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.
Highlights
An Electrical Engineer becomes a Biomedical Engineer I started as an undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) student in the early 1960’s
At co-op jobs in defense electronics, I decided that EE was not my chosen field
At age 26, I began my career as a biomedical engineer by rejoining the trauma research project at Albany (NY) Medical College (AMC)
Summary
An Electrical Engineer becomes a Biomedical Engineer I started as an undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) student in the early 1960’s. At age 26, I began my career as a biomedical engineer by rejoining the trauma research project at Albany (NY) Medical College (AMC). The equipment and techniques for physiological measurements at that time were not sophisticated or well-designed for clinical use.
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