The presentation of Biomedical Engineering

The presentation of Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is an application of engineering principles and techniques in the medical field to control biological systems or to develop devices for the diagnosis and treatment of patients. This field is a mixture of medicine, biology, engineering and physics.

As a relatively new discipline, most of the work is in development and research covering a wide range of activities. He understands:

Examples of applications are the development and manufacture of biocompatible prostheses, medical devices and imaging and diagnostic equipment such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Medical devices are health products that are defined in the Public Health Code in Article L. 5211-1, Part Five, Book II, Title I, Chapter I. "Medical Device means any instrument, apparatus, equipment, material, product (except products of human origin, or other article used alone or in combination), including accessories and software used in its operation, intended by the manufacturer for use in humans for medical purposes and whose main intended action is not achieved by pharmacological or immunological means or metabolism, but whose function may be assisted by such means."

Imaging techniques are often essential to medical diagnosis and are generally complex. Examples:

Conventional or digitized radiology

Mammography

Bone densitometry

CT scan or computed tomography

The ultrasound scan

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Positron emission tomography (PET)

The first four techniques use X-rays. Ultrasound uses ultrasound and MRI uses nuclear magnetic resonance.