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The medical device and healthcare industry plays a critical role in modern society. Many biomedical engineering research and development efforts are translated into various medical device and healthcare solutions and improve the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases as well as management of the public health. In this symposium, leaders from major medical device and healthcare industries will speak about their visions and discuss trends, opportunities and issues within medical device and healthcare industry. Representative from FDA will also address the regulatory aspects of medical device and healthcare technology. Invited speakers include:
Grand Ballroom - Salon A
Grand Ballroom - Salon A
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 16:40-18:10
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon AThis symposium will review the federal funding opportunities in biomedical engineering and sciences and discuss important issues in the grant application processes. It will provide important information and guidances for biomedical engineering scientists, especially young faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. The minisymposium will consist of invited talks by the invited speakers and a panel discussion facilitating two-way interactions between the invited speakers and the audience. Invited speakers include:
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 09:40-11:10
Location: Marquette IIIThe rapid growth in development and deployment of medical devices in the past decades has been fueled by efforts in both industry and academia. Nevertheless, often research in academia does not find its way towards commercialization due to a number of different hurdles. In this symposium the relationship between academia and industry related to development and commercialization of medical devices will be discussed from both viewpoints. Differences in culture, issues related to intellectual property and licensing, and suggestions for furthering collaboration between the two entities will be presented. Prominent members from major universities and medical device companies will present their viewpoint on these issues.
Date and Time: Saturday, 5 September, 09:40-11:10
Location: Marquette IVMedical system and device industries use clinical data for developing and validating their products. Typically this data is generated at medical institutions and then transferred to industry, often involving academia, for product development and testing. Transferring and working with this data give rise to both technical and legal challenges. In this symposium, experienced personnel in this field from industrial, legal, academic, and medical institutions will offer their views on the legal and practical approaches needed to deal with clinical data and intellectual property (IP) which may result from its use.
MRI and CT are rated as the most important medical innovations in past 40 years by physicians. Medical imaging based diagnosis and therapy have become a fundamental component of modern medicine, largely due to the technological contributions of biomedical engineers. Medical imaging today is still a young and dynamical field. The frontier of cellular and molecular imaging is progressing rapidly. New imaging biomarkers are continuously discovered and developed for detecting diseases at their early stage. As a technology development platform for translating science into clinics, medical imaging will continue to play a dominant role in future medicine. To help biomedical engineers to capture the exciting opportunities presented in medical imaging, this symposium on medical imaging is organized to convey the latest advancements on molecular imaging and new image biomarkers, and to impregnate clinical perspectives for technology development. This Medical Imaging minisymposium will consist of lectures by the following distinguished engineer and clinician investigators in medical imaging.
Bionanotechnology is a rapidly advancing field where tools and products of nanoengineering converge with biomedical applications. This mini-symposium will focus on cutting edge work from several leading labs to engineer surfaces and particles at the nanoscale to yield specific biological functions. The engineering will include the manufacturing, coating and functionalization of particles and surfaces for improved biomedical applications. Recent breakthroughs in the detection, diagnosis and therapy of diseases available through these new technologies will be discussed.
This symposium will focus on the use of electrical stimulation for controlling the electrical activity of the nervous system. Dr. Grill will concentrate on the bladder control with electrical stimulation and Dr. Durand will review the various electrical stimulation paradigms for controlling seizure activity. Dr. Zelma Kiss will focus on the clinical and experimental aspects of deep brain stimulation for patients with motor disorders.
Modern magnetic technologies such as nanomagnetic technology and spintronic devices are having a huge impact in life science. Some recent exciting applications of magnetic technologies in biomedical engineering are magnetic imaging, magnetic drug delivery and therapy using magnetic nanoparticles, lab-on-chips using magnetic sensing schemes, etc. This workshop will provide an overview of the frontier of the development and research of nano magnetic materials and devices in biomedical applications. The workshop will cover the emerging applications of magnetic nanoparticles, spintronic sensors and sensing systems, and magnetic imaging systems. Several state-of-art nano magnetic materials, sensors, and systems will be introduced by the invited lecturers. Traditional and untraditional fabrication of nano magnetic materials, spintronic sensors and MRI contrast agencies will be reviewed. The workshop will include a number of nationally and internationally renowned speakers, and is geared towards graduate students, research scientists, faculty and industrial participants who are interested in gaining experience in the exciting interdisciplinary field of nano biomedical magnetics.
