Biomedical engineering domestic status is rapidly developing.
1.Development History
Biomedical engineering is a cross-discipline that applies engineering principles and methods to the field of medicine, and its development history can be divided into three stages. The first stage is from the 1970s to the early 1980s, mainly focusing on organ replacement and biomaterials research. The second stage is from the 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century, when the focus shifted to biomedical signal processing, medical imaging and medical information engineering.
The third stage is from the beginning of the 21st century to the present, with the development of biotechnology such as genetic engineering, stem cells and tissue engineering, biomedical engineering has entered a new stage of development.
2. Discipline Construction
Biomedical engineering has been widely emphasized and supported in China, and the construction of the discipline has made remarkable progress. At present, many well-known biomedical engineering research institutes and laboratories have been established in China, and a number of excellent research teams have been attracted. Biomedical engineering-related majors have also been established in colleges and universities and have shown good development momentum.
3. Research Directions
The research directions of biomedical engineering include biosignal processing, medical imaging, tissue engineering, stem cell technology, and biomaterials. Among them, bio-signal processing research is devoted to the use of engineering principles and methods to analyze and process signal information in living organisms in order to extract information about physiological parameters.
Medical imaging research focuses on the development of new imaging technologies and devices for medical diagnosis and treatment monitoring; tissue engineering research aims to construct functionally complete tissues and organs using biomaterials, cells, and biologically active molecules, etc.; and stem cell technology involves the use of the properties of pluripotent stem cells to regenerate tissues and perform therapies, which are widely used in regenerative medicine and other fields.
4. Application Fields
Biomedical engineering also has a wide range of application fields in China. Among them, medical imaging technology plays an important role in clinical diagnosis and disease monitoring, such as CT, MRI, PET, etc.; biomaterials are used in the fields of medical devices and artificial organs, such as artificial bone and artificial blood vessels.
Tissue engineering applications are mainly concentrated in the field of regenerative medicine, such as skin tissue engineering, organ regeneration, etc.; stem cell technology has great potential in tissue repair and disease treatment.
5. Development trend
The domestic development trend of biomedical engineering is mainly manifested in the following aspects: First, the integration with other disciplines, such as biomedical engineering and informatics, materials science, biology and other disciplines of cross-combination.
The second is technological innovation, such as the research and development of new biomedical engineering equipment and technical methods; the third is the application of expansion, such as the application of biomedical engineering technology in the field of health care, recreation and wellness industry; the fourth is the international exchanges and cooperation, and to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the advanced level of the international level, to promote the development of biomedical engineering.