DocumentCode
1333045
Title
Organizational development of biomedical engineering
Author
Schwan, H.P.
Author_Institution
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Volume
10
Issue
3
fYear
1991
Firstpage
25
Lastpage
29
Abstract
The evolution of biomedical engineering is traced, beginning with its roots in electrophysiology about 200 years ago. Significant research and professional developments during the 1940s, ´50s, and ´60s are sketched. Five major events that contributed to these developments are discussed. They are the split between biophysics and bioengineering (1957), S. Talbot´s BME study grant (1958-60), the impact of the National Institutes of Health (since 1958), the IEEE ´BME-crisis´ (1967/68), and the IEEE Bioengineering Society´s founding (1968) and its BME view as an extension of physiology.<>
Keywords
biomedical engineering; history; 200 yr; IEEE Bioengineering Society; National Institutes of Health; bioengineering; biomedical engineering evolution; biophysics; electrophysiology; physiology; professional developments; research; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Biomembranes; Biophysics; Cells (biology); Engineering in medicine and biology; Laboratories; Physics; Physiology; Vents;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0739-5175
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/51.84182
Filename
84182
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