Page 16 - Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook Volume 2, Applications

PREFACE

Volume 2 of the Second Edition of the Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook focuses on
applications. It is divided into five parts:
Part 1: Medical Device Design, which consists of seven chapters and covers general design prin-
ciples, FDA requirements for devices sold and used in the United States, devices used in major
organs and systems in the human body, and design and development of systems for precisely
delivering drugs, as well as packages for storing and shipping medical devices
Part 2: Diagnostic Equipment Design, which consists of five chapters and presents detailed
information on machines and systems used for imaging diagnosis, including MRI, ultrasound,
and x-ray tomography, as well as on applications involving nuclear medicine and the special
problem of breast imaging
Part 3: Surgery, which consists of two chapters and covers both surgical simulations and
computer-integrated and robotic surgery
Part 4: Rehabilitation Engineering and Prosthetics Design, which consists of eight chapters and
treats a variety of topics, including technology that assists people with disabilities, design and
development of artificial arms and legs, and wear of artificial knees and hips
Part 5: Clinical Engineering, which consists of six chapters and covers topics involving tech-
nology development and application in healthcare facilities, organizations, and systems, as
well as space travel life-support systems
In all, Volume 2 contains 28 chapters. Eight chapters are entirely new to the handbook, 15 have
been updated from the First Edition, and five 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.
The eight new chapters in Volume 2 are
Two chapters in Medical Device Design—FDA Medical Device Requirements and Design of
Artificial Kidneys
One chapter in Surgery—Surgical Simulation Technologies
Two chapters in Rehabilitation Engineering and Prosthetics Design—Intelligent Assistive
Technology and Wear of Total Hip and Knee Joint Replacements
Three chapters in Clinical Engineering—Risk Management in Clinical Engineering, Healthcare
Systems Engineering, and Enclosed Habitat Life Support
The 15 chapters that contributors have updated are
Four chapters in Medical Device Design—Overview of Cardiovascular Devices, Design of
Respiratory Devices, Design of Controlled-Release Drug Delivery Systems, and Sterile Medical
Device Package Development
Four of the five chapters in Diagnostic Equipment Design—Design of Magnetic Resonance
Systems, Instrumentation Design for Ultrasonic Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Imaging
Instrumentation, and Breast Imaging Systems: Design Challenges for Engineers

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