84 Best Books on Biomedical Engineering

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We have compiled a list of the Best Reference Books on Biomedical Engineering, which are used by students of top universities, and colleges. This will help you choose the right book depending on if you are a beginner or an expert. Here is the complete list of Biomedical Engineering Books with their authors, publishers, and an unbiased review of them as well as links to the Amazon website to directly purchase them. If permissible, you can also download the free PDF books on Biomedical Engineering below.

1. Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

1."Introduction to Biomedical Engineering" by John Enderle and Joseph Bronzino
“Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” Book Review: The textbook serves as an introduction and overview of the field of biomedical engineering. It covers the underlying principles of biomedical engineering design, analysis, and modelling procedures in this domain. The book also includes chapters discussing the history of the field, biomedical morals and ethics, basic anatomy and physiology followed by discussions on core biomedical engineering areas such as biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biosensors, compartmental modelling, bioinstrumentation, biochemical reactions and bio signal processing etc. The textbook can benefit undergraduate students in biomedical engineering.

2."Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design" by John G Webster
“Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design” Book Review: The textbook describes the principles, applications, and design of the medical instruments used in hospitals and the modern healthcare arena. The stress is laid on the fundamental principles of operation along with applications for each type of instrument. The textbook covers a wide variety of applications such as analysis of the waves of the electron cardiogram, circuit design of biopotential amplifiers, and identification of electric safety hazards. The chapters, fourteen in number, are supplemented with a large number of worked out examples, figures and diagrams, and around 300 homework problems for practice. The book is designed to serve graduate and postgraduate students in biomedical engineering and instrumentation.

3."Best andTaylor`s Physiological Basis of Medical Practice" by J B West
4."Biomechanics" by Y C Fung
“Biomechanics” Book Review: This textbook provides a comprehensive perspective of biomechanics from the viewpoint of bioengineering, physiology and medical science. It provides a detailed coverage of topics such as the coagulation of blood, thrombus formation and dissolution, cellular mechanics, deformability of passive leukocytes, mechanics of the endothelial cells in a continuum, new types of collagen, new methods of testing mechanical properties of soft tissues, the relationship between continuum mechanics and the structure and ultrastructure of tissues etc. The book also provides elaborate discussions on various theories such as The Cross-Bridge Theory Of Muscle Contraction, the residual stress in organs, The Tensorial Wolff”S Law, tissue engineering and a perspective of biomechanics of the future.

5."Introduction to Biomedical Engineering" by by Michael M Domach
“Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” Book Review: The textbook explores the various areas of biomedical engineering. It is organized into four parts namely, Overview of Bioengineering and Modern Biology, System Principles of Living Systems, Biomolecular and Cellular Fundamentals and Engineering Applications and Medical Engineering. These four parts together consist of a total of fifteen chapters. The book starts with an introduction to Bioengineering and then proceeds on to discuss various basic and advanced concepts such as Bioenergetics, Biofluid Mechanics, Pharmacokinetics, Biomaterials etc. It also includes discussions on Analysis of Molecular Binding Phenomena, Applications and Design in Biomolecular Technology etc.

6."Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology" by Laurence J Street
“Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology” Book Review: The textbook discusses the uses and applications of medical technology and principles of medical equipment management. The coverage of the book sweeps through various areas of biomedical engineering and modern technology such as Photographs of representative equipment; the technical, physiological, and anatomical basis for their function; and where they are commonly found in hospitals are detailed for a wide range of biomedical devices, from defibrillators to electrosurgery units and various hardware, tools, and test equipments used in present day healthcare setup. It also provides a comprehensive overview of clinical equipment and the devices that are used directly with patients in the course of their care for diagnostic or treatment purposes. The book is supplemented with real world examples and appendices containing extra information regarding regulatory bodies and medical values as well as end chapter exercises for better understanding and practice.

7."Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)" by W Mark Saltzman
“Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: The textbook provides relevant study material as an undergraduate textbook for biomedical engineering. It covers the various theories and applications for solving real world medical problems including the essential molecular biology, cellular biology, and human physiology background, important advances made over recent years, including iPS cells, microRNA, nanomedicine, imaging technology, biosensors, and drug delivery systems etc. The book is supplemented with a large number of quantitative and qualitative exercises, examples, applications and modern descriptions of various other fields under biomedical branch for better learning and in-depth understanding.

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8."Introduction to Biomedical Engineering" by John Enderle
“Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” Book Review: The textbook serves as an introduction and overview of the field of biomedical engineering. It covers the underlying principles of biomedical engineering design, analysis, and modelling procedures in this domain. The book also includes chapters discussing the history of the field, biomedical morals and ethics, basic anatomy and physiology followed by discussions on core biomedical engineering areas such as biomechanics, biomaterials, tissue engineering, biosensors, compartmental modelling, bioinstrumentation, biochemical reactions and bio signal processing etc. The textbook can benefit undergraduate students in biomedical engineering.

9."An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)" by Rory A Cooper and Hisaichi Ohnabe
“An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: The textbook provides an introduction on the fundamentals and applications of RE and assistive technologies (ATs). It describes the various models for AT service delivery, the design tools and principles of universal design, and various technology-transfer mechanisms, models, and principles. It also covers the process for creating assistive device standards, biomechanics and soft tissue biomechanics, design and service delivery principles of wheelchairs and scooters, functional electrical stimulation and its applications, wheelchair-accessible transportation legislation, and the applications of robotics in medical rehabilitation. The discussions also include prosthetic and orthotic design and usage, visual and hearing impairment, Web-related AT, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology. The textbook can help to create a solid foundation in this subject.

