Dr. Steffen Leonhardt received his M.S. in Computer Engineering from the
University of Buffalo (SUNY), NY, the Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering and the
Dr.-Ing. degree in Control Engineering from Technical University of Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany, and the M.D. degree in Medicine from J. W. Goethe
University, Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to returning to academia, he worked for
almost 5 years at the R&D department of Dräger Medical GmbH Co KGaA,
Lübeck, Germany. In 2003, he was appointed Full Professor and Head of the
Philips endowed Chair for Medical Information Technology at the HelmholtzInstitute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. In
2018, he received a honoray doctorate degree from Czech Technical University in
Prague, Czech Republic, and was appointed Distinguished Professor at the Indian
Institute of Technology Madras. Dr. Leonhardt´s research interests include physiological measurement techniques, personal health care systems, cyber-medical
systems and feedback control systems in medicine.
Dr. Mandavilli Mukunda Rao was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of
Illinois, USA. He is a retired professor of of Electrical Engineering at the Indian
Institute of Technology Madras where he was teaching in the area of Laser and
Optical Communication. He has published a book on optical communication and
several research papers in reputed journals. His research interests include Optical
Non-invasive Diagnostics. He spent several years at the RWTH Aachen University
in Germany, first as DAAD Fellow (1970-1972) and then as Alexander von
Humboldt Fellow (1978-1979). He is currently an Honorary Research Professor at
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai.
Contributors
Nikolai Blanik Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Claudia Blazek The Private Clinic of Dermatology, Haut im Zentrum, Zurich,
Switzerland
Vladimir Blazek Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Markus Hülsbusch Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Marcus Koeny Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Jagadeesh Kumar V. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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University of Buffalo (SUNY), NY, the Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering and the
Dr.-Ing. degree in Control Engineering from Technical University of Darmstadt,
Darmstadt, Germany, and the M.D. degree in Medicine from J. W. Goethe
University, Frankfurt, Germany. Prior to returning to academia, he worked for
almost 5 years at the R&D department of Dräger Medical GmbH Co KGaA,
Lübeck, Germany. In 2003, he was appointed Full Professor and Head of the
Philips endowed Chair for Medical Information Technology at the HelmholtzInstitute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. In
2018, he received a honoray doctorate degree from Czech Technical University in
Prague, Czech Republic, and was appointed Distinguished Professor at the Indian
Institute of Technology Madras. Dr. Leonhardt´s research interests include physiological measurement techniques, personal health care systems, cyber-medical
systems and feedback control systems in medicine.
Dr. Mandavilli Mukunda Rao was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of
Illinois, USA. He is a retired professor of of Electrical Engineering at the Indian
Institute of Technology Madras where he was teaching in the area of Laser and
Optical Communication. He has published a book on optical communication and
several research papers in reputed journals. His research interests include Optical
Non-invasive Diagnostics. He spent several years at the RWTH Aachen University
in Germany, first as DAAD Fellow (1970-1972) and then as Alexander von
Humboldt Fellow (1978-1979). He is currently an Honorary Research Professor at
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai.
Contributors
Nikolai Blanik Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Claudia Blazek The Private Clinic of Dermatology, Haut im Zentrum, Zurich,
Switzerland
Vladimir Blazek Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Markus Hülsbusch Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Marcus Koeny Medical Information Technology, Helmholtz Institute for
Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Jagadeesh Kumar V. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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Editors and Contributors