Table Of ContentComputer-aided Technologies
Applications in Engineering
and Medicine
Edited by Razvan Udroiu
Computer-aided Technologies: Applications in Engineering and Medicine
Edited by Razvan Udroiu
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Preface
Chapter 1 Introductory Chapter: Integration of Computer-Aided
Technologies in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Human
Lifecycle Management (HUM)
by Razvan Udroiu
Chapter 2 Computer‐Aided Manufacturing of Working Units for
High‐ Performance Mining Machines
by Piotr Cheluszka
Chapter 3 Joining in Nonrigid Variation Simulation
by Kristina Wärmefjord, Rikard Söderberg, Björn Lindau, Lars Lindkvist
and Samuel Lorin
Chapter 4 Computer-Aided Techniques for Geometry Assurance
by Andrea Corrado and Wilma Polini
Chapter 5 Computer-Aided Clinical Decision Support Systems for
Atrial Fibrillation
by Prasanth Ganesan, Mark Sterling, Steven Ladavich and Behnaz
Ghoraani
Chapter 6 Computer-Aided Biosensor Design
by Yu-Chen Lo, Ren Gui, Hiroshi Honda and Jorge Z. Torres
Chapter 7 Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Neuroimaging
by Francisco J. Martínez-Murcia, Juan Manuel Górriz and Javier
Ramírez
Preface
The aim of this book is to present the latest applications, trends, and
developments of computer-aided technologies (CAx). Computer-
aided technologies are the core of product lifecycle management
(PLM) and human lifecycle management (HUM).
This book has seven chapters, organized in two sections: "Computer-
Aided Technologies in Engineering" and "Computer-Aided
Technologies in Medicine."
The first section treats the different aspects of PLM, including design,
simulations and analysis, manufacturing, production planning, and
quality assurance.
In the second part of the book are presented CAx applications in
medicine focused on clinical decision, diagnosis, and biosensor
design. CAx plays a key role in a variety of engineering and medical
applications, bringing a lot of benefits in product life cycle, extending
and improving human life.
Chapter 1
Provisional chapter
Introductory Chapter: Integration of Computer-Aided
Introductory Chapter: Integration of Computer-Aided
Technologies in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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1. Introduction
The major objectives of computer-aided technology (CAx) are to simplify and to improve
human's work (engineer, architect, physician, surgeon, etc.), by using the computer as an
indispensable tool to solve a problem in a certain field (engineering and production, medicine,
architecture, business, teaching, economy, etc.) [1].
The advanced computer-aided technologies (CAx) are focused on solving specific problems by
increasing human’s creativity and innovation obtained through collecting, using, and sharing
information between interdisciplinary teams.
Computer-aided technologies in X field are general terms to define a technology, from a
specific field of work, which is computed-aided. The substitute for X includes engineering
(CAx-E), medicine (CAx-M), natural science (CAx-S), education (CAx-Ed), etc.
Nowadays, computer-aided technologies are not islands of automation, being integrated in
general context of Lifecycle Management in X field. The concepts used to define the lifecycle
management in engineering and medical field are the following (see Figure 1):
• Product lifecycle management (PLM) in the industry field
• Human lifecycle management (HUM) or health management across the human lifecycle
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Figure 1. Schematic representation of lifecycle management in industry, medicine, and natural science.
2. Computer-aided technologies in product lifecycle management
Product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a
product including conception, design, manufacturing, quality control, use, service, and
disposal of products, having integrated people, data, methods, CAx tools, processes, and
business systems [2, 3]. PLM is a digital paradigm, products being managed with digital
computer, digital information, and digital communication [3].
The main benefits of product lifecycle management (PLM) for the industry field are faster time-
to-market, improved productivity, better product quality, decreased cost of new product
introduction, improved design review, and approval processes, identifying potential sales
opportunities and revenue contributions and reducing environmental impacts at end-of-life.
