The Influence of New Technology on Medical Practice [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the British-Austrian seminar held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in October 1986

This volume looks at the influence of new technology in bioengineering and biotechnology on medical practice. It includes a section on medical education in biotechnology as well as reporting recent developments which are now having an impact on clinical medicine. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Education in Biomedical Engineering in Austria and the United Kingdom....Pages 1-5 Research in Biomedical Engineering at the Technical University of Graz....Pages 6-11 Discussion: Bioengineering Education....Pages 12-14 Modelling of Muscle Mechanics in the Normal and the Disabled....Pages 15-20 Image Analysis: Uses and Abuses....Pages 21-27 Directional Variations in the Extensibility of Bovine Pericardium....Pages 28-36 Poroelastic Models for Biological Structures....Pages 37-40 Progress in Clinical Haemorheology Measurement....Pages 41-45 Recent Advances in Leg Prosthetics....Pages 46-55 Discussion: Research in Biomechanics....Pages 56-58 Artificial Liver Support Systems: Design of Preclinical Evaluation Programmes....Pages 59-66 Hollow Fibre Based Modules For Blood Purification....Pages 67-74 Novel Approaches to Blood Purification....Pages 75-82 Isoporous Ultrafiltration Membranes from Crystalline Bacterial Cell Envelope Layers....Pages 83-87 Time-Domain Optical Techniques of Potential Biophysical Interest....Pages 88-94 Modelling of Gaseous Exchange in Membrane Artificial Lungs by the Method of Lines....Pages 95-102 Clinical Applications of Lasers — Selective Absorption....Pages 103-109 Blood Flow Measurements with Ultrasonic Techniques: Experiences with a Novel Multichannel Diagnostic Method Using Hard Wired Fast Fourier Transformation....Pages 110-118 Development and Applications of New Methods for the Measurement of Density and Viscosity of Blood....Pages 119-125 Isolated Cells as Experimental Models....Pages 126-130 Motor Neurone Disease Research — Selection and Evaluation of Model Neurones....Pages 131-137 Selection and Evaluation of Model Neurones for Investigation of Magnetic Field Effects....Pages 138-146 Approaching the Generators of the Eeg: Intracortical Recordings of Field Potentials....Pages 147-155 Dynamic Eeg Mapping: A New Method in Brain Research....Pages 156-161 Neurotoxins and Drug Development....Pages 162-167 Multimodality Evoked Potentials in Comatose Patients....Pages 168-176 Substitution of Paralysed Functions in Para- And Tetraplegia....Pages 177-182 Discussion: Artificial Organs....Pages 183-185 Monoclonal Antibodies and the use of Recombinant DNA Technology in the Production of Immortalised Animal Cells....Pages 186-194 Cloning and Sequencing of Murine Lupus-Associated Autoantibody Genes....Pages 195-200 Microbiology and Monoclonal Antibodies: A New Key to Diagnosis and Therapy....Pages 201-204 The Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Food Industry and Agriculture....Pages 205-211 Antigenic Features of Human Protein Hormones Elucidated by Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 212-219 Carrier Systems for Drug Delivery and Targeting: Protein Microspheres, Niosomes and LDL Particles....Pages 220-229 Sustained and Programmed Delivery of Active Agents....Pages 230-237 Monoclonal Antibodies for Drug Targeting in Cancer Therapy....Pages 238-242 Microsensors for Medicine and Biology....Pages 243-246 The Contribution of Chemical Science to the Development of Biosensors....Pages 247-257 Potential and Limitations of Microsensors in Biomedical Applications....Pages 258-263 Discussion: New Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy....Pages 264-266 Back Matter....Pages 267-279