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Summary

This objective, referenced collection of over 300 articles will cover every aspect of medical devices and instrumentation in four volumes, totalling about 3,000 pages. The Encyclopedia will define the discipline by bringing together the core of knowledge from all the fields encompassed by the application of engineering, physics, and computers to problems in medicine. Some of the many areas covered will include: anaesthesiology; burns; cardiology; clinical chemistry and engineering; critical care medicine; dermatology; dentistry; endocrinology; genetics; gynecology; microbiology; oncology; pharmacology; psychiatry; radiology; surgery; and urology. Cross-references and index included.


Author Notes

John G. Webster is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the editor of one of the most widely used texts in biomedical engineering: Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, Third Edition. In addition, he has developed 18 other books, including the Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation, and about 150 research papers. He is the recipient of the 2001 IEEE-EMBS Career Achievement Award.


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This comprehensive encyclopedia, the work of more than 400 contributors, includes 266 articles that focus on devices and instrumentation that are currently or likely to be useful in medicine and biomedical engineering. The four readable volumes include 2,943 pages of text that concentrate on how technology assists the branches of medicine. The practice of medicine that is unassisted by devices (e.g., the use of drugs to treat disease) is excluded. The articles and bibliographies on "Biomedical Engineering Literature" and "Medical Physics Literature" could be valuable tools in building library collections in these fields. The article "Medical Engineering Societies/Organizations" provides an annotated directory of 57 professional societies and organizations in the US, and the addresses and contact persons of 29 professional societies and organizations in other countries. Also included are ten pages of abbreviations and acronyms and a five-page section of conversion factors and unit symbols. Bibliographies of varying length are included at the end of most articles. Includes a 78-page index, cross-references, and high-quality black-and-white diagrams, illustrations, and photographs. Highly recommended for university biomedical engineering and medical reference collections, and anyone with a science background and an interest in technology. -F. A. Hall, Library of Congress