Computational Medical Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide to Mathematical and Numerical Modeling

By Alexandru Morega, Computational Medical Engineering delves into the intricacies of mathematical and numerical modeling of engineering problems in medicine. This pioneering work aims to unravel the complexities of multidisciplinary interactions and processes, providing valuable insights for clinical care and technological advancements in medical equipment and systems.

Multidisciplinary Challenges in Medical Engineering

When tackling medical problems, engineers are confronted with a myriad of complexities, including electromagnetism, heat and mass transfer, and structural mechanics. These challenges often involve different time and space scales, necessitating the formulation of consistent and solvable mathematical models.

This comprehensive guide presents a range of engineering for medicine problems, encompassing:

• Electrical activity of the heart
• Hemodynamic activity monitoring
• Magnetic drug targeting
• Bioheat models and thermography
• RF and microwave hyperthermia
• Ablation
• EMF dosimetry
• Bioimpedance methods

Core Approach Methodology for Medical Engineering

The authors elaborate on the essential methodology for posing and solving various problems in medical engineering, including:

• Criteria for well-posed problems
• Physics scaling (homogenization techniques)
• Constructal Law criteria in morphing shape and structure of systems with internal flows
• Computational domain construction (CAD and reconstruction techniques based on medical images)
• Numerical modeling issues
• Validation techniques for numerical simulation results

This book also explores innovative ideas and approaches for investigating finer scale models and integrating them into continuous media medical physics, presented through case studies.

Key Features:

• Fundamentals of mathematical and numerical modeling of engineering problems in medicine
• Comprehensive coverage of common modeling scenarios in biomedical engineering
• In-depth discussion of core approach methodology for medical engineering
• Case studies on merging finer scale models into continuous media medical physics

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication Date: September 15, 2020
Language: English
ISBN: 9780128178973, 9780128178980