Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 2 Vol. Set

Written by nearly 400 subject experts representing diverse. academic and applied domains, this multidisciplinary resource surveys the vanguard of biómaterials and biomedical engineering technologies utilizing biornaterials--uncovering current lines of research as well as innovative applications in tissue engineering, prosthetics, drug delivery, biosensors, and m.edical devices. Vibrimtly portrays field progress through the placement ofnearly 9000 literature citations, 200 chemical structures and equations, and hundreds ofillustrations and tables-with approximately 360 online-exclusive color graphics. In more than 175 entries, this two-volume Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and BiomedicaI Engineering providesinsight into artificial lungs and muscles, bio-artificial livers, and corneal, dental, inner ear, and total hip implants...tissue engineering of blood vessels, heart valves, ligaments, microvascular networks, skeletal muscle,and skin.. .bone remodeling, bone. cement, and bioabsorbable bone plates and screws. ...controlled drug delivery, insulin delivery, and transdermal and ocular implant-based drug delivery...3-D medical imaging, electrical impedance imaging, and antravascular ultrasound... blood-material interactions, the bone-implant interface, host reactions, and foreign body responses...and many more topics.