Published January, 2009
By Josef Eberhardsteiner, Christian Hellmich, Herbert Mang, Jacques Periaux and Herbert A. Mang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences
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This book contains 23 papers presented at the ECCOMAS Multidisciplinary Jubilee Symposium - New Computational Challenges in Materials, Structures, and Fluids (EMJS08), in Vienna, February 18-20, 2008.

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Published January, 2009
By Helge Noerstrud and Helge Norstrud
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
Series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
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In sport disciplines such as running, ice skating, bicycling and cross-country skiing the aerodynamic drag force constitutes the major obstacle to overcome.

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Published December, 2008
By Rolando Barbucci
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag)
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The studies on Biohydrogels have had a rapid, exponential evolution in the last decades. This book is the result of an International conference gathering the most recent results in this field.

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Published December, 2008
By Isaac Bankman
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents a compilation of concepts and techniques used for processing and analyzing medical images after they have been generated or digitized. This title includes chapters on: higher order statistics for tissue segmentation; tumor growth modeling in oncological image analysis; and, dynamic mammogram retrieval from web-based image libraries.

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Published December, 2008
By E. Russell Ritenour, John G. Webster, Slavik Tabakov, E.Russell Ritenour, Kwan-Hoong Ng and Valery V. Tuchin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Analyzes trends in noninvasive optical glucose sensing and discusses its impact on tissue optical properties. This book presents methods that improve the accuracy in glucose prediction based on infrared absorption spectroscopy. It examines skin glucose monitoring by near-infrared spectroscopy, and fluorescence-based glucose biosensors.

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Published December, 2008
By Panos M. Pardalos, H. Edwin Romeijn, P.M. Pardalos and Panos Pardalos
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications
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Devoted to examining the dramatic increase in the application of optimization techniques to delivering health care, the articles, written by leading exerts, focus on models and algorithms that have led to more efficient and sophisticated treatment of patients.

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Published December, 2008
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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Constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2008, held in Funchal, Portugal, in January 2008. This book contains papers that are organized in topical sections on biodevices, biosignals as well as health.

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Published December, 2008
By Betty Leon, John Jansen and John A Jansen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book presents for the first time, the scattered novel results that have been achieved in very recent years in study on various thin calcium phosphate coatings produced by very diverse techniques. The comparison of thin calcium phosphate coatings with the thick plasma-sprayed ones is also included in the book.

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Published December, 2008
By Pascal Verdonck, Jos van der Sloten, Marc Nyssen, Jens Haueisen and Jos Sloten
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: IFMBE Proceedings
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Covers the proceedings of the 4th European Congress of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Federation held in Antwerp, November 2008. This book includes the following issues: signal and image processing; ICT; clinical engineering and applications; biomechanics and fluid biomechanics; and, biomaterials and tissue repair.

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Published December, 2008
By Luca Mainardi, Leif Sornmo, Sergio Cerutti and Leif Soernmo
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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The book presents recent advances in signal processing techniques for modeling, analysis, and understanding of the heart's electrical activity during atrial fibrillation.

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