The need for an advanced way to perform surgery is motivated by the progress of diagnostic techniques, which allow to discover pathologies at a very early stage. Surgical robotics strives to make surgical interventions less invasive, less risky for both patients and clinicians, more efficient, less costly, and capable of achieving better patient outcomes. This can be accomplished by creating modular, integrated systems comprised of imaging (e.g., CT scan, MRI, ultrasound or X-ray), computing, and sensing, coupled with miniaturized robotic devices, and human-machine interfaces. These systems will be able to perform a wide variety of surgical interventions in many organ systems, also with a ˇ°from insideˇ± approach. In fact, it seems likely that the current generation of operating robots will be replaced by a second generation that meets more closely the requirements of minimally invasive and endo-transluminal access surgery. This Mini Symposium aims to provide useful overview of the state of the art for those already engaged in the field of surgical robotics, as well as in related field. Internationally recognized experts in the field will discuss open scientific, technological and medical problems and new frontiers in the emerging and increasingly important field of microrobotics for endo- and transluminal therapy. List of speakers is as follows.
This minisymposium will focus on the early work and people involved in the development of the modern medical device field, a good part of which took place in Minnesota. Three eye-witness presenters will discuss related perspectives on the history of the medical device industry. The audience will receive a first-hand perspective on the industry that is not available elsewhere.
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 13:30-15:00
Location: Directors Row 4
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 09:40-11:10
Location: Directors Row 4For many of us oral presentations can be the prime means for communicating our ideas and our research, not only to our peers, but also to our employers and to potential customers. As students, you are no exception ¨C the prospect of an oral presentation can be daunting, the pressure is on to make a good impression with your research. That we are scientists presenting sometimes very complicated scientific ideas and results need not necessarily be a recipe for a sleep inducing ˇ°death by PowerPointˇ± presentation, rather there are simple ways in which we can all try and make our presentations effective and captivating. This session aims to give you some all-round pointers on the ˇ°doˇ±s and ˇ°donˇŻtˇ±s of preparing and delivering an effective presentation that best conveys your ideas smoothly, understandably and, most important, succinctly.
University of Southampton, UK
IEEE EMBS Student Representative
Robarts Research Institute, Canada
Assistant Director, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 16:40-18:10
Location: Directors Row 4This sessionˇŻs audience targets student and GOLD members primarily. The whole writing process from starting to write to publication will be covered in this session. The talks will give brief overviews of the structure and important points that make an excellent scientific article, writing methods to improve writing skills will be addressed and the final talk will cover the review and editorial process. At the end of the talk there will be enough time for a longer discussion and direct questions.
Editor in Chief, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Michigan Technological University, USA
Functional Genomics and Systems Biology
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Editor in Chief IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
Date and Time: Saturday, 5 September, 16:40-18:10
Location: Directors Row 4
Chair, Twin Cities IEEE EMBS ChapterThis is a career development panel discussion specially organized for students, postdocs, and recent graduates. How to successfully transition from undergraduate to graduate studies? And from graduate to doctoral and postdoctoral? What career options exist after completing education? What skills are required to advance in these career tracks? Gain tips from panelists on how to successfully navigate through these issues and to accomplish your best. A valuable session for anyone aspiring to venture into graduate biomedical engineering research, or industrial, academic or institutional service. List of speakers include:
Date and Time: Saturday, 5 September, 09:40-11:10
Location: Directors Row 4This session is intended to prepare current bioengineering students and post-doctoral fellows, getting them in the right shape to apply, negotiate and succeed in getting their first job in industry or academia. Tips on putting together the appropriate CV, preparing your portfolio and getting ready for the interview will be covered by the invited speakers. The panel will consist of representatives from academia and the private sector, as well as government and regulators. This session aims to give you some all-round pointers on the ˇ°doˇ±s and ˇ°donˇŻtˇ±s towards choosing, applying, attending an interview and negotiating your future position as a young biomedical engineer.
Director, Imaging Research Laboratories
Robarts Research Institute, Canada
Philips Research North America
Medtronic Inc.
BME Program Director
National Science Foundation
US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Date and Time: Saturday, 5 September, 13:30-15:00
Location: Directors Row 4A valuable session for anyone whether student or not, interested in learning more about Biomedical Engineering and Health Informatics as a career choice for women. Prominent women within the domains Biomedical Engineering and Health Informatics will present their research and their thoughts on diversity and trends. Utilize the fantastic networking opportunity that will conclude this session to build and establish new professional networks with other women interested in our fields of expertise. Bring your contact details and be ready to make new contacts that are relevant for you.
