Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering involves the application of engineering and science to areas of Medicine, Healthcare and Biology. It encompasses research in areas of Medical Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Modelling, Therapeutics, and Medical Informatics. Engineering within the environment of the human body requires a wide spectrum of disciplines from basic science through to concept design. The group here at Canterbury has an international reputation in Computational Bio-Fluid Mechanics.
The Group
Control systems; system modelling/dynamics and FEA, speech/signal processing, smart structures and MEMS devices; robotics. |
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Biomaterials. |
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Materials engineering for biomedical applications; radiotherapy products made from composites; metallic foams as implants or scaffolds; biocompatibility and resorption of materials in the body; polymeric scaffolds. |
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Associated Staff |
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| Thomas Lotz | Biomedical Engineering; Physiological Modelling; Digital Image ElastoTomography (DIET) breast cancer detection. |
Current and Recent Research
Develop a New Product in the Public Health Field - Dynamics of Flexible Leaflet Artificial Heart Valve
- Platelet Deposition Models in the study of atherosclerosis
- Numerical Models of Clot Lysis
- Fluid Dynamics and Wall Mechanics in the Eye
- Models of Blood Flow in the Brain
- Active Insulin Control and Monitoring
- Mechanical Ventilation Modelling and Optimisation
- Sedation-Agitation Sensor for Intubated Patients in the ICU
- Modelling and Control of the Sedation-Agitation Curve in ICU Patients
- Physiological Systems Modelling
Laboratory Facilities
The group has several computational units. Pictures of computers are very boring! However what’s more exciting are the mpeg movies we can make.
- Movie of a numerical model of a heart valve opening and closing under physiological pressure (.mpg 746kb)
- Movie looking at flow through a part of the arteries in the brain (.mpg 1.57mb)