Clinical Engineering: A Handbook for Clinical and Biomedical Engineers - Tapa dura

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Azzam Taktak, BEng (Hons), PhD, DipStat, CEng, CSci, FIPEM is Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Royal Liverpool University
Hospital and an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester. He is a former Vice President of Engineering,
CEng Registrar and a Director of the IPEM. He is a national assessor at the Association of Clinical Scientists and lead assessor
at the National School for Healthcare Scientists. His main research interests are mathematical and statistical modelling and the
use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine. To date, he has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articles
and edited 2 books. He has in the past led a European project on ocular oncology under the Biopattern Network of Excellence
which was funded by the European Commission.

Paul Ganney, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, CSci, MIPEM, FIAP, 34 years, 5 jobs, 3 reorganisations, 2 city moves and a PhD later,
Consultant Clinical Scientist Dr. Ganney is turning his attention more towards training the next generations of Computer
Scientists, of trying to give them the platform, tools and experience they will need in order for Clinical Scientists and Engineers to
always make a positive difference through the software that they write. Paul is currently lecturing part-time at three Universities
and has a wealth of experience both within the academic and practical hospital environments that he is keen to apply.

David Long, BEng (Hons), MSc, CEng, MIPEM, is a Clinical Engineer registered in the UK as a Clinical Scientist with the Health
and Care Professions Council. He has over 20 years multi-disciplinary NHS experience in the field of rehabilitation engineering,
specialising in the provision of postural management and custom contoured seating. Being a Chartered Engineer as well as
a qualified clinician, Dave is particularly able to apply biomechanical principles to the assessment process, and to advise and
assist with the more technical aspects of the required equipment. He is employed by AJM Healthcare who deliver a number
of wheelchair services on behalf of the NHS. He also retains a contract with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust where
he teaches on the Oxford Brookes University accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Posture Management for People with
Complex Disabilities.