Title :
Technology centric views for biomedical applications
Author :
Narasimhan, V. Lakshmi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, USA
Abstract :
Embedded systems, computer and communication technologies have changed the medical field quite remarkably and will continue to change considerably in the future to come. This paper provides an overview of such technologies to various biomedical applications including the creation of various silicon-based human body parts. The impact of these technologies on the society is vivid and poses several ethical questions also, as exemplified by the Hollywood movie, The Bicentennial Man, an adaptation of Issac Asimov´s science fiction.
Keywords :
biology computing; embedded systems; medical computing; Bicentennial Man; Hollywood movie; biomedical application; communication technology; embedded system; silicon based human body part; Ear; Embedded systems; Heart; Humans; Prosthetics; Silicon; Skin; Biomedical applications; Communication mechanisms; Embedded systems; Medical technologies; Silicon human parts;
Conference_Titel :
Recent Trends in Information Technology (ICRTIT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0588-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICRTIT.2011.5972245
