Main description:

This Handbook serves as an authoritative reference book in the field of Neuroengineering. Neuroengineering is a very exciting field that is rapidly getting established as core subject matter for research and education. The Neuroengineering field has also produced an impressive array of industry products and clinical applications. It also serves as a reference book for graduate students, research scholars and teachers. Selected sections or a compendium of chapters may be used as "reference book" for a one or two semester graduate course in Biomedical Engineering. Some academicians will construct a "textbook" out of selected sections or chapters. The Handbook is also meant as a state-of-the-art volume for researchers. Due to its comprehensive coverage, researchers in one field covered by a certain section of the Handbook would find other sections valuable sources of cross-reference for information and fertilization of interdisciplinary ideas. Industry researchers as well as clinicians using neurotechnologies will find the Handbook a single source for foundation and state-of-the-art applications in the field of Neuroengineering. Regulatory agencies, entrepreneurs, investors and legal experts can use the Handbook as a reference for their professional work as well.

Contents:

1. Neural Sensors and Transducers

Neural electrodes (brain, spinal cord, periphery)

Neurochemical sensors

Optogenetic interface

Tissue-engineered interfaces

Ultrasonic interface

Magnetic interface

2. Neural Circuits and Systems

Neural amplifiers

Sensing and Manipulation of Brain Neurochemistry

Neural recording and stimulation (bidirectional)

Wireless power/data or neural recording or stimulation circuits

Wireless capacitive/inductive interface

Non-electrical Optogenetic, ultrasonic, magnetic interface

3. Neural Prostheses

Neural interface and upper limb prosthesis

Neural interface and lower limb prosthesis

Motor prosthesis

Sensory prosthesis

PNS interfaces

Bidirectional Neural prosthesis

4. Brain Computer Interface and Brain Machine Interface

Brain computer interface (BCI) - noninvasive, nonivasive BCI algorithms, BCI applications

Brain machine interface (BMI) for locomotion

Brain-Computer Interfaces in Clinical Applications

BMI - sensory prosthesis

BMI - memory and learning, augmentation

5. Neuromorphic Engineering and Neurocomputing

Models of neurons, integrate and fire neurons

Spiking network, spike encoding

Neural network circuits

Neuromorphic - touch, vision, auditory

Neuromorphic locomotion (CPG)

Neural computation on neuromorphic hardware

6. Neurorehabilitation and Neurorobotics

Neuroprosthesis and functional electrical stimulation (peripheral)

Robotic assisted therapy

Telerehabilitation

Virtual reality tools

Augmentative and alternative communication

Human augmentation

7. Neuromodulation

Peripheral and visceral neuromodulation (models and systems)

Spinal cord stimulation and restoration (models and systems)

Cochlear implants

Bionic vision (retinal prosthesis)

Deep brain stimulation

Optogenetic stimulation

Functional electrical stimulation (FES)

Non-invasive brain stimulation - (TMS, TDCS, FUS)

8. Neural Signal Processing

Neural Encoding EEG signal processing and applications

Evoked potential signal processing and applications

Diagnosis and localization if epileptic events

Neuromuscular activity

Sleep analysis

9. Cognitive Engineering

Human brain mapping

EEG mapping

Networks and connectivity

Connectome analysis

Computational brain imaging (physiological networks)

Artificial intelligence

10. Neuroimaging

Brain imaging (overview) - X-ray, CT, PET

- MRI, fMRI, dtMRI

EEG mapping

MEG mapping

Neurophotonics

11. Clinical Neurotechnologies

Brain monitoring and diagnostics (EEG)

Brain monitoring and diagnostics (evoked potentials)

Brain monitoring - intensive care unit, operating room

Brain monitoring - epilepsy unit

Mobile and embedded devices

Neurosurgical technologies

12. Neurotechnologies - Industry, Intellectual Property, Regulatory, Social and Ethical Issues (TBD)

Regulatory roadmap for new neurotechnologies

Intellectual property protection

Translating into clinical and industrial outcomes

Clinical and social impact of neurotherapeutics and neuroprosthesis

Ethics of brain monitoring, stimulation, restoration, brain machine-interface

13. Clinical Neurotechnologies

Brain monitoring and diagnostics (EEG)

Brain monitoring and diagnostics (evoked potentials)

Brain monitoring - intensive care unit, operating room

Brain monitoring - epilepsy unit

Mobile and embedded devices

Neurosurgical technologies

14. Neurotechnologies - Industry, Intellectual Property, Regulatory, Social and Ethical Issues (TBD)

Regulatory roadmap for new neurotechnologies

Intellectual property protection

Translating into clinical and industrial outcomes

Clinical and social impact of neurotherapeutics and neuroprosthesis

Ethics of brain monitoring, stimulation, restoration, brain machine-interface