Pumps and Pipes

by Davies, Mark G.; Lumsden, Alan B., M.D.; Kline, William E.; Kakadiaris, Ioannis

• ISBN13: 9781441960115
• ISBN10: 1441960112
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-02
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The Pumps and Pipes collaboration and conference brings together energy, medicine, and higher education in a unique shared effort, exploring ideas and research common to these important fields and stimulating discussion and sharing technologies that can further the reach and goals of each individual area. the Proceedings explores the common attributes of oil and gas technology, computational sciences and cardiovascular medicine and probe the areas where there is room to cross fertilize and develop research and commercial programs.

Table of Contents

Pumps and Pipes: The Concept	p. xi
Collaboration and Solution
Pipeline to Circulation: The Story of the Kimray-Greenfield Inferior Vena Caval Filter	p. 3
Automation and Robotics
Oilfield Automation	p. 9
Robot-Assisted Procedures with MRI Guidance	p. 21
Surgical Robotics: Innovations, Development, and Shortcomings	p. 33
Pumps and Flow
Remarks on Solution Verification and Model Validation of Hemodynamic Simulations	p. 45
Cardiac Assist Devices	p. 55
Multilateral Wells: Maximizing Well Productivity	p. 71
Rust and Rupture
Rust and Rupture: Atherosclerosis	p. 89
Atherectomy and Plaque Analysis	p. 99
Stitches, Glues, and Staples	p. 105
Navigating and Imaging
Imaging and Navigation	p. 115
Intravascular Imaging	p. 133
Optical 3D Deformation and Strain Measurement	p. 147
Nanoscale Imaging of 3D Surfaces and Interfaces	p. 165
Biomedical Computing in Complex Advanced Systems	p. 177
Cells and Nanotechnology
Developing a Stable Diabetic Model for Human Islet Assessment in the NOD-scid Mouse	p. 193
Nanotechnology for Various Applications: Materials, Environmental and Medical	p. 203
Unifying Oil and Medicine
Feasibility Study of Pumps and Pipes: Paving the Path from Oilfield to Operating Room	p. 221
Index	p. 251
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