ComputerModelinginBioengineering:TheoreticalBackground,ExamplesandSoftware

Bioengineeringisabroad–basedengineeringdisciplinethatappliesengineeringprinciplesanddesigntochallengesinhumanhealthandmedicine,dealingwithbio–molecularandmolecularprocesses,productdesign,sustainabilityandanalysisofbiologicalsystems.Applicationsthatbenefitfrombioengineeringincludemedicaldevices,diagnosticequipmentandbiocompatiblematerials,amongstothers.ComputerModelinginBioengineeringoffersacomprehensivereferenceforalargenumberofbioengineeringtopics,presentingimportantcomputermodelingproblemsandsolutionsforresearchandmedicalpractice.Startingwithbasictheoryandfundamentals,thebookprogressestomoreadvancedmethodsandapplications,allowingthereadertobecomefamiliarwithdifferenttopicstothedesiredextent.Itincludesuniqueandoriginaltopicsalongsideclassicalcomputationalmodelingmethods,andeachapplicationisstructuredtoexplainthephysiologicalbackground,phenomenathataretobemodeled,thecomputationalmethodsusedinthemodel,andsolutionsoftypicalcases.Theaccompanyingsoftwarecontainsover80examples,enablingthereadertostudyatopicusingthetheoryandexamples,thenrunthesoftwaretosolvethesame,orsimilarexamples,varyingthemodelparameterswithinagivenrangeinordertoinvestigatetheproblematgreaterdepth.Tutorialsalsoguidetheuserinfurtherexploringthemodeledproblem;thesefeaturespromoteeasierlearningandwillhelplecturerswithpresentations.ComputerModelinginBioengineeringincludescomputationalmethodsformodellingbones,tissues,muscles,cardiovascularcomponents,cartilage,cellsandcancernanotechnologyaswellasmanyotherapplications.Itbridgesthegapbetweenengineering,biologyandmedicine,andwillappealnotonlytobioengineeringstudents,lecturersandresearchers,butalsomedicalstudentsandclinicalresearchers.