant aspects of research, design, manufactur-
ing, and application of different medical devices. The
following components: Basics, Functional Diagnostics
Devices, Monitoring, Medical Imaging, Therapeutic
Devices, Rehabilitation, Medical Information Process-
ing, Telemedicine, Equipment and Tools cover the
major aspects of this field.
The handbook was compiled to be an indispensable
resource for professionals working directly or indirectly
with medical systems and appliances. Just as impor-
tantly, it was organized for graduate and postgraduate
students in hospital management, medical engineering,
and medical physics.
Medical technology has a long and productive tra-
dition of developing medical devices, and innovative
approaches to solve critical problems in medicine, bi-
ology, and environmental sciences. Hence, biomedical
engineering is a rapidly developing field, which exem-
plifies multidisciplinary approaches such as biotechnol-
ogy, microsystems technology and telematics. Biomed-
ical engineers develop devices and systems which
ultimately contribute to the identification, treatment,
abatement and monitoring of diseases and to the com-
pensation of disabilities. The use of modern diagnostic
methods enables the early and safe identification of nu-
merous diseases and improving therapeutic outcomes.
Using engineering methods to address medical prob-
lems will foster additional breakthroughs in clinical
treatment and management.
The transfer of ideas from basic research and pro-
totyping to the final medical product, including the
methodological questions of application requires con-
tinued cooperation between teams. The result of the
interaction of basic and clinical medical sciences, in-
formation technology, engineering, materials science,
and cell biology will open up undreamed-of possibili-
ties in diagnostics and therapy. Challenges include
4-D
imaging, e.g. for beating heart diagnostics, coupling of
microsystems to neurons, e.g. neural prostheses, the ap-
plication of new biomaterials with surface modifications
at the nanoscale, e.g. for the fabrication of a lifelong
stable joining of hip prostheses, and the computer mod-
eling of a virtual patient for the verification of diagnosis
and direction of therapy.
Protection of patients, cost reduction and the con-
sideration of progress in medicine as well as the
technological state-of-the-art are significant challenges
for the development of medical products. Hopefully this
Springer Handbook will assist in the continued develop-
ment of new medical products that will enhance the well
being of patients.
The editors would like to thank the authors for their
fruitful, successful and collegial cooperation. It was
a pleasure for us to collect views from the different
fields of medical technology and bring them together
in the handbook. Special thanks to Dr. Werner Skolaut,
Senior Manager Springer Handbooks, and Dr. Thomas
Ditzinger, Senior Editor Engineering/Applied Sciences,
from Springer publishing for their time, help and kind
support.
May 2011
Rüdiger Kramme
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann
Robert S. Pozos
Titisee
St. Ingbert
San Diego

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