The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to biomedical engineering: Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logical sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Also included under the scope of a biomedical engineer is the management of current medical equipment in hospitals while adhering to relevant industry standards. This involves procurement, routine testing, preventive maintenance, and making equipment recommendations, a role also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) or as a clinical engineer. Biomedical engineering has recently emerged as its own field of, as compared to many other engineering fields. Such an evolution is common as a new field transitions from being an interdisciplinary specialization among already-established fields to being considered a field in itself. Much of the work in biomedical engineering consists of research and development, spanning a broad array of subfields (see below). Prominent biomedical engineering applications include the development of biocompatible prostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, imaging technologies such as MRI and EKG/ECG, regenerative tissue growth, and the development of pharmaceutical drugs including biopharmaceuticals.
What type of thing is biomedical engineering? Science Applied science Engineering Medicine Interdisciplinary field Health technology Life sciences
Branches of biomedical engineering Bioinstrumentation Biomaterials engineering Biomechanics Biomedical imaging Biomolecular engineering Bionanotechnology Biophotonics Biosensors` Clinical engineering Human factors engineering Neural engineering Regenerative medicine Rehabilitation engineering Systems biology Tissue engineering
Design considerations Biocompatibility Ergonomics Surface and bulk erosion
Materials Acellular dermis Bioceramic Biomimetic material Porous silicon
Techniques and methods Biomedical optics Computational anatomy Computational modeling Bayesian model of computational anatomy Diffeomorphometry Elementary modes Finite element method Group actions in computational anatomy Krogh length Laboratory automation Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping Mathematical modeling Mechatronics Metabolic network modelling MOWChIP-seq Photoacoustic flow cytometry Riemannian metric and Lie bracket in computational anatomy Signal processing
Biomedical technologies Applied Spectral Imaging Artificial intelligence in healthcare Machine learning in medicine Bioinformatics Bio-MEMS Biotelemetry Computed tomography Digital health Heart rate monitor Hexoskin Implant Implantable loop recorder Laser speckle contrast imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Materialise Mimics Medical instrumentation Microfluidics MicroRNA biosensors Molecular imaging Nanorobotics Optomyography Photoacoustic imaging ScanIP Sensory substitution Stent-electrode recording array Telemedicine Totally implantable cochlear implant Ultrasound Wearable technology X-ray
Applications of biomedical engineering Argus retinal prosthesis Artificial organ Assistive technology Automated insulin delivery system Cardiac pacemaker Cell encapsulation Cochlear implant Custom-made medical device E-NABLE EpiBone External support Heart rate monitor Implant Implantable loop recorder Michelangelo Hand Kidney dialysis Needle remover NeuroArm Orthotics Pacemaker Prosthetics Retinal implant Sensory substitution Stent Stent-electrode recording array Surgical robot Totally implantable cochlear implant
History of biomedical engineering Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering Ending Aging Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever Strategies for engineered negligible senescence Whitaker Foundation
Research areas Biothermia Data analysis Molecular diagnostics Omics Genomics Proteomics Metabolomics Predictive analytics
Biomedical engineering in healthcare systems Biotelemetry Health systems engineering Medical equipment management Remote monitoring Telehealth
Ethical and regulatory considerations Biomedical ethics Clinical trial Custom-made medical device Medical ethics Patient privacy Research ethics
Awards in biomedical engineering IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
Biomedical engineering publications Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications Biomedical Engineering Online BMC Biomedical Engineering Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering Nature Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical engineering organizations Biomedical Engineering Society International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society SENSE lab Terumo Penpol
Biomedical engineering education Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering (Johns Hopkins University) Lurie Biomedical Engineering Center Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Persons influential in biomedical engineering Robert Langer Patricia Bath Yuan-Cheng Fung Shuvo Roy Sangeeta Bhatia Léon Croizat P. Jackson Darlington Jr. Alfred Russel Wallace E. O. Wilson
See also Index of biomedical engineering articles Outline of medicine Outline of biology Outline of engineering
Further reading Bronzino, Joseph D. (April 2006). The Biomedical Engineering Handbook (Third ed.). [CRC Press]. ISBN 978-0-8493-2124-5. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2009-06-22. Villafane, Carlos (June 2009). Biomed: From the Student's Perspective (First ed.). [Techniciansfriend.com]. ISBN 978-1-61539-663-4.
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Biomedical Engineering Society International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering Society for Biomaterials