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
National Science Foundation
EMBS Adcom Committee Latin America Representative
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Date and Time: Friday, 4 September, 09:40-11:10
Location: Marquette IV & Marquette VIn February 2009, the President and Congress took unprecedented action in an effort to slow down the growing financial crisis in the United States . Within the nearly $800 billion funding package, the federally funded research and development enterprise in this country received a significant boost in funding, totaling over $20 billion. Now, eight months after President Obama signed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) will highlight how these funding increases will impact your research and development opportunities. Also to be discussed is the important role grass roots advocacy played in working with Congress to secure the R&D dollars found in the bill, and how you can get involved in the process. Tentative invited speakers include:
Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Department, Marquette University
Director, Extramural Science Programs, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
President and CEO, TomoTherapy
Pre-Conference Workshops (September 2, 2009):
Highly selective Pre-Conference workshops are being organized by EMBC09 to provide tutorials on important areas of research and its translation. EMBC09 heavily invests in workshops and EMBC09 registrants only need to pay $80/day for attending a workshop. Those who wish to attend a workshop alone will have registration fees of $200/day. Leading experts are being invited to give tutorials and overview lectures on a focused area. Space is limited for each workshop and registration will be available via EMBC09 online registration site. Click here to register.
-- Beyond Brain Machine Interface: Motor, Cognitive, and VirtualRecent development in brain computer and brain machine interfaces have captured the attention and imagination of students, engineers and the scientific community. In this arena, building the neural interfaces and their ability to control prosthetic devices has posed one of the biggest challenges and opportunities to do pioneering work in the fields of interface technology, signal and information analysis methods and algorithms, and interfacing to prosthetic machinery. This workshop will review the current state of the art in neural interfacing technologies and present a cutting edge application to controlling upper limb dexterous prostheses. The lectures will review technologies spanning microelectrodes, large scale integrated circuits, packaging these systems for implantable and wearable applications, neural signals recording, analysis and decoding. Finally, through simulations and demonstrations, application of the neural interface technology to control dexterous prosthetic manipulators will be illustrated. The proposed ˇ°open sourceˇ± approach will facilitate participation of new investigators and collaborators in advancing the field. The workshop attendees will get to meet the leaders in the field developing these technologies as well as participate in the discussion to identify the best solutions and approaches and the emerging and futuristic applications.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of ParkinsonˇŻs disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. To date, over 30,000 DBS devices have been successfully implanted worldwide. Although its safety and efficacy for the treatment of movement disorders has been well established, the mechanism of DBS remains unknown. Research is currently underway to elucidate the mechanism of action of DBS and to assess the effects of electrical stimulation in various brain targets to possibly treat other neurological and psychiatric conditions. This workshop will provide an historical overview of DBS development, review currently approved indications and clinical outcomes, highlight theories about DBS mechanisms, and finally highlight active areas of research and technology development.
This workshop will provide an overview on how to apply Biological MicroElectroMechanical Systems (BioMEMS) technologies to obtain new insights into biological processes that encompass processes at the molecular, cellular and tissue scales including chemotaxis and cellular forces; cell metabolism, electrophysiology and signaling; angiogenesis and metastasis; and differentiation and development. This workshop will begin with a series of lectures and invited talks outlining key aspects of the micro and nanofabrication technologies and applications of BioMEMS technologies to life sciences, and will also allow participants to have a hands on experience fabricating and operating BioMEMS devices and learn specific details regarding the practical aspects of BioMEMS and sensor design, fabrication, and use for specific applications. The workshop will include leading scientists in the field, and is geared towards graduate students, research scientists, faculty and industrial participants who are interested in gaining experience in the exciting field of BioMEMS.
Prof. Kevin T. Seale, Vanderbilt University
This workshop will address a spectrum of health informatics from physiological and biomedical information acquisition, processing, transmission to data fusion for the non-invasive monitoring of cardiovascular diseases. This half-day workshop will closely examine important issues on the body sensor networks with applications, and will define the concepts of the Cardiovascular Health Informatics (CHI). Topics will include core technologies highlighting wearable medical device design as well as the importance of standards for achieving optimized system performance. This workshop offers an opportunity to share ideas, obstacles and solutions with your peers in the area of cardiovascular health informatics.
This comprehensive full-day program is a blueprint, showing what it takes to be successful in medical device commercialization. It is designed as an overview for engineers with ideas who donˇŻt know where to begin ¨C its intent is to overcome constraints with clear practical knowledge. The program was successfully piloted to an audience of 100 engineers in 2008. The team of speakers that constructed this program holds an impressive history of broad-based expertise and successful implementation in medical device commercialization. Topics to be covered: Trends in Innovation and the Changing Environment; Idea to standard of care: pitfalls and challenges; Idea Creation: packaging and protecting your idea; Concept Development & Planning; Organizing for Success; Feasibility to Market Launch; Market Launch --> Market Adoption --> Standard of Care. Workshop speakers include:
Theme 1. Biomedical Signal Processing Track 1.1 Time-Frequency and Time-Scale Analysis Chairs: Yasemin P. Kahya (Bogazici University, Turkey) Luca T. Mainardi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Track 1.2 Signal Processing and Physiological System Modeling Chairs: Dan Adam (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Dong Ming (Tianjin University, China) Track 1.3 Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Biomedical Signals Chairs: David T. Westwick (University of Calgary, Canada) Track 1.4 Signal Pattern Classification Chairs: Dimitrios Fotiadis (University of Ioannina, Greece) Lotfi Senhadji (University of Rennes 1, France) Track 1.5 Principal Component Analysis and Independent Component Analysis Chairs: Christopher J. James (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) Issa M.S. Panahi (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) Track 1.6 Adaptive and Parametric Filtering Chairs: Ewaryst Tkacz (Silesian University of Technology, Poland) Shanbao Tong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Track 1.7 Neural Networks and Support Vector Machine Applied to Biomedical Signal Processing and Classification Chairs: Dario Farina (Aalborg University, Denmark) Saeid Sanei (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) Track 1.8 Coupling and Synchronizations Chairs: Shangkai Gao (Tsinghua University, China) Track 1.9 Algorithms for Data Mining and Data Processing Chairs: Konstantina Nikita (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) Theme 2. Biomedical Imaging & Image Processing Track 2.1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Chairs: Ed Wu (Hong Kong University, China) Jim Ji (Texas A&M University, USA) Track 2.2 Ultrasound Imaging Chairs: Elisa Konofagou (Columbia University, USA) Track 2.3 Optical Imaging, Microscopy, and Infrared Imaging Chairs: Taner Akkin (University of Minnesota, USA) Hao Zhang (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA) Track 2.4 X-ray, CT, PET, and SPECT Chairs: Mark Anastasio (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA) Chien-Min Kao (University of Chicago, USA) Track 2.5 Electrical Source, Impedance, Elasticity Imaging, and Other Modalities Chairs: Lei Ding (University of Oklahoma, USA) Ryan Halter (Dartmouth College, USA) Track 2.6 Image Recostruction and Retrieval Chairs: Jong Chul Ye (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Korea) Mathews Jacob (University of Rochester, USA) Track 2.7 Image Processing (Filtering, Enhancement, Segmentation, Registration, Classification, Compression, and Coding) Chairs: Ioannis Kakadiaris (University of Houston, USA) Track 2.8 Image Visualization and Volume Rendering Chairs: Anthony Reeves (Cornell University, USA) Ashish Raj (Weill Medical College of Cornell University, USA) Track 2.9 Functional Imaging Chairs: Hae-Jeong Park (Yonsei University, Korea) Stephen M. LaConte (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) Track 2.10 Molecular Imaging Chairs: Andreas Hielscher (Columbia University, USA) Theme 3. Bioinstrumentation, Biosensors, and Bio-micro/nano Technologies Track 3.1 Acoustic, mechanical, and thermal sensors Chairs: Stanislav Emelianov (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Michael C. Kolios (Ryerson University, Canada) Track 3.2 Optical sensors Chairs: Gang Yao (University of Missouri, USA) Joe Culver (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Track 3.3 Bioelectric sensors Chairs: Mehmet Dokmeci (Northeastern University, USA) Igor R. Efimov (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Track 3.4 Biological and chemical sensors Chairs: Ricky Wang (Oregon Health & Science University, USA) Babak Amir Parviz (University of Washington, USA) Track 3.5 Wireless sensors and telemetry Chairs: Sameer Sonkusale (Tufts University, USA) Maysam Ghovanloo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Track 3.6 Nano- and micro-sensors Chairs: Samuel Sia (Columbia University, USA) Ilko K. Ilev (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA) Track 3.7 BioMEMS Chairs: Jun Zou (Texas A & M University, USA) Shuichi Takayama (University of Michigan, USA) Track 3.8 BioNano technology Chairs: Younan Xia (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Jordan Green (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Track 3.9 Microfluidics Chairs: Logan Liu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) Utkan Demirci (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Track 3.10 Magnetic Sensors Chairs: Jianping Wang (University of Minnesota, USA) Keat Ghee Ong (Michigan Technological University, USA) Theme 4. Bioinformatics, Computational Biology & Systems Biology Track 4.1 Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics Chairs: Pengyu Ren (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Jie Liang (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) Track 4.2 Bioinformatics Algorithms for Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, and Lipidomics Chairs: Shoudan Liang (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA) Jiayu Liao (University of California, Riverside, USA) Track 4.3 Computational Physiology and the Physiome Project Chairs: Peter Hunter (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Daniel A. Beard (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) Track 4.4 Advances in Theory and Clinical Applications of Biological Network Studies Chairs: Yiannis Androulakis (Rutgers University, USA) Qing Nie (University of California at Irvine, USA) Track 4.5 Current Progress in Modeling Regulatory, Metabolic, and Proteomic Networks Chairs: Edmund Crampin (University of Auckland, New Zealand) Jason Papin (University of Virginia, USA) Track 4.6 Biological and Medical Data Management, Ontology, Mining, and Visualization Chairs: Bernard de Bono (European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom) Daniel L. Rubin (Stanford University, USA) Track 4.7 Emerging Topics in Computational Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Chairs: Dan Beard (Medical College of Wisconsin, USA) May Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Theme 5. Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems Engineering Track 5.1 Cardiovascular pulmonary mechanics (ventricular, vascular, CFD) Chairs: Frits Prinzen (Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Netherlands) Track 5.2 Artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices (VAS, TAH, IABP, PCPS) Chairs: James St. Louis (University of Minnesota, USA) Track 5.3 Cardiac electrophysiology (mapping, CRT, ICD, ablation, arrhythmias) Chairs: Nicholas Skadsberg (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Guanglin Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Track 5.4 Cardiovascular pulmonary regulation (neurohumoral, HRV) Chairs: Nicolas Chbat (Philips Research North America, USA) Track 5.5 Cardiovascular pulmonary imaging (Echo, CT, MR, CARTO, EnSite, endoscope, Odyssey) Chairs: Craig Hartley (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) Track 5.6 Cardiovascular pulmonary modeling (computational) Chairs: Masaru Sugimachi (The National Cardiovascular Center, Japan) Track 5.7 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (in the ICU and EMT settings) Chairs: Keith Lurie (Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc., USA) Track 5.8 Cardiovascular signal processing (ECG, BP, CO, telemedicine, smart house, monitoring) Chairs: Stanley Finkelstein (University of Minnesota, USA) Jie Lian (Biotronik, USA) Track 5.9 Heart-brain connections Chairs: Kenji Sunagawa (Kyushu University, Japan) Maneesh Shrivastav (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Track 5.10 Sleep disorders and respiratory engineering (CSAS, OSAS etc) Chairs: Thomas Penzel (Charit¨¦ - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany) Theme 6. Neural & Rehabilitation Engineering Track 6.1 Neural modeling and computing Chairs: John White (University of Utah, USA) Track 6.2 Neural microsystems Chairs: Patrick Wolf (Duke University, USA) Maysam Ghovanloo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Track 6.3 Neural prostheses Chairs: James Weiland (University of Southern California, USA) Track 6.4 Brain Machine interface Chairs: Dan Moran (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Track 6.5 Neural Informatics and Signal Processing Chairs: Shanbao Tong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Anastasios G. Bezerianos (University of Patras, Greece) Track 6.6 Neural Sensing Chairs: Pedram Mohseni (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Dustin Tyler (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Track 6.7 Deep Brain Stimulation Chairs: David J. Mogul (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA) Kendall H. Lee (Mayo Clinic, USA) Track 6.8 Sensorimotor & neuromuscular systems Chairs: Eric Perreault (Northwestern University, USA) David Guiraud (INRIA, France) Track 6.9 Neural Trauma Chairs: Michelle LaPlaca (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Barclay Morrison (Columbia University, USA) Track 6.10 Virtual Reality and Robotics in Rehabilitation Chairs: Sergei Adamovich (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Emily Keshner (Temple University, USA) Track 6.11 Rehabilitation of Neural Function Chairs: Silvestro