BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TRENDS IN ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOFTWARE Edited by Anthony N. Laskovski Biomedical Engineering Trends in Electronics, Communications and Software Edited by Anthony N. Laskovski Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. 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ISBN 978-953-307-475-7 free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at www.intechopen.com [...]... in engineering, including electronics, computer science, materials science, structures, mechanics, control, chemistry and also genetics and bioengineering This has led to the industrialised world of the 20th century and the information rich 21st century, all involving complex innovations that improve the quality and length of life Biomedical Engineering is a field that applies these specialised engineering. .. 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