Biomedical Engineering

The application of scientific knowledge and engineering techniques to medical and surgical treatment, to rehabilitation procedures and to the design of assistive devices, to medical electronics, biomedical imaging, and biophotonics.

 

Research topics:

  • Computational anatomy
  • Non-rigid registration of medical images
  • Shape analysis
  • Statistical atlas of anatomical shapes and parallel computing applications to medical image computing
  • Biomedical imaging
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Microscopy
  • Low-coherence interferometry
  • Micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems
  • BioMEMS;dynamics and control of human movement
  • Postural stability and balance
  • Osteoporosis and hip fracture prevention
  • Orthopedic biomechanics
  • Rehabilitation engineering

 

Professors:

  • Faisal Beg
  • Andrew Rawicz
  • Stephen Robinovitch
  • Marinko Sarunic

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Research areas for Masters and Ph.D. degrees