The Influence of New Technology on Medical Practice: Proceedings of the British-Austrian seminar held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in October 1986

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Education in Biomedical Engineering in Austria and the United Kingdom....Pages 1-5
Research in Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University of Graz....Pages 6-11
Discussion: Bioengineering Education....Pages 12-14
Modelling of Muscle Mechanics in the Normal and the Disabled....Pages 15-20
Image Analysis: Uses and Abuses....Pages 21-27
Directional Variations in the Extensibility of Bovine Pericardium....Pages 28-36
Poroelastic Models for Biological Structures....Pages 37-40
Progress in Clinical Haemorheology Measurement....Pages 41-45
Recent Advances in Leg Prosthetics....Pages 46-55
Discussion: Research in Biomechanics....Pages 56-58
Artificial Liver Support Systems: Design of Preclinical Evaluation Programmes....Pages 59-66
Hollow Fibre Based Modules For Blood Purification....Pages 67-74
Novel Approaches to Blood Purification....Pages 75-82
Isoporous Ultrafiltration Membranes from Crystalline Bacterial Cell Envelope Layers....Pages 83-87
Time-Domain Optical Techniques of Potential Biophysical Interest....Pages 88-94
Modelling of Gaseous Exchange in Membrane Artificial Lungs by the Method of Lines....Pages 95-102
Clinical Applications of Lasers — Selective Absorption....Pages 103-109
Blood Flow Measurements with Ultrasonic Techniques: Experiences with a Novel Multichannel Diagnostic Method Using Hard Wired Fast Fourier Transformation....Pages 110-118
Development and Applications of New Methods for the Measurement of Density and Viscosity of Blood....Pages 119-125
Isolated Cells as Experimental Models....Pages 126-130
Motor Neurone Disease Research — Selection and Evaluation of Model Neurones....Pages 131-137
Selection and Evaluation of Model Neurones for Investigation of Magnetic Field Effects....Pages 138-146
Approaching the Generators of the Eeg: Intracortical Recordings of Field Potentials....Pages 147-155
Dynamic Eeg Mapping: A New Method in Brain Research....Pages 156-161
Neurotoxins and Drug Development....Pages 162-167
Multimodality Evoked Potentials in Comatose Patients....Pages 168-176
Substitution of Paralysed Functions in Para- And Tetraplegia....Pages 177-182
Discussion: Artificial Organs....Pages 183-185
Monoclonal Antibodies and the use of Recombinant DNA Technology in the Production of Immortalised Animal Cells....Pages 186-194
Cloning and Sequencing of Murine Lupus-Associated Autoantibody Genes....Pages 195-200
Microbiology and Monoclonal Antibodies: A New Key to Diagnosis and Therapy....Pages 201-204
The Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Food Industry and Agriculture....Pages 205-211
Antigenic Features of Human Protein Hormones Elucidated by Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 212-219
Carrier Systems for Drug Delivery and Targeting: Protein Microspheres, Niosomes and LDL Particles....Pages 220-229
Sustained and Programmed Delivery of Active Agents....Pages 230-237
Monoclonal Antibodies for Drug Targeting in Cancer Therapy....Pages 238-242
Microsensors for Medicine and Biology....Pages 243-246
The Contribution of Chemical Science to the Development of Biosensors....Pages 247-257
Potential and Limitations of Microsensors in Biomedical Applications....Pages 258-263
Discussion: New Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy....Pages 264-266
Back Matter....Pages 267-279