Systems Engineering Approach to Medical Automation (Artech House Series, Engineering in Medicine & Biology) - Hardcover

Robin Felder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596931647 ISBN 13: 9781596931640

Publisher: Artech House, 2008

Synopsis

Medical automation is an emerging field that is bringing the efficiency tools and methods developed by our most successful corporations to the practice of medicine. Presenting a new systems engineering approach to controlling medical processes, this cutting-edge resource shows engineers, researchers, and lab developers how to reduce time, cost, and errors by at least 50 per cent. Readers discover how computers and devices can be used to schedule personnel and services, and help maintain lean and more affordable medical services. The book shows how to automate pharmacy and laboratory services for maximum profit and minimum turnaround time. Moreover, this practical volume helps professionals determine how nanotechnology is evolving to solve difficult medical challenges.

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About the Author

Robin Felder is director of the Medical Automation Research Center and Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Felder founded the Association for Laboratory Automation, and was founding Editor of the Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation, a peer reviewed journal that has been published for over six years. He is also the coeditor of Life Science Automation Fundamentals and Applications (Artech House, 2007) and coauthor over 290 papers. Mingjun Zhang is an R&D engineer for Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, California, where his work is focused on quantitative and automation approaches to life sciences and includes DNA gene-chip and protein microarray fabrication, modeling and control of drug delivery systems, and molecular diagnostics. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automated Science and Engineering, a member of the Nanomedicine Editorial Board. Dr. Zhang is also the coeditor of Life Science Automation Fundamentals and Applications (Artech House, 2007).

Edition details

• Publisher: Artech House
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596931647
• ISBN 13: 9781596931640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Robin Felder, Majd Alwan, Mingjun Zhang