Biomedical applications of vibration and acoustics in therapy, bioeffects and modeling
Title:
Biomedical applications of vibration and acoustics in therapy, bioeffects and modeling
Author:
Al-Jumaily, Ahmed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2008.
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (xiii, 378 p.) : ill., digital file.
Contents:
Part 1. Therapy -- Section 1. Respiratory system -- 1. Oscillation of airway smooth muscle as a potential non-medicinal treatment for asthma -- 2. Oscillatory ventilation in the treatment of neonatal respiratory diseases -- Section 2. Nervous system -- 3. Ultrasound-induced treatment of neurodegenerative diseases across the blood-brain barrier -- Section 3. Cell culture -- 4. Effects of mechanical vibration on cultured osteoblasts in relation to fracture healing -- 5. Effects of ultrasound stimulation on chondrocytes in three-dimensional culture in relation to the production of regenerative cartilage tissue --
Part 2. Bioeffects -- 6. Risk factors and interventions associated with hand-arm vibration syndrome -- 7. Vibration and the sensory system --
Part 3. Modeling -- Section 1. Biological systems -- 8. Occlusion identification and relief within branched structures -- 9. Advances in computational modeling of sound propagation in the lungs and torso with diagnostic applications -- 10. An investigation into the dynamic response of vocal folds -- Section 2. Medical devices -- 11. Acoustic noise in MRI scanners -- 12. Vibration in MRI scanners -- 13. Nanomechanical cantilever biosensors : conceptual design, recent developments and practical implementation.
Abstract:
The primary objective of this book is to compile the latest research topics on biomedical therapy, bioeffects and modeling techniques that utilize vibration and acoustics. This book includes three parts. The first part is dedicated to therapy, which is comprised of five chapters: two chapters on the respiratory system, one chapter on the nervous system and two on cell culture. The second part in two chapters explores the bioeffects of vibration and acoustics on human body parts including the effect of occupational vibration exposure on different parts of the body. The third part demonstrates how the concepts of vibration and acoustics are implemented through modeling of various biological and biomedical systems and elements. Readers will find this text a valuable asset in keeping them abreast of the latest techniques in these area. It will appeal not only to fellow researchers, but also to clinicians, practitioners, lecturers and students in this exciting and vital field of study.
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ASME http://ebooks.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/book.aspx?bookid=283