New Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering will be an edited work taken from the 1st Annual World Congress of Chinese Biomedical Engineers - Taipei, Taiwan 2002.

As the economy develops rapidly in China and the Asian-Pacific population merges into the global healthcare system, many researchers in the West are trying to make contact with the Chinese BME scientists. At WCCBME 2002, invited leaders, materials scientists, bioengineers, molecular and cellular biologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and manufacturers from P.R. of China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong covered all five major BME domains: biomechanics, biomaterials and tissue engineering, medical imaging, biophotonics and instrumentation, and rehabilitation. This edited work taken from the World Congress proceedings will capture worldwide readership.

Inhalt

1 Keynote Lecture to the WCCBME Biomedical Engineering's Many Foundations.- Biomechanics - Musculoskeletal System.- 2 Biomechanics of Ligaments: From Molecular Biology to Joint function.- 3 The Role of Biomechanics in Functional Tissue Engineering for Articular Cartilage.- 4 Joint Mechanisms and Its Clinical Application.- 5 From CAD/CAM to VIMS/CAOS-A True Renaissance of Musculoskeletal Biomechanics.- 6 Research and Development of a Total Knee Prosthesis in Taiwan.- 7 The Effects of Femoral Component Surface Finish on the Cement Mantle-An in vitro Study Using a Fully Debonded Model.- 8 Biomechanics of Body Support Surfaces: Issues of Decubitus Ulcer.- 9 Is Rotational Acceleration More Injurious to the Brain Than Linear Acceleration?.- Biomechanics -Circulation System.- 10 Role of Microcirculation in Blood Volume Compensation.- 11 Preparation and Clinical Trials of Bioadsorbents in Blood Purification.- 12 A New Approach to Ciliary Locomotion: There is Much Room in the Micro-World-With or Without Life.- 13 On Accelerated Fatigue Testing of Prosthetic Heart Valves.- 14 Ventricular Assist Devices: Current Status and Future Perspective.- Imaging and Diagnostics.- 15 Recent Advances in Ultrasonic Imaging.- 16 Enhanced Contrast Detection Using Ultrasonic Pulse Inversion Imaging.- 17 Research Trends in Medical Imaging Informatics.- 18 The Past, Present and Future of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- 19 Functional and Molecular Imaging Using Positron Emission Tomography.- 20 Intelligent Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis.- 21 Quantitative Assessment of Digital Radiography Systems.- 22 Three-Dimensional Vessel Reconstruction from Microscopic Image Sequence.- 23 Functional Optical Coherence Tomography.- 24 Optical Imaging Approaches in Cognitive Neuroscience.- 25 Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction.- 26 Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering.- 27 Hepatic Tissue Engineering: Applications in Disease Treatment and Liver Support.- 28 Development of Porous Collagen Hyaluronan Matrix for Regenerative Tissue Engineering.- 29 A Naturally Occurring Crosslinking Agent Extracted from Gardenia Fruit and Its Applications in Tissue Engineering.- Nanoscience, Drug Delivery, and New Instrumentation.- 29 A Naturally Occurring Crosslinking Agent Extracted from Gardenia Fruit and Its Applications in Tissue Engineering.- Nanoscience, Drug Delivery, and New Instrumentation.- 30 Nanoparticulates in Vivo.- 31 Experimental Measurement and Analysis of Scattering Force and Gradient Force in Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Micro-particles.- 32 Nano/Micro Technologies for Detecting a Single DNA Molecule.- 33 ATTEMPTS: A Pharmaceutical Engineering Approach for Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs.- 34 Simulated Moving Bed Technologies for Producing High Purity Biochemicals and Pharmaceuticals.- 35 Multi-photon Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy.- 36 Minimally Invasive Medical Microwave Ablation Technology.