Biomedical applications of vibration and acoustics in therapy, bio-effects, and modeling
By: edited by Ahmed Al-Jumaily, Azra Alizad.
Contributors: Al-Jumaily, Ahmed.; Alizad, Azra.
Publisher: ASME Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791802755
Subjects: Vibration -- Physiological effect; Vibration -- Therapeutic use; Biological models; Vibration -- therapeutic use; Acoustics; Models, Biological; Ultrasonic Therapy -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Oscillation of airway smooth muscle as a potential nonmedicinal treatment for asthma; title: Oscillatory ventilation in the treatment of neonatal respiratory diseases; title: Ultrasound-induced treatment of neurogenerative diseases across the blood-brain barrier; title: Effects of mechanical vibration on cultured osteoblasts in relation to fracture healing; title: Effects of ultrasound stimulation on chondrocytes in three-dimensional culture in relation to the production of regenerative cartilage tissue; title: Risk factors and interventions associated with hand-arm vibration syndrome; title: Vibration and the sensory system; title: Occlusion identification and relief within branched structures; title: Advances in computational modelling of sound propagation in the lungs and torso with diagnostic applications; title: An investigation into the dynamic response of vocal folds; title: Acoustic noise in MRI scanners; title: Vibration in MRI scanners; title: Nanomechanical cantilever biosensors : conceptual design, recent developments, and practical implementation.