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Being a young discipline, Biomedical Engineering (BME) offers too few good textbooks for undergraduates. Moreover, in some of the available undergraduate BME textbooks, the levels of mathematics and engineering science were compromised in favor of a more qualitative approach. I was therefore happy to discover that in the recent title by Ritter et al., there is not only in-breadth overview on current BME fields, but also, in-depth analysis of specific selected topics that are supported by appropriate mathematical models, equations, quantitative data charts and tables. This indicates, however, that this book is intended for BME undergraduates at the sophomore, junior or senior years (but not for freshmen). Specifically, to work with this textbook, a student should have already learned calculus, differential and integral equations, and basic engineering courses such as statics, dynamics, solid and fluid mechanics and analog electrical circuits. It should be acknowledged that the authors provide overviews on some of these topics where relevant (e.g. they develop the general equations of continuity and motion before discussing hemodynamic flows in Chapter 3), however, such overviews are too brief to actually be able to introduce students to the theoretical basis. Instead, it appears that they were aimed at refreshing prior knowledge. Hence, instructors may use this book in a BME program to support advanced-year courses in biomechanics (cardiovascular or musculoskeletal) or biomedical signal processing, but not in a first-year Introduction to BME course. Considering the broad scope of this book, however, it is not recommended as a sole textbook in a biomechanics or a biomedical signal processing class. Contrarily, in a non-BME engineering program (e.g. which includes some elective BME advanced-year courses), this title can certainly serve as the major textbook to be used in class.

Ritter AB, Reisman S, Michniak BB: Biomedical Engineering Principles