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Biomedical cybernetics investigates signal processing, decision making and control structures in living organisms. Applications of this research field are in biology, ecology and health sciences.


== Fields ==
Biological cybernetics
Medical cybernetics


== Methods ==
Connectionism
Decision theory
Information theory
Systeomics
Systems theory


== See also ==
Cybernetics
Prosthetics
List of biomedical cybernetics software


== References ==
Barabási, A. L.; Z. N. Oltvai (2004). "Network Biology: Understanding the Cell's Functional Organization". Nature Reviews Genetics. 5 (2): 101–13. doi:10.1038/nrg1272. PMID 14735121. S2CID 10950726.
Fricke, O.; Lehmkuhl, G.; Schoenau, E. (2006). "The principle of regulation in biology--from bone to eating behavior" (PDF). Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 114 (4): 197–203. doi:10.1055/s-2006-924068. PMID 16705553. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
Kitano, H. (Hrsg.) (2001). Foundations of Systems Biology. Cambridge (Massachusetts), London, MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-11266-3.
Warwick, K; Gasson, M; Hutt, B; Goodhew, I; Kyberd, P; Andrews, B; Teddy, P; Shad, A (2003). "The Application of Implant Technology for Cybernetic Systems". Archives of Neurology. 60 (10): 1369–1373. doi:10.1001/archneur.60.10.1369. PMID 14568806.


== External links ==
 Media related to Biomedical Cybernetics at Wikimedia Commons
ResearchGate topic on biomedical cybernetics