In two studies the role of biomedical knowledge in the diagnosis of clinical cases was explored. Experiment 1 demonstrated a decrease in the use of biomedical knowledge with increasing expertise. This result appeared to be at variance with some findings reported in the literature (e.g., Lesgold. 1934). but supported those of others (e.g., Patel, Evans, & Groen, 1989). In Experiment 2, three pos...

The most visible contributions of biomedical engineering to clinical practice involve instrumentation for diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation. Cell and tissue engineering also have emerged as clinical realities. In the next 25 years, advances in electronics, optics, materials, and miniaturization will accelerate development of more sophisticated devices for diagnosis and therapy, such as ima...

Although biomedical knowledge is believed to be of little value in diagnosis of routine clinical cases, studies of clinical reasoning have found that physicians revert to use of basic biomedical knowledge when faced with challenging clinical problems. The current paper presents two experiments that empirically examine the role of biomedical knowledge in diagnosis of difficult cases by novice di...

This short review aimed to give to reader’s brief applications of polymer colloids in biomedical area such as therapy and medical diagnosis as also developed in our laboratory. Indeed, the polymer particles and composite particles are commonly used in immunoassays as solid phase supports, for the encapsulation of active agents and for the immobilization of biomolecules such as oligonucleotides,...

Biomedical signals can arise from one or many sources including heart, brains and endocrine systems. Multiple sources poses challenge to researchers which may have contaminated with artifacts and noise. The analysis of these signals is important both for research and for medical diagnosis and treatment. The applications of Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to biomedical signals is a rapidly ...

Social medicalization diminishes or even destroys the population’s autonomy regarding disease and healthcare and generates an endless demand on health services. It consists on an important challenge the SUS (Unified Health System). This article discusses the limits of biomedical knowledge and practices in relation to their contribution to the promotion of users’ autonomy and proposes some guide...

Recently, a growing amount of attention has been focused on the utility of biosensors for biomedical applications. Combined with nanomaterials and nanostructures, nano-scaled biosensors are installed for biomedical applications, such as pathogenic bacteria monitoring, virus recognition, disease biomarker detection, among others. These nano-biosensors offer a number of advantages and in many res...

This paper presents a digital signal processing tool developed using Matlab, which provides a very lowcost and effective strategy for analog-to-digital conversion of legated paper biomedical maps without requiring dedicated hardware. This software-based approach is particularly helpful for digitalizing biomedical signals acquired from analogical devices equipped with a plottingter. Albeit signa...

The focus of the second issue 15th year IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine is on highlighting some many ICs dedicated to biomedical applications. Biomedical are finding their way into a plethora healthcare They expected offer effective ways diagnosis, treatment, and management diseases. Further...