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nanotimes Books

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Printed Biomaterials Novel Processing and Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery Roger Narayan, Thomas Boland and Yuan-Shin Lee

ISBN 978-1-4419-1404-0 (Print) 978-1-4419-1395-1 (Online) Springer New York, 2010, Pages: 124, Price: $129.00 / EUR105.00 http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4419-1404-0/contents/

Recent studies have shown that novel processing and modeling techniques may be used to create patient- specific prostheses, artificial tissues, and other implants using data obtained from magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or other imaging techniques. For example, customized prostheses may be fabrica- ted that possess suitable features, including geometry, size, and weight, for a given medical condition. Many advances have been made in the development of patient-specific implants in the past decade, yet this infor- mation is not readily available to scientists and students. Printed Biomaterials: Novel Processing and Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery provides the biomaterials scientist and engineer, as well as advanced undergraduate or graduate students, with a comprehensive discussion of contemporary medical implant re- search and development. The development of printed biomaterials is multidisciplinary, and includes concepts traditionally associated with engineering, materials science, medicine, and surgery. This text highlights impor- tant topics in these core fields in order to provide the fundamentals necessary to comprehend current proces- sing and modeling technologies and to develop new ones.

Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications – A Review of the Past and Future Trends Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck (Eds.)

ISBN: 978-3-7091-0384-5 Springer, 1st Edition., 2011, 62 illus., 36 in color., Hardcover, Price: / $138 / EUR171.15 http://www.springer.com/materials/biomaterials/book/978-3-7091-0384-5

A concise overview of tissue engineering technologies and materials towards specific applications, both past and potential growth areas in this unique discipline is provided to the reader. The specific area of the bioma- terial component used within the paradigm of tissue engineering is examined in detail. This is the first work to specifically covers topics of interest with regards to the biomaterial component.