Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering: Proceedings of the World Congress for Chinese Biomedical Engineers

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Keynote Lecture to the WCCBME Biomedical Engineering’s Many Foundations....Pages 1-12
Biomechanics of Ligaments: From Molecular Biology to Joint Function....Pages 13-35
 Joint Mechanics and Its Clinical Application ....Pages 37-60
From CAD/CAM to VIMS/CAOS - A True Renaissance of Musculoskeletal Biomechanics....Pages 61-70
Research and Development of a Total Knee Prosthesis in Taiwan....Pages 71-81
The Effects of Femoral Component Surface Finish on the Cement Mantle - An in Vitro Study Using a Fully Debonded Model ....Pages 83-99
Biomechanics of Body Support Surfaces: Issues of Decubitus Ulcer....Pages 101-110
Biomechanics of Ligaments: From Molecular Biology to Joint Function....Pages 111-134
Role of Microcirculation in Blood Volume Compensation....Pages 135-147
Preparation and Clinical Trials of Bioadsorbents in Blood Purification....Pages 149-164
A New Approach to Ciliary Locomotion: There is Much Room in the Micro-World-With or Without Life....Pages 165-176
On Accelerated Fatigue Testing of Prosthetic Heart Valves....Pages 177-184
Ventricular Assist Devices: Current Status and Future Perspective....Pages 185-196
Recent Advances in Ultrasonic Imaging....Pages 197-231
Enhanced Contrast Detection Using Ultrasonic Pulse Inversion Imaging....Pages 233-245
Research Trends in Medical Imaging Informatics....Pages 247-267
The Past, Present And Future Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 269-281
Functional and Molecular Imaging Using Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 283-294
Intelligent Diagnostic Imaging and Analysis....Pages 295-314
Quantitative Assessment of Digital Radiography Systems....Pages 315-325
Three-Dimensional Vessel Reconstruction from Microscopic Image Sequence....Pages 327-334
Functional Optical Coherence Tomography....Pages 335-344
Optical Imaging Approaches in Cognitive Neuroscience....Pages 345-364
Molecular basis of mechanotransduction....Pages 365-382
Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering....Pages 383-393
Hepatic tissue engineering: applications in disease treatment and liver support....Pages 395-411
Development of porous collagen-hyaluronan matrix for regenerative tissue engineering....Pages 413-426
A naturally occurring crosslinking agent extracted from gardenia fruit and its applications in tissue engineering....Pages 427-436
Nanoparticulates in vivo....Pages 437-445
Experimental Measurement and Analysis of Scattering Force and Gradient Force in Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Micro-particles....Pages 447-465
Nano/Micro Technologies for Detecting a Single DNA Molecule....Pages 467-475
ATTEMPTS: A Pharmaceutical Engineering Approach for Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs....Pages 477-493
Simulated Moving Bed Technologies for Producing High Purity Biochemicals and Pharmaceuticals....Pages 495-506
Multi-photon Excitation Fluorescence Microscopy....Pages 507-527
Minimally Invasive Medical Microwave Ablation Technology....Pages 529-544
Back Matter....Pages 545-562
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