Published December, 2010
By Amir A. Amini, Jerry L. Prince and A.A. Amini
Publisher: Springer
Series: Computational Imaging and Vision
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Measurement of Cardiac Deformations from MRI: Physical and Mathematical Models describes the latest imaging and imag analysis techniques that have been developed at leading centers for the visualization, analysis, and understanding of normal and abnormal cardiac motion with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Published December, 2010
By Jeffrey D. Ho and Mark W. Kroll
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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TASER (R) Conducted Electrical Weapons are rapidly replacing the club for law-enforcement control of violent subjects within many countries around the globe.

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Published December, 2010
By Bernhard O. Palsson, F. Koller, Bernhard Palsson, John Masters and Bernhard A. Palsson
Publisher: Springer
Series: Human Cell Culture
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This volume in the Human Cell Culture Series focuses on mesenchymal tissues and cells. Landmark experiments have now demonstrated a stem cell basis for many of these tissues, and, furthermore, significant plasticity and inter-conversion of stem cells between these tissues, resulting in a great deal of contemporary excitement and controversy.

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Published December, 2010
By William Hersh, Hsinchun Chen, Sherrilynne Fuller, Carol Friedman and Sherrilynne S. Fuller
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems
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Authors are widely recognized professors and researchers in Schools of Medicine and Information Systems from the University of Arizona, University of Washington, Columbia University, and Oregon Health & Science University.

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Published December, 2010
By Matthew A. Kupinski and Harrison H. Barrett
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Topics include the biomedical significance of small-animal imaging, an overview of detector technologies including scintillation cameras and semi-conductor arrays, imager design and data acquisition systems, animal handling and anesthesia issues, objective assessment of image quality, and system modeling and reconstruction algorithms.

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Published December, 2010
By Ramesh C. Srivastava, Dieter Leutloff, Kazuyashi Takayama, Hans Grönig and Kazuyoshi Takayama
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This interdisciplinary collection brings together the fundamental research in shock focusing and sonoluminescence. The authors report on their studies on shock focusing and related bubble dynamics, as well as their applications in medical science.

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Published December, 2010
By George K. Hung, Kenneth J. Ciuffreda and Kenneth C. Ciuffreda
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Topics in Biomedical Engineering
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The book is aimed first towards seniors and beginning graduate students in biomedical engineering, neurophysiology, optometry, and psychology, who will gain a broad understanding of quantitative analysis of the visual system.

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Published December, 2010
By Martin Beckerman
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Cellular Signaling in Health and Disease summarizes our current understanding of these regulatory networks in the healthy and diseased states, showing which molecular components might be prime targets for drug interventions.

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Published December, 2010
By Yoshihito Osada and Danilo E. De Rossi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Macromolecular Systems - Materials Approach
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Written by pioneers in the field, this book covers optical, gas, taste, and other sensing systems using various kinds of polymers. It provides all the necessary background information and science to develop a basic understanding of the field, its supporting technologies, and current applications.

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Published December, 2010
By Mihail C. Roco and William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher: Springer
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Bainbridge In the early decades of the 21st century, concentrated efforts can unify science based on the unity of nature, thereby advancing the combination of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and new technologies based in cognitive science.

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