10."Immunocytochemistry and In Situ Hybridization in the Biomedical Sciences" by Julian E Beesley
11."Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Engineering: Applications in Cardiorespiratory Physiology (Mechanical Engineering)" by Willem L Van Meurs
“Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Engineering: Applications in Cardiorespiratory Physiology (Mechanical Engineering)” Book Review: The book covers signals and systems, model requirements, conceptual models, mathematical models, software implementation, simulation results , model validation and cardiorespiratory system model. The book also explains circulation, respiration, physiologic control, sensitivity analysis of cardiovascular models and design of model-driven acute care training simulators. This book can be used by those learning about Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Engineering.

12."Biomimetic Membranes for Sensor and Separation Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Claus Hélix-Nielsen
“Biomimetic Membranes for Sensor and Separation Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on biomimetic membranes for sensor and separation applications. It addresses the possibilities and challenges of mimicking biological membranes. It aims at creating membrane-based sensors and separation devices. It discusses the recent advances in developing biomimetic membranes for technological applications. It presents with focus on the use of integral membrane protein mediated transport for sensing and separation. It describes the fundamentals of biosensing as well as separation. It shows how the two processes are working in a cooperative manner in biological systems.


2. Biomedical Equipments

1."Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology" by Joseph
“Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology” Book Review: This book is for working professionals in biomedical equipment, for the engineers and technologists who design it. This book includes biomedical equipment as an important resource for providing a broad technological knowledge. It gives a reference on unfamiliar topics like organized so that students can easily understand topics of interest, study areas where they are weak or where they have not worked in some time. This book presents an overview of the human body. It has an introduction on biomedical instrumentation and measurement, basic theories of measurement. It includes signals and noise, electrodes, sensors and transducers, bioelectric amplifiers, electrocardiograph equipment, respiratory therapy equipment, instrumentation for measuring brain parameters. It also includes care and feeding of battery operated equipment, computers in biomedical equipment, and quality assurance and continuous quality improvement.

2."Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)" by Binseng Wang
“Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book includes a foundational summary of the laws, regulations, codes, and standards that are applicable to the maintenance and management of medical equipment in healthcare organizations. It has the methods, measures for determining the effectiveness, efficiency of equipment maintenance and management are presented to allow performance management and benchmarking comparisons. It also has the challenges and opportunities of managing healthcare organizations of different sizes, levels, and geographical locations. This book presents the basic elements of medical equipment maintenance and management required of healthcare leaders responsible for managing or overseeing this function. This book enables these individuals to understand their professional responsibilities.

3."Biomedical Instrumentation: Technology and Applications (Mechanical Engineering)" by R S Khandpur
“Biomedical Instrumentation: Technology and Applications (Mechanical Engineering)” Book Review: This book has clear explanations of the latest developments and basic engineering principles of the entire spectrum of biomedical devices ranging from their physiological basis to diagnostic and therapeutic devices in medical imaging systems. This book includes four decades of experience in R&D, technology development, and education and training. This book includes illustrated resources. It has the fundamental principles of operation and the performance parameters of a wide variety of instruments. This book also includes therapeutic equipment, recording and monitoring instruments, measurement and analysis techniques, digital radiographic equipment, nuclear medical imaging, lithotriptors, anesthesia machines, ventilators, radiotherapy equipment, automated drug delivery systems.

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4."Microscopic Imaging Through Turbid Media: Monte Carlo Modeling and Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Min Gu and Xiaosong Gan
“Microscopic Imaging Through Turbid Media: Monte Carlo Modeling and Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is useful for engineers and scientists working on microscopy of tissue turbid media. It also helps in working on microscopy of tissue turbid media. This book includes a systematic introduction to the principles of microscopic imaging through tissue-like turbid media in terms of Monte-Carlo simulation. It describes various gating mechanisms based on the physical differences between the unscattered and scattered photons. It covers the method for microscopic image reconstruction, using the concept of the effective point spread function. It also covers imaging an object embedded in a turbid medium. It also covers microscopic imaging through a tissue-like turbid medium.

5."Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation: The Technology of Patient Care" by Barbara Christe
“Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation: The Technology of Patient Care” Book Review: This book is designed to provide the fundamental information necessary for work in the clinical setting, supporting the technology used in patient care. It includes beginning biomedical equipment technologists. This book is to obtain a working vocabulary and elementary knowledge of the industry. This book presents the inclusion of a wide variety of medical instrumentation, with an emphasis on generic devices and classifications, individual manufacturers are explained only when the market is dominated by a particular unit. This book is understanding of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology appropriate for their role in the healthcare field. This book has understanding of electronic concepts, including voltage, current, resistance, impedance, analog and digital signals, and sensors.

6."Biomedical Signal Analysis: A Case-Study Approach (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)" by Rangaraj M Rangayyan
“Biomedical Signal Analysis: A Case-Study Approach (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students. This book is for practicing engineers, computer scientists, information technologists, medical physicists, and data processing specialists. It also includes assessment of the problems and applications of biomedical signals, rooted in practical case studies. It involves signal processing, modeling, or analysis techniques are then presented, starting with relatively simple methods, followed by more sophisticated research approaches. This book concludes with one or more application solutions, illustrations of real-life biomedical signals and their derivatives are included throughout. It includes topics like concurrent, coupled, and correlated processes, filtering for removal of artifacts. It covers event detection and characterization, frequency-domain characterization, modeling biomedical systems, analysis of nonstationary signals, pattern classification and diagnostic decision. This book also presents a number of laboratory exercises, study questions, and problems to understand better.

7."Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement (Merrill's International Series in Electrical and Electronics Technology)" by Aston
“Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement (Merrill’s International Series in Electrical and Electronics Technology)” Book Review: This book is prepared for students to work with the complex patient-care equipment found in today’s modern hospitals and clinics. It begins by presenting fundamental prerequisite concepts of electronic circuit theory, medical equipment history and physiological transducers, as well as a systematic approach to troubleshooting. It includes common and speciality medical equipment, both diagnostic and therapeutic. It also covers the principles that are developed according to a unified theory that clearly illustrates the relationship between electronic, pneumatic and fluid equipment. It also has computer applications integrated throughout the coverage. The book provides programmes for in-text calculations, half in basic and half in calculator sequence. This book also includes a wealth of example problems which will provide practice in analyzing equipment problems in a variety of areas.

