Published March, 2009
By Kyriacos Athanasiou and Johannah Sanchez-Adams
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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The knee meniscus was once thought to be a vestigial tissue, but is now known to be instrumental in imparting stability, shock absorption, load transmission, and stress distribution within the knee joint.

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Published March, 2009
By Tijana T. Ivancevic, Bojan Jovanovic, Swetta Djukic, Milorad Djukic and Sasa Markovic
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs
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What are motor abilities of Olympic champions? Its aim is to dispel classical myths of a "biomechanically sound" serve, forehand, and backhand, as well as provide methods for developing superior tennis weapons,a lightning-fast game,and unrivaled mental speed and strength - essential qualities of a future tennis champion.

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Published March, 2009
By Lihong V. Wang, Brian J. Thompson and Lihong Wang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Combining electromagnetic and ultrasonic waves synergistically, photoacoustics can provide deep speckle-free imaging with high electromagnetic contrast at high ultrasonic resolution. Dealing with photoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy, this book presents an account of the research and applications in the area of biomedical photoacoustics.

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Published February, 2009
By Ulrich Meyer, Hans Peter Wiesmann, Thomas Meyer, Jorg Handschel and Joerg Handschel
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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"Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine" provides a complete overview of the state of the art in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

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Published February, 2009
By James Goh Cho Hong, Chwee Teck Lim and James C.H. Goh
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: IFMBE Proceedings
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th On behalf of the organizing committee of the 13 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, I extend our w- mest welcome to you.

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Published February, 2009
By Martin Zauner and Andreas Schrempf
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien gewahrleisten heute die geforderte Funktionalitat, den zuverlassigen und sicheren Betrieb sowie den kostengunstigen Einsatz medizintechnischer Gerate.

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Published February, 2009
By Yong I. Kim and Nitish V. Thakor
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Published February, 2009
By Thorsten A. Kern
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This book provides the first introduction into the wide area of haptic engineering. It covers all issues important for the design of haptic displays and the emphasis is put on technologies to artificially manipulate our haptic perception.

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Published January, 2009
By Charles Lessard
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Published January, 2009
By Matteo Santin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Gra- ally, the scientific and clinical communities have understood that replacement could be improved by materials able to interact with the tissues and to parti- pate in their metabolism and functions.

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