Engineering in Medicine. Advances and Challenges

Table of Contents

Section 1: Cardiovascular Engineering 1. Cardiac tissue engineering 2. Benchtop optical mapping approaches to study arrhythmias 3. A new era for improving cardiothoracic transplantations 4. Cardiac Ablation technologies 5. Visible Heart as a novel means to study cardiac device technologies 6. Cardiac pacemakers 7. Less invasive cardiac surgeries and transcatheter technologies

Section 2: Neuroengineering 8. TMS 9. tDCS 10. Optogentics 11. Neural recording and stimulation devices 12. Seizure Prediction

Section 3: Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 13. Bioengineering Exogenic Organs and Cells for Regenerative Medicine 14. Modelling of cancer cell migration 15. Nano optical biosensing technologies

Section 4: Medical and Biological Imaging 16. Ultrahigh field functional MRI and neuoscience 17. Brain structure and fiber tracking imaging for PD patient at ultrahigh field 18. Advanced metabolic Imaging for studying brain energy and function 19. RF challenges and new solution for ultrahigh filed MRI 20. Ultrahigh field human body imaging

Section 5: Medical Devices 21. The medical device innovation process 22. Teaching innovation: workshops, NPDBD, fellows program, etc 23. 3D printing: role for prototyping and pre-surgical planning 24. The role of a MDC for promoting innovation with an academic institution 25. Virtual prototyping

Authors

Paul A. Iaizzo Professor of Surgery; Integrative Biology and Physiology; and the Carlson School of Management, Associate Director, Institute for Engineering in Medicine, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, Medtronic Professor of Visible Heart® Research, Director for Education of the Lillehei Heart Institute, Director of the Malignant Hyperthermia Muscle Biopsy Center. Dr. Paul Iaizzo has been at the University of Minnesota since 1990, performing research and teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. In 1997, Dr. Iaizzo and his coworkers began working on large mammalian isolated heart models, and thus the Visible Heart® laboratory was created in collaboration with Medtronic, Inc. Today, this lab is a premiere place to perform translational systems physiology research which ranges from cellular and tissue studies to organ and whole body investigations. The Visible Heart® lab embodies a creative atmosphere which is energized by some of the best and brightest students at the University.