8."Biomedical Equipment: Use, Maintenance and Management" by Joseph J Carr
“Biomedical Equipment: Use, Maintenance and Management” Book Review: This book is ideal for the clinical technician. This book is also useful for emergency medical technicians, paramedics, intensive care nurses, respiratory therapists, etc. Also appropriate for training courses for biomedical equipment technicians. The book covers the management of medical instrumentation systems with a strong emphasis placed on safety. It includes data communications within hospitals and mobile emergency units, including ambulances and other medical squads. It also includes selecting the best desktop computer for biomedical systems. It covers the repair methods for water damaged medical equipment, determining what test equipment tools are needed, choosing the right solid-state replacement components. Provides an important section on preventative maintenance and proper program design.

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9."Radionuclides in Biomedical Sciences an Introduction" by Liyanage
10."m–Health: Fundamentals and Applications (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)" by Robert S H Istepanian and Bryan Woodward
“m–Health: Fundamentals and Applications (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on the concept of m-Health, by Robert S. H. Istepanian in 2003. The book starts with the topic of evolution of m-Health, like how it was transformed from an academic concept to a global healthcare technology phenomenon. It talks about the basics of the three enabling scientific technological elements of m-Health (sensors, computing, and communications), and how these key ingredients have evolved and developed over years. Further it explains about the topic like rapid evolution of m-Health in parallel with the maturing process of its enabling technologies .It also explains about bio-wearable sensors to the wireless and mobile communication technologies from IOT to 5G systems. Some Topics are explained through clinical examples and current studies,especially in acute and chronic disease management. It illustrates some of the relevant medical aspects and clinical applications of m-Health. At last, it discusses the future of m-Health and presents future directions to potentially shape and transform healthcare services in the coming decades.


3. Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

1."Fundamental Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physiology" by J F Green
2."Samson Wright`s Applied Physiology" by C A Keele and N Joels
3."Circulatory System Dynamics" by A Noordergraft
4."Clinical Haemorheology" by F Gotoh
5."Biofluid Mechanics, Second Edition: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Macrocirculation, and Microcirculation (Biomedical Engineering)" by David Rubenstein
“Biofluid Mechanics, Second Edition: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Macrocirculation, and Microcirculation (Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: In this book, the author shows that fluid mechanics principles can be applied not only to blood circulation, but also to air flow through the lungs, joint lubrication, intraocular fluid movement and renal transport. Each chapter of the book contains discussions with equations, state equations are derived and then their usage is shown with the help of examples. Clinical applications, worked examples, and end of chapter problems helps to present the applications of fluid mechanics to biomedical engineering situations. A chapter on experimental techniques provides good knowledge for future researches in the subject. It also uses language and math for undergraduate students to learn effectively. All the engineering concepts and equations are developed within a biological context. Clinical applications of the subject are discussed thoroughly in the book.

6."Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory System (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Jiyuan Tu and Kiao Inthavong
“Computational Fluid and Particle Dynamics in the Human Respiratory System (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a wider view and knowledge of the human respiratory system which is mainly targeted towards researchers, engineers, scientists, and health practitioners. As traditional research methods in the human respiratory system are quite challenging, this book provides chapters on Recent advances in medical imaging and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) on which the latest research is going on. By segregating the topics into understandable parts, the book deals with advanced topics like physiology of the respiratory system, fluid dynamics and advanced CFD modeling tools. It also contains a brief introduction to the physics of the respiratory system and an overview of computational methods. Also provided in the book are computational visualizations which will enhance the understanding of the subject.

7."Biomedical Mass Transport and Chemical Reaction: Physicochemical Principles and Mathematical Modeling" by James S Ultman and Harihara Baskaran
“Biomedical Mass Transport and Chemical Reaction: Physicochemical Principles and Mathematical Modeling” Book Review: This book is mainly designed for students whose educational background belongs to physicochemical aspects of biomedical systems. The textbook combines engineering principles knowledge with relevant biomedical applications at the cellular, tissue, organ, and whole-body levels. These applications include basic and advanced concepts, targeted mainly for graduates as well as advanced undergraduate engineering students. The main topics contained in the book are : basic biological and modeling concepts, overview of the thermodynamics that relate to interfacial, membrane and chemical reaction equilibria, rate equations to analyze mass diffusion and chemical reactions, basic transport models in fluids and membranes, multi-dimensional transport of molecules and cell population dynamics, compartment models and analyses, detailed models related to treatment of tissue and organ dysfunction, delivery and distribution of drugs, and interpretation of biomedical measurements.

8."Biofluid Mechanics in Cardiovascular Systems (McGraw-Hill's Biomedical Engineering)" by Lee Waite
“Biofluid Mechanics in Cardiovascular Systems (McGraw-Hill’s Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the topic by combining engineering principles with cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology to provide biomedical engineers essential background for designing and implementing arterial grafts, anastomosis devices, and heart valves. This book covers detailed theories as well as practical application to biological functions. Important topics covered in the book includes presenting an engineering analysis of the cardiovascular system relevant to the pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, an outlook on biofluidics from an engineering perspective rather than a clinical one, functional anatomy and physiology of the human heart, pressure-flow relationship in arteries and the elastic properties of arterial walls, application of imaging techniques on left ventricular dynamics, theoretical and experimental studies of pulsatile flow in large vessels.

9."Hemo-Dynamics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Mair Zamir
“Hemo-Dynamics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: Concepts like fundamental mathematics underlying fluid flow and then applying those in a straightforward way to pulsatile blood flow in all its complexity are covered extensively in the book. The author assumes the readers to possess basic knowledge of calculus in order to grasp advanced concepts such as the Navier-Stokes equations. It explores the topics of the cardiovascular system and blood, and presents a detailed overview on how they interact to generate flow and pressure. Keeping in mind the philosophical underpinnings of engineering, the author has provided an appropriate format, text, equations and the figures. This book is for those who want to explore and study about the cardiovascular system from a mechanical and modeling perspective.

10."The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by M Zamir
“The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides an overview of the biomedical engineering subject which is vast and dynamic. Important topics provided in the book are molecular, membrane, and mathematical biophysics, photosynthetic – energy harvesting and conversion, information processing, physical principles of genetics, sensory communications, automata networks, neural networks, and cellular automata. Other advanced topics include molecular electronic components and devices, biosensors, medicine, imaging, physical principles of renewable energy production, advanced prostheses, and environmental control and engineering.


4. Biomedical Imaging Informatics

1."Biomedical Informatics (Health Informatics)" by Edward H Shortliffe and James J Cimino
“Biomedical Informatics (Health Informatics)” Book Review: This book helps the practitioners, researchers and students for a comprehensive introduction in the field. This book helps to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results and carry out investigations. This book provides knowledge on computer science, decision science, information science, cognitive science and biomedicine. The book is useful for understanding the role that computers play in the clinical services. This book is organized so as to explain basic concepts and then to illustrate them with specific systems and technologies.

2."Biomedical Simulation" by Gábor Székely and Matthias Harders
“Biomedical Simulation” Book Review: This book consists of the revised papers and poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from submissions. In this the papers are organized on the biophysical processes, systems and applications, anatomical modeling and tissue properties.

3."Biomedical Signals, Imaging, and Informatics" by Joseph D Bronzino and Donald R Peterson
“Biomedical Signals, Imaging, and Informatics” Book Review: This book is useful for biomedical engineering. The book consists of biomedical signals, imaging and informatics. It also presents material in biosignal processing, medical imaging, infrared imaging, and medical informatics. It includes biomedical signal acquisition, thermographs, infrared cameras. It also includes mammography, computed tomography, positron-emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, hospital information systems and computer-based patient records.

4."Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies" by Mireya Fernández-Chimeno and Pedro L Fernandes
“Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies” Book Review: This book has revised papers presented, reviewed and selected from submissions. The book has papers covering a wide range of topics and are organized on biomedical electronics and devices, bioimaging. It also includes bioinformatics models, methods and algorithms, bio-inspired systems and signal processing, health informatics.

5."Biomedical Engineering: Frontier Research and Converging Technologies" by Hanjoong Jo and Ho-Wook Jun
“Biomedical Engineering: Frontier Research and Converging Technologies” Book Review: This book is useful for students, faculty and industry investigators in biomedical engineering fields. This book provides the latest research and developments in the field of biomedical engineering. This book provides knowledge on biomedicine, such as neuroscience and regenerative medicine. This book also provides a new generation of engineers, fluent in many different scientific “languages”. It is also creating entirely new fields of research that approach the “old” questions from a new and holistic angle. The book has reports on the scientific revolutions in the field of biomedicine by describing the latest technologies. It also has findings developed at the interface between science and engineering.

6."Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying" by Fusheng Wang and Gang Luo
“Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying” Book Review:- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the two international workshops on big-graphs online querying, big-o(q) 2015. It also has data management and analytics for medicine and healthcare. The book consists of papers presented together with papers and extended abstract carefully reviewed and selected from submissions. The book has papers organized in topical sections on information retrieval and data analytics for electronic medical records. It covers data management and visualization of medical data. It also includes biomedical data sharing and integration, medical imaging analytics and big-graphs online querying.

7."Image Processing in Diabetic Related Causes (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)" by Amit Kumar and Fahimuddin Shaik
“Image Processing in Diabetic Related Causes (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)” Book Review:- This book is useful to researchers, engineers, medical doctors and bioinformatics researchers. This book is a collection of all the experimental results and analysis carried out on medical images of diabetic related causes. The experimental investigations have been carried out on images starting from very basic image processing techniques such as image enhancement to sophisticated image segmentation methods. This book is intended to create an awareness on diabetes. It is related to causes and image processing methods used to detect and forecast in a very simple way.

8."Signal and Image Processing in Medical Applications" by B Abdul Rahim and Fahimuddin Shaik
“Signal and Image Processing in Medical Applications” Book Review: This book highlights recent findings on and analyses conducted on signals and images in the area of medicine. The experimental investigations involve a variety of signals and images and their methodologies range from very basic to sophisticated methods. The book explains how signal and image processing methods can be used to detect and forecast abnormalities in an easy-to-follow manner. It also includes a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, physicians and bioinformatics researchers alike.

9."Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis (Academic Press Series in Biomedical Engineering)" by Isaac Bankman
“Handbook of Medical Image Processing and Analysis (Academic Press Series in Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is for biomedical engineers, researchers, professionals and those working in medical imaging and medical image processing. This book is a comprehensive compilation of concepts and techniques used for processing and analyzing medical images. The book is organized into the main functions: enhancement, segmentation, quantification, registration, visualization and compression, storage and communication. The book includes the statistics for tissue segmentation, tumor growth modeling in oncological image analysis, analysis of cell nuclear features in fluorescence microscopy images. It also includes the imaging and communication in medical and public health informatics and dynamic mammogram retrieval from web-based image libraries.

10."Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications" by Irving J Bigio and Sergio Fantini
“Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications” Book Review: This book helps the instructors, students and researchers in biomedical optics. It covers a broad range of areas in biomedical optics, from light interactions at the single-photon. It also covers single-biomolecule levels to the diffusion regime of light propagation in tissue. This book includes spectroscopic techniques (fluorescence, raman, infrared, near-infrared and elastic scattering). It also includes imaging techniques (diffuse optical tomography, photoacoustic imaging, several forms of modern microscopy and optical coherence tomography) and laser-tissue interactions, optical tweezers. This book also includes fundamental principles of physical science with intuitive explanations, mathematical formalisms of theoretical treatments. This book has technique, descriptions of relevant instrumentation and examples of biomedical applications. This book has reading exercise and problems with answers to selected problems.

11."Engineered Carbohydrate–Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: Polymers, Surfaces, Dendrimers, Nanoparticles, and Hydrogels" by Ravin Narain
“Engineered Carbohydrate–Based Materials for Biomedical Applications: Polymers, Surfaces, Dendrimers, Nanoparticles, and Hydrogels” Book Review: This book explains the synthesis and characterization of synthetic polymeric materials and its biological applications. The first part includes the self assembly of glycopolymers and its techniques for synthetic polymers. The book provides topics like block copolymers, branched and catonic glycopolymers. Glycosurfaces, glycodendrimers, bioconjugates and hydrogels are highlighted in detail.


5. Signals and Systems for Biomedical Engineering

1."Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering" by Devasahayam and Suresh R
“Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on signals and systems. It describes signal processing and physiological systems modeling in detail. It talks about formal models and analytical techniques which are interlinked in physiology and many other fields. It discusses a unitary approach to physiological systems. It begins with signal measurement and acquisition, signal processing, linear systems modelling, and computer simulations. It provides numerous examples on detailed models of nerve and muscle at the cellular and systemic levels.

2."Signals and Systems Analysis In Biomedical Engineering" by Robert B Northrop
“Signals and Systems Analysis In Biomedical Engineering” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on signals and systems analysis. It represents the traditional systems of mathematics which is used to characterize linear time-invariant systems. It describes ways of describing given inputs and finding their outputs. It explains the relationship between impulse response, real convolution, transfer functions and frequency response functions. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the field of engineering and science especially biomedical engineering.

3."Signals and Systems for Bioengineers" by John Semmlow
“Signals and Systems for Bioengineers” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on signals and systems. It covers MATLAB-based introduction to biomedical engineering. It explains the basic engineering concepts which are underlying the biomedical systems. It describes the medical devices, biocontrol, and bio-signal analysis in detail. It provides increased coverage of time-domain signal analysis along with bio-measurement. It explains the vital concepts using numerous examples in ultrasound and electrophysiology. It gives coverage of time-domain signal analysis. It discusses new applications ranging from physiological systems modeling to respiratory systems. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the field of engineering and science especially biomedical engineering.

4."Biomedical Signals and Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)" by Joseph V Tranquillo
“Biomedical Signals and Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on biomedical signals and systems. It explains how signals and systems techniques can be applied to living systems. It talks about the biological nature of the examples. It allows for applying systems thinking to electrical, mechanical, fluid, chemical, thermal, optical systems, and much more. It focuses on topics like classic signals and systems theory, system block diagrams, transforms, mathematical models. and more. It discusses stability, feedback, system response, control, time and frequency analysis and filters.

5."Medical Imaging Signals and Systems: United States Edition (Pearson Prentice Hall Bioengineering)" by Jerry L Prince
“Medical Imaging Signals and Systems: United States Edition (Pearson Prentice Hall Bioengineering)” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on medical imaging signals and systems. It lays the foundation for signal processing. It covers the important imaging modalities in radiology. It covers topics like projection radiography, x-ray computed tomography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging. It emphasizes on overall conceptual divisions. It expects the reader to have basic knowledge of probability and signal processing. This book is designed to focus on students and teachers of bioengineering.

6."Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling" by Suresh R Devasahayam
“Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering: Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on signals and systems in biomedical engineering. It aims to fill the gap in biomedical data analysis which arises in making the connection between signal processing and physiological modeling. It provides a foundation in systems analysis and signal processing techniques. It talks about techniques useful for physiological data. It covers the important topics in the area like signal processing techniques for linear systems and physiological modeling. It includes topics like Fourier transform, the wavelet transforms, and optimal filtering techniques.

7."Advanced Methods of Biomedical Signal Processing (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)" by Sergio Cerutti and Carlo Marchesi
“Advanced Methods of Biomedical Signal Processing (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on advanced methods of biomedical signal processing. It talks about numerous methods useful in areas like biomedical signal processing, biomedical data treatment, medicine, signal processing, and much more. It covers topics beneficial in the field of system biology and applied physiology. It provides an overview of advanced biomedical signal processing techniques. It discusses multisource and multiscale integration of information for physiology and clinical decision. It explains the impact of advanced methods of signal processing in cardiology and neurology.

8."Angiography and Plaque Imaging: Advanced Segmentation Techniques (Biomedical Engineering)" by Jasjit S Suri and Swamy Laxminarayan
“Angiography and Plaque Imaging: Advanced Segmentation Techniques (Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book addresses the various medical imaging modalities such as MRI, CT Scan, x-ray and ultrasound for performing angiography and its analysis. The book presents the state of the art issues that are related to angiography, pre and post angiography imaging. The book also discusses its applications such as intravascular ultrasound, xray fusion, plaque imaging along with morphology analysis. The book covers topics on segmentation algorithms for anatomic blood vessels of the body.


6. Wavelets in Biomedical Engineering

1."Time Frequency and Wavelets in Biomedical Signal Processing (IEEE Press Series on Biomedical Engineering)" by Metin Akay
2."Wavelets in Medicine and Biology" by Akram Aldroubi and Michael Unser
“Wavelets in Medicine and Biology” Book Review: This book is designed as a complete guide to wavelet transform applications in medicine and biology. It consists of detailed and comprehensive guidelines about wavelets and their applications.

3."Biosignal and Medical Image Processing, Second Edition (Signal Processing and Communic)" by John L Semmlow
4."Advanced Signal Processing on Brain Event-Related Potentials:Filtering ERPs in Time, Frequency and Space Domains Sequentially and Simultaneously" by Fengyu Cong
“Advanced Signal Processing on Brain Event-Related Potentials:Filtering ERPs in Time, Frequency and Space Domains Sequentially and Simultaneously” Book Review: The book primarily contains application of advanced signal processing on event-related potentials. It consists of all aspects from basic fundamentals to in-depth knowledge of the subject.

5."Advanced Biosignal Processing" by Amine Nait-Ali (Ed.) and Amine Nait-Ali
“Advanced Biosignal Processing” Book Review: The book is designed for upper graduate students. It is also helpful to engineers and researchers in biomedical engineering. It mainly presents principles of various advanced biosignal processing techniques. The book contains topics such as wavelets, empirical modal decomposition, neutral networks and markov models.

6."Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis in Medical Imaging" by Anke Meyer-Baese and Volker J Schmid
“Pattern Recognition and Signal Analysis in Medical Imaging” Book Review: The book is helpful to students and professionals working with medical imaging. It elaborates a complete range of proven and cutting-edge methods.


7. Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering

1."Theoretical Molecular Biophysics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Philipp O J Scherer and Sighart F Fischer
“Theoretical Molecular Biophysics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book describes the tools for understanding the basic processes in biology. Main topics covered are entropic forces, biophysics, phase separation. Other topics mentioned electron transfer and proton transfer and potentials of mean force. All the equations and processes are described in detail. This book is useful for medical physics and biomedical engineering students.

2."Computational Methods in Systems Biology" by Corrado Priami
“Computational Methods in Systems Biology” Book Review: This book discusses the computational methods used in systems biology. Chapters included are modal logics for brane calculus, deciding behavioural properties in brane calculi, type interface in systems biology. Other topics included are A formal approach to molecular docking, regulatory network reconstruction using stochastic logical networks, and a computational model of a central pattern generator. Various scientists and researchers have contributed to writing chapters in this book. Data tables, labelled figures and equations are described in detail for easier understanding of the topics. This book is suitable for advanced medical and molecular biology students.

3."Computational Methods in Genome Research" by Sándor Suhai
“Computational Methods in Genome Research” Book Review: This book mentions the computational methods used in genome research. main topics included data management tools for scientific applications, the integrated genomic database, genetic mapping and representing genomic Maps in relational databases. Other topics mentioned are searching protein sequence databases, algorithmic advances for searching bio sequence databases, genetic algorithms in protein structure prediction. Labelled diagrams at data tables are provided throughout the book for easier understanding of the important topics. all the algorithms are described in detail with proper flow charts. This book is beneficial for students and researchers in the field of genome research.

4."Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Drug Discovery and Development" by William T Loging
“Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Drug Discovery and Development” Book Review: This book provides the information on the use of bioinformatics and computational biology in drug discovery and development. Major chapters included are Computational approaches to drug target identification, understanding human disease knowledge through text mining, integrating translational biomarkers into drug development. Other topics included are data visualization and DDP process, information visualization, clinical trial failures and drug repositioning. Renowned scientists and researchers have contributed to writing chapters in this book. all the processes and methods are described in detail with proper flow diagrams and labelled figures. This book is beneficial for students studying drug discovery with the help of bioinformatics.

5."Physical Models of Cell Motility (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Igor S Aranson
“Physical Models of Cell Motility (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book covers the recent developments in Physical models of cell motility. Topics described are cell motility, collective motion, out of equilibrium systems and morphogenesis. algorithms and mechanisms are described throughout the book with its respective applications and examples. This book can be used by mathematical biologists, biomedical engineers and physicists.

6."New Techniques in Systems Neuroscience (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Adam D Douglass
“New Techniques in Systems Neuroscience (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book discusses the new developments in the experimental tools used in neuroscience. Main topics included are optogenetics, functional imaging, circuit mapping and the application of these tools to solve complex biological problems. Colourful figures and labelled images are provided throughout the book to make the complex topics easier to understand. This book is useful for biomedical engineering and medical physics students.

7."Meshless Methods in Biomechanics (Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics)" by Jorge Belinha
“Meshless Methods in Biomechanics (Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics)” Book Review: This book discusses meshless methods used in biomechanics. Topics included are EFGM and the RPIM, NNRPIM and other mesh less methods. Various solved numerical and strategies are described for biomechanical analysis. This book is beneficial for biomedical engineering students.

8."Mathematical Methods and Models in Biomedicine (Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences)" by Urszula Ledzewicz and Heinz Schättler
“Mathematical Methods and Models in Biomedicine (Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences)” Book Review: This book describes the mathematical models and methods used in the field of biomedicine. Main topics included are discrete cellular automata, cell population-based models, stochastic and deterministic methods. Other topics included are Immune system modelling, blood vessel dynamics, cancer modelling and treatment, and Epidemiology. applications of various topics are discussed with proper examples and diagrams. This book is beneficial for graduate students in the field of biomedicine.

9."Applications of Computational Tools in Biosciences and Medical Engineering (Advanced Structured Materials)" by Öchsner and Andreas and Holm Altenbach
“Applications of Computational Tools in Biosciences and Medical Engineering (Advanced Structured Materials)” Book Review: This book mentions recent developments and applications of computational tools in the field of bioscience and medical engineering. Methods discussed are finite element methods, computer aided design and optimization, visualization techniques and computed axial tomography. Research projects end applications of computational methods are described in detail with proper examples. This book is beneficial for medical students and advanced medical engineering students.

10."Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Modeling: Volume 1: Basic Characterization (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by imusti
“Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Modeling: Volume 1: Basic Characterization (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book describes computational methods for the prediction and modelling of protein structures. topics included force field, modelling, classification, computational methods, structure prediction. Historical information and worked out problems are discussed throughout the book with mathematical formulations and methods. Future research is also discussed in this book. This book is useful for students studying biomedical engineering and medical Physics.


8. Biomedical Optical Spectroscopy

1."Modern Optical Spectroscopy: With Exercises and Examples from Biophysics and Biochemistry" by William W Parson
“Modern Optical Spectroscopy: With Exercises and Examples from Biophysics and Biochemistry” Book Review: This book is useful for researchers and graduate and postgraduate students in chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics. This book has a clear explanation of optical spectroscopic phenomena. It shows how spectroscopic techniques are used in modern molecular and cellular biophysics and biochemistry. This book includes electronic and vibrational absorption, fluorescence, resonance energy transfer, exciton interactions. It also includes circular dichroism, coherence and dephasing, ultrafast pump-probe and photon-echo spectroscopy, single-molecule and fluorescence-correlation spectroscopy, Raman scattering and multiphoton absorption. This book also provides knowledge on quantum optics, metal-ligand charge-transfer transitions, entropy changes during photoexcitation. It covers electron transfer from excited molecules, normal-mode calculations, vibrational Stark effects. It also includes studies of fast processes by resonance energy transfer in single molecules and two-dimensional electronic and vibrational spectroscopy. It also provides helpful exercises for each chapter.

2."Optics in Biomedical Sciences: Proceedings of the International Conference" by G V Bally and P Greguss
“Optics in Biomedical Sciences: Proceedings of the International Conference” Book Review: This book presents the papers given at the conference, demonstrating the state of the art of this increasingly expanding field of applications of optics. This book helps to overcome the difficulty inherent in all interdisciplinary research fields, of gathering widely scattered literature. This book is focussed on the topics such as biomedical applications of unconventional imaging in microscopy. It also includes image processing, interferometry and holography, speckle-techniques and spectroscopy, optometry and moire methods. It covers the remarks of Nils Abramson from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

3."Optical Imaging of Brain Function and Metabolism 2: Physiological Basis and Comparison to Other Functional Neuroimaging Methods (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)" by Ulrich Dirnagl and Arno Villringer
“Optical Imaging of Brain Function and Metabolism 2: Physiological Basis and Comparison to Other Functional Neuroimaging Methods (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)” Book Review: This book covers the optical imaging of the brain which is becoming an increasingly important functional neuroimaging method. The book has advantages of these optical techniques are the biochemical specificity of the measurements and the potential of measuring correlates of intracellular and intravascular oxygenation simultaneously. This book has the optical method as the physiological basis of the measurements. This book also covers near-infrared spectroscopy measurements that are directly compared to other functional methods. It also includes PET and fMRI and examples are given for new applications of the NIRS-method. This book has a better understanding of all functional neuroimaging methods which rely on neurovascular coupling such as PET, SPET and fMRI. It also has the optical method put into the perspective of presently available functional neuroimaging methods including fMRI, PET, MEG and EEG.

4."Laser-Tissue Interactions: Fundamentals and Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Markolf H Niemz
“Laser-Tissue Interactions: Fundamentals and Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is useful for the medical practitioners, scientists and graduate students. It provides a description of the fundamentals and applications in the field of laser-tissue interactions. This book covers the optical and thermal properties of tissue. It also covers the various types of tissue ablation. It also provides optical breakdown and its related effects are treated. The book also covers mathematical tools such as Monte Carlo simulations, the Kubelka-Munk theory etc. The book also has approved techniques like photodynamic therapy, laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy etc.

5."Computational Optical Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging" by Sarhan M Musa
“Computational Optical Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging” Book Review: This book is useful for the researchers and graduate students. It presents useful computational methods and applications used in optical biomedical spectroscopy and imaging. This book covers new trends in immunohistochemical, genome and metabolomics imaging. It also covers computer-aided diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases based on CT image analysis. It includes functional near-infrared spectroscopy and its applications in neurosciences. It also includes applications of vibrational spectroscopic imaging in personal care studies. The book also discusses future applications, directions, opportunities and challenges of optical biomedical spectroscopy and imaging in technical industry, academia and government. This book introduces concepts of computational methods used in optical biomedical spectroscopy.

6."Modern Techniques in Protein NMR (Biological Magnetic Resonance)" by N Rama Krishna and Lawrence J Berliner
“Modern Techniques in Protein NMR (Biological Magnetic Resonance)” Book Review: This book has the structure computation and dynamics in protein NMR. The book presents the biomolecular NMR field with emphasis on developments. The book contains advanced large proteins, complexes, membrane proteins and pulse methods. It covers major advances in computational methods, structure and dynamics. It has the Marius Clore and Angela Gronenborn brief review of NMR strategies. It includes the use of long range restraints in the structure determination of large proteins and protein complexes. It presents Lewis Kay and Ron Venters and their collaborators. It also describes state-of-the- art advances in the study of perdeuterated large proteins. It also deals with the magnetic field induced residual dipolar couplings in proteins.


9. Brachytherapy Physics and Mesoscopic Physics

1."The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)" by Larry A DeWerd and Michael Kissick
“The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This volume is intended to present an accessible overview of all kinds of phantoms applied in medical imaging, therapy, nuclear medicine and health physics. It highlights ionizing radiation, dosimetry with regard to problems of material composition, shape and position impacts. The text focuses on health physics phantoms which are discussed with some of the similar problems like material heterogeneity as well as specific problems like organ-specific radiation dose from sources distributed in other organs. The text is sectioned along the three classifications of imaging, therapy and health physics.

2."Brachytherapy Physics" by Bruce R Thomadsen and Mark R Rivard
“Brachytherapy Physics” Book Review: This book consists of all recent material. It explains research, fundamental and practical characters of the field and clinical implementations based on the original research and practices. It focuses on the basics of the science and covers topics like high dose rate sources and delivery systems, notes on codes, directives and other regulations. The text inculcates dosimetry, interstitial basics and intracavity implementations for gynecological cancers and unconventional delivery systems. Furthermore interstitial applications and continuous low dose rate and pulsed dose rate remote afterloader units are also covered.

3."Brachytherapy Physics" by Jeffrey F Williamson and Bruce R Thomadsen
“Brachytherapy Physics” Book Review: The book contains the basics, Dosimetry, Interstitial Fundamentals, Interstitial implementations and Intracavitary Implementations for Gynecological Cancers. It includes topics such as Radiobiology: A Briefing for the Brachytherapist, Quality Management of Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy Sources, Brachytherapy Facility Design and others. It also encompasses Semiempirical Dose-Calculation Models in Brachytherapy, The TG-43 Brachytherapy Dose Calculation Formalism and Treatment Planning Considerations of Brachytherapy Procedures. Furthermore Post Procedural Evaluation for Prostate Implants, Modern Advances in Prostate Brachytherapy, Microspheres as Micro Brachytherapy and several other such topics.

4."Physical Aspects of Brachytherapy, (Medical physics handbooks)" by T J Godden
“Physical Aspects of Brachytherapy, (Medical physics handbooks)” Book Review: This volume presents an outline of brachytherapy practice and the sources accessible. It provides understanding into the connected dosimetry and a practical direction to the application of dosage systems along with attention to safety features in clinical situations. The book is appropriate for people working and beginners to get knowledge of clinical brachytherapy and the related dosimetry. It is designed for medical physicists, junior registrars in departments of radiotherapy and oncology and radiotherapy radiographers. The is full of numerous references.

5."Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)" by William Y Song and Kari Tanderup
“Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This volume is appropriate for Physicians, medical physicists and other people of brachytherapy. The book cites an overview of the physics of accessible radiation sources, brachytherapy applicators and apparatus and planning techniques. The text anticipates where these equipment are going and how they might best be implemented. It presents clear dependable knowledge and practical solutions concerning how these procedures can be implemented in the clinical environment. It contains thorough info of image guided brachytherapy suite designs globally. The work explains how dominant centres have embraced modern developed imaging into their brachytherapy process.

6."Fundamentals and Techniques of Biophysics and Molecular Biology" by Pranav Kumar
“Fundamentals and Techniques of Biophysics and Molecular Biology” Book Review: This volume aims to teach students regarding theoretical principles and implementations of the important biophysical and molecular methods applied in biochemistry and molecular biology. The text is written from a conceptual point of view. It encompasses a significant theoretical basis to understand important experimental methods for suitable options and efficient use of methods. It inculcates the fundamental principles for understanding the structure and functional connections of molecular biology. It presents a recent and clear description of mechanisms. The book presents a brief list of chosen references such as research papers, reviews and books. It contains figures and tables and examples as well.

7."Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems (Biomedical Engineering)" by Robert B Northrop
“Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation and Control of Physiological Systems (Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is for biomedical engineers. This book makes analytical and quantitative ways to explain basic concepts of physiological regulators and control systems. It has classical methods of designing linear and nonlinear systems. This book states the potential to treat the immune system ailments like cancer and AIDS. This book mentioned the endogenous and exogenous regulation and control of physiological systems. It also states immunotherapies on the cutting-edge of PRC treatment.


10. Biomedical Sensors

1."Data Analysis of Biomedical Sensor in Windows and Linux" by Razin Kazi
“Data Analysis of Biomedical Sensor in Windows and Linux ” Book Review: This book describes the indicators of human health that include ECG, SPO2, temperature and blood pressure. It also describes the indicators of the current state of any human health is possible to determine and hence necessary steps can be taken. This book has experimentally proved and did the signal processing of important health indicators using Windows and Linux OS. The book presents the data acquisition system of the signals. The book also has the data acquisition card and interfacing of the system to computer. This book has both a general operating system as Windows and a Hard real time operating system. It has the RT Linux which coexists with Linux OS to make a comparison between the time dependency of signals in different operating systems under a multitasking environment.

2."The Image as Information: General Theory of Sensors and Sense-Data" by Charles L Blilie
“The Image as Information: General Theory of Sensors and Sense-Data” Book Review: This book deals with the description and composition of sensors and the characterization of the information produced by sensors. It also deals with the artificial sensors or the sense organs of living beings. Its aim is to define what a sensor is and what methods are used in sensing. The book also has the nature of the sensory problem discussed, the distinction is drawn between sensing and perceiving. It also has the possible kinds of sensors and sense organs are enumerated. It also deals with the theoretical and epistemological implications of sensor theory. It covers the mature of the sensory object, projections and errors, an information theory model of the sensory process and image analysis. The book’s aim is to draw upon these detailed studies and find a theory which encompasses them.

3."The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)" by Dimos Baltas and Loukas Sakelliou
“The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book is designed for researchers, practicing radiation oncologists, and medical physicists who want to keep abreast of the developments in this changing field as well as for postgraduate students in medical physics. The book begins with basic information, including quantities and units, followed by fundamental atomic and nuclear physics. It also provides the historical background of brachytherapy physics. The next several chapters discuss the radionuclides used in brachytherapy, reflecting upon past (radium), present (iridium or cobalt), and future (ytterbium) methods. The book proceeds to examine source calibration and dosimetry protocols for dose rate calculation while the final chapters explore more recent processes, including Monte Carlo-aided, experimental, and gel dosimetry.

4."Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)" by William Y Song and Kari Tanderup
“Emerging Technologies in Brachytherapy (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: It is a convenient source of additional homework and exam questions for instructors, and provides students with a practice or revision aid.This book is organized into the following sections: Fundamentals of sources and delivery systems, and the radiobiological rationale for brachytherapy; Source specification parameters, calculation formalisms, target localization techniques. It includes computer algorithms used in modern brachytherapy treatment planning; Interstitial implant methods. Also includes classical system: checking dosimetry of, and communicating about, implants: implant design, optimization, and quality evaluation and reporting; In-depth reviews of clinical applications of interstitial implants of the prostate.

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