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The development of biomedical engineering as experienced by one biomedical engineer

Overview of attention for article published in BioMedical Engineering OnLine, December 2012
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Title
The development of biomedical engineering as experienced by one biomedical engineer
Published in
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, December 2012
DOI 10.1186/1475-925x-11-94
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Jonathan C Newell

Abstract

This personal essay described the development of the field of Biomedical Engineering from its early days, from the perspective of one who lived through that development. It describes the making of a major invention using data that had been rejected by other scientists, the re-discovery of an obscure fact of physiology and its use in developing a major medical instrument, the development of a new medical imaging modality, and the near-death rescue of a research project. The essay concludes with comments about the development and present status of impedance imaging, and recent changes in the evolution of biomedical engineering as a field.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 5%
Unknown 18 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 4 21%
Student > Master 2 11%
Lecturer 1 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Other 4 21%
Unknown 6 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 6 32%
Computer Science 2 11%
Psychology 2 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 December 2012.
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#18,323,689
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#564
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#216,407
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#26
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