Digital Human Modeling and Medicine [Book review]

Abstract

This text, Digital Human Modeling and Medicine, is a comprehensive overview in 32 chapters distributed within six sections of the state-of-the-art and applications of the field of human modeling and applications in medicine. The 32 chapters were contributed by a total of about 89 contributors. The following topics are presented: modelling methods; organs; foot digital twin and in silico clinical applications; medical devices, and medical applications. Given the above range of topics, the text has an appeal to a wide range of relevant readers, from engineers to surgeons involved in interactions with the human body biomechanically or surgically. It is comprehensive, professionally written, referenced, and illustrated, and, through examples, of value to newcomers to the field.