Published February, 2011
By Rudiger Klingeler and Robert B. Sim
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Carbon Nanostructures
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This book explores the potential of multi-functional carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications. The potential of nanotubes for therapeutic applications is highlighted by studies on chemotherapeutic drug filling and release, targeting and magnetic hyperthermia studies for anti-cancer treatment at the cellular level.

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Published February, 2011
By Ana Fred, Joaquim Filipe and Hugo Gamboa
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on BiomedicalEngineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2010, held in Valencia,Spain, in January 2010.

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Published February, 2011
By Masaki Noda
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Mechanical stress is vital to the functioning of the body, especially for tissues such as bone, muscle, heart, and vessels.

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Published February, 2011
By Rangaraj Rangayyan, Anna L. Ells and Xiaolu Zhu
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Fundus images of the retina are color images of the eye taken by specially designed digital cameras.

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Published January, 2011
By M.D. Gilchrist and M. D. Gilchrist
Publisher: Springer
Series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications
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Published January, 2011
By Stanley H. Benedict, Ph.D., David J Schlesinger, Steven J Goetsch, Brian D. Kavanagh and Stanley H. Benedict
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Published January, 2011
By Francis E. H. Tay
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Microsystems
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Published January, 2011
By Julie Glowacki and Ericka Bueno
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Table of Contents: Introduction / Structure and Function of Bone and Cartilage Tissue / Development / Responses to Injury and Grafting / Clinical Applications for Skeletal Tissue Engineering / Animal Models / Tissue Engineering Principles for Bone and Cartilage / Perspectives

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Published January, 2011
By Andre Mercanzini and Philippe Renaud
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Published January, 2011
By Rangaraj Rangayyan and Denise Guliato
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Malignant tumors due to breast cancer and masses due to benign disease appear in mammograms with different shape characteristics: the former usually have rough, spiculated, or microlobulated contours, whereas the latter commonly have smooth, round, oval, or macrolobulated contours.

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