Herman P. Schwan: A scientist and pioneer in biomedical engineering

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-27

  Foster, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological effects of electromagnetic fields; Biomedical engineering; Dielectric properties of tissues; Ultrasound in medicine

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGY; BIOPHYSICS; CAREER; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036403805     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.bioeng.4.092001.093625     Document Type: Review

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