The development of biomedical engineering as experienced by one biomedical engineer

BioMedical Engineering OnLine

Jonathan C Newell¹ 

[1] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA

关键词: Biomedical instrumentation;    Impedance spectroscopy;    Impedance tomography;    Electrical impedance imaging;    Biomedical engineering;   

Others  :  797971
DOI  :  10.1186/1475-925X-11-94

 received in 2012-11-29, accepted in 2012-12-10,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

This personal essay described the development of the field of Biomedical Engineering from its early days, from the perspective of one who lived through that development. It describes the making of a major invention using data that had been rejected by other scientists, the re-discovery of an obscure fact of physiology and its use in developing a major medical instrument, the development of a new medical imaging modality, and the near-death rescue of a research project. The essay concludes with comments about the development and present status of impedance imaging, and recent changes in the evolution of biomedical engineering as a field.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Newell; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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