Biomedical Technology

During the last years computational methods lead to new approaches that can be applied within medical practice. Based on the tremendous advances in medical imaging and high-performance computing, virtual testing is able to help in medical decision processes or implant designs. Current challenges in medicine and engineering are related to the application of computational methods to clinical medicine and the study of biological systems at different scales.

Additionally manufacturers will be able to use computational tools and methods to predict the performance of their medical devices in virtual patients. The physical and animal testing procedures could be reduced by virtual prototyping of medical devices. Here simulations can enhance the performance of alternate device designs for a range of virtual patients. This will lead to a refinement of designs and to safer products.

This book summarizes different aspects of approaches to enhance function, production, initialization and complications of different types of implants and related topics.

Recent research in Biomedical Technology Focuses on implants and implant design Presents models of tissues and biological systems Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers studierte Bauingenieur- und Vermessungswesen, promovierte 1980 an der Universität Hannover und habilitierte 1986 im FachMechanik. Er war GastprofessoranderUCBerkeley, USA,Professor fürMechanik an der TH Darmstadt und Direktor des Darmstädter Zentrums für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen. Seit 1998 ist er Professor für Baumechanik und NumerischeMechanik sowieDirektor des Zentrums für Computational Engineering Sciences an der Universität Hannover. Er ist Mitherausgeber von internationalen Journals und Editor-in-Chief der Zeitschrift Computational Mechanics . Thomas Lenarz ist Direktor der Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde der Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.

Inhalt
From the Contents: RVE procedure for estimating the elastic properties of inhomogeneous microstructures such as bone tissue.- A gradient-enhanced continuum damage model for residually stressed fibre-reinforced materials at finite strains.- A mechanically stimulated fracture healing model using a finite element framework.