Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, Volume I

Andrew W. Wood is an Adjunct Professor of Biophysics at Swinburne University of Technology. Dr. Wood is now retired but continues research activities through various collaborations, mostly concerning the safety of “Next G” telecommunications. His research interests include the health effects associated with nonionizing radiation, cellular neuroscience, fluorescence microscopy, and mathematical modelling.Joseph Ciorciari is an Associate Professor of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.David Sly is a neuroscientist and Adjunct Industry Fellow at Swinburne. He is a Chief Operating Officer of Research at the Ear Science Institute Australia.

• Volume 1: Human biophysical physiology 1. Introduction to Physiological Systems 2. Molecular Biophysics 3. Membrane Biophysics 4. Excitability and Synapses 5. Skeletal Muscle Biophysics 6. Cardiac Biophysics 7. Rheology of Blood 8. The Vascular System: Blood Flow Patterns in Various Parts of the Circulation 9. Respiratory Biophysics 10. Renal Biophysics and Dialysis 11. The Organisation of the Human Central Nervous System 12. The Biophysics of Sensation – General 13. Vision 14. Audition and Vestibular Sense 15. Chemical SensesVolume 2: Biomedical engineering and instrumentation 1. Fundamentals of Electrical Circuits for Biomedicine 2. Electrodes for Measuring Biogenic Electrical Activity 3. Cardiovascular System Monitoring 4. Respiratory Biophysics 5. Renal Biophysics and Dialysis 6. Cardiopulmonary Perfusion and Advanced Surgical Techniques 7. Physiological Signal Processing 8. Bioelectrical Signals: The Electroencephalogram 9. Magnetic Stimulation and Biomagnetic Signals 10. Medical Imaging 11. Microscopy & Biophotonics 12. Physiological Modelling 13. Biomaterials and Biomechanics 14. Biosensors and Emerging Technologies