Published June, 2013
By Jan Ehrhardt and Cristian Lorenz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Furthermore, image registration enables the estimation of the breathing-induced motion and the description of the temporal change in position and shape of the structures of interest by establishing the correspondence between images acquired at different phases of the breathing cycle.

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Published May, 2013
By Thomas Lindblad, Jason M. Kinser and Jason Kinser
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Image processing algorithms based on the mammalian visual cortex are powerful tools for extraction information and manipulating images. Applications are given in areas of image recognition, foveation, image fusion and information extraction.

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Published April, 2013
By Thomas Martin Deserno and Thomas M. Deserno
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Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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In modern medicine, imaging is the most effective tool for diagnostics, treatment planning and therapy. Almost all modalities have went to directly digital acquisition techniques and processing of this image data have become an important option for health care in future.

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Published April, 2013
By Karol Miller
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Biomechanics of the Brain will present an introduction to brain anatomy for engineers and scientists.

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Published February, 2013
By Sharon Gerecht
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Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Because of their ability to differentiate and develop into functional vasculature, stem cells hold tremendous promise for therapeutic applications.

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Published January, 2013
By David Issadore and Robert M. Westervelt
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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The topic of this book is the development of automated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to the point of care, using biochip technology. They can use this book as a review of the field and as a guide for the development of novel biochip technology for point of care medicine.

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Published January, 2013
By Valery V. Tuchin, Dmitry A. Zimnyakov and Lihong Wang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications introduces key developments in optical polarization methods for quantitative studies of tissues, while presenting the theory of polarization transfer in a random medium as a basis for the quantitative description of polarized light interaction with tissues.

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Published January, 2013
By Jozef A. Helsen and Yannis Missirlis
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial 'spare parts' has significantly improved our quality of life. Hard tissue replacements (joints, long bones, dental), soft tissue (heart valves) and tissue engineering are included.

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Published January, 2013
By Bharat Bhushan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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This book presents the biophysics of hair. It covers the structure of hair, its mechanical properties, nanomechanical characterization, tensile deformation, tribological characterization, the thickness distribution and binding interactions on hair surface.

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Published September, 2012
By E.L. Ritman and M. Zamir
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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A presentation of the most elementary form of pulsatile flow as an important prerequisite for the study of other flow applications in biological systems.

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