BMC Biomedical Engineering is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of biomedical engineering, including fundamental, translational and clinical research. It combines tools and methods from biology and medicine with mathematics, physical sciences and engineering towards the understanding of human biology and disease and the improvement of human health. Sections: Biomaterials, nanomedicine and tissue engineering Medical technologies, robotics and rehabilitation engineering Biosensors and bioelectronics Computational and systems biology Biomechanics Biomedical Imaging.