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Biomedical Engineering
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New Biomedical Option for M.S. & Ph.D. Degrees ECE graduate students now may pursue a Biomedical Option. See details. |
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Faculty Members Conducting Research related to Biomedical Engineering |
Many of the advances in biomedical engineering today involve electrical and computer engineering technology. Tissue and genome modeling, development of prosthetics and drug delivery systems, diagnostic imaging, and measurement devices and sensors, are just some of the efforts that depend upon electrical and computer engineering.
The use of computers in the field is proliferating, along with advances in computer software for clinical support, databases, datamining, and data analysis and processing. Within the human body itself, many systems -- from the beating of the heart to the functioning of the brain -- can be described and better understood using electrical engineering theory.
As a result, research efforts in every ECE area at Virginia Tech are involved in biomedical projects, from trying to add "smart" functionality to diagnostic imaging, to biophotonics, EEG modeling, and nano-technology.
Associated Laboratories
Computational Bioinformatics and BioImaging Laboratory (Alexandria)
BioImaging Systems Laboratory (Blacksburg)
Biomed News
Beyond equipment and imaging (April 2004)
Photonic early warning systems for cncer, biothreats (April 2004)
What does a host cell do when a virus comes calling: (April 2004)
Computer engineers developing clothes that monitor health (April 2004)
Imaging Systems for Medical Applications (Winter 2004)
$5+ million Bioinformatics Research Effort Analyzing Molecular Signatures of Tumors (Winter 2004)
FEORC, FDA Hold Workshop On Sensors for Breath Analysis (Fall 2003)
Three ECE Faculty Members Named Bioinformatics Fellows (Fall 2003)
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