Clinical Engineering: A Handbook for Clinical and Biomedical Engineers

Azzam Taktak, BEng (Hons), PhD, DipStat, CEng, CSci, FIPEM is Consultant Clinical Scientist at the Royal Liverpool UniversityHospital 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 assessorat the National School for Healthcare Scientists. His main research interests are mathematical and statistical modelling and theuse of artificial intelligence and machine learning in medicine. To date, he has published more than 75 peer-reviewed articlesand 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 ComputerScientists, of trying to give them the platform, tools and experience they will need in order for Clinical Scientists and Engineers toalways make a positive difference through the software that they write. Paul is currently lecturing part-time at three Universitiesand 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 Healthand 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 asa qualified clinician, Dave is particularly able to apply biomechanical principles to the assessment process, and to advise andassist with the more technical aspects of the required equipment. He is employed by AJM Healthcare who deliver a numberof wheelchair services on behalf of the NHS. He also retains a contract with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust wherehe teaches on the Oxford Brookes University accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Posture Management for People withComplex Disabilities.