Page 16 - Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook Volume 1, Fundamentals

PREFACE

Volume 1 of the Second Edition of the Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook focuses on
fundamentals. It is divided into four parts:
Part 1: Biomedical Systems Analysis, which contains, as in the First Edition, a single chapter on
modeling and simulation
Part 2: Biomechanics of the Human Body, which consists of 11 chapters and addresses such top-
ics as heat transfer, fluid mechanics, statics, dynamics, and kinematics, as they apply to bio-
medical engineering
Part 3: Biomaterials, which consists of seven chapters and covers the uses in the human body of
the four main classes of materials—metals, plastics, composites, and ceramics—as well as the
specific materials that are used to promote healing and ameliorate medical conditions
Part 4: Bioelectronics, which consists of five chapters and deals with electronic circuits, sensors
used to measure and control parameters in the human body, processing and analysis of signals
produced electronically in the body, and the forward-looking topic of BioMEMS
In all, Volume 1 contains 24 chapters. A quarter of them are entirely new to the handbook, half
are updated from the First Edition, and a quarter are unchanged from the First Edition. The purpose
of these additions and updates is to expand the scope of the parts of the volume and provide greater
depth in the individual chapters. While Biomedical Systems Analysis, with a single chapter, has only
been updated, the other three parts of Volume 1 have been both expanded and updated.
The six new chapters in Volume 1 are
Two chapters that address topics in biomechanics—Biomechanics of the Respiratory Muscles
and Electromyography as a Tool to Estimate Muscle Forces
One chapter, long sought after, that adds to the coverage of biomaterials—Dental Biomaterials
Three chapters that more than double the size of the bioelectronics part—Biomedical Signal
Processing, Biosensors, and BioMEMS Technologies
The 12 chapters that contributors have updated are
The single chapter in Biomedical Systems Analysis—Modeling of Biomedical Systems
Five chapters in Biomechanics of the Human Body—Heat Transfer Applications in Biological
Systems, Biomechanics of Human Movement, Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System,
Finite-Element Analysis, and Vibration, Mechanical Shock, and Impact
Five chapters in Biomaterials—Biopolymers, Bioceramics, Cardiovascular Biomaterials,
Orthopaedic Biomaterials, and Biomaterials to Promote Tissue Regeneration
One chapter in Bioelectronics—Biomedical Signal Analysis
Not surprisingly, because Volume 1 treats fundamentals, all chapters have been contributed by
academics, with the sole exception of the chapter on cardiovascular biomaterials. Nearly all con-
tributors are located in universities in the United States, except for two in Israel and one in Australia
(who relocated from Texas, where he was when he cowrote the chapter Biomechanics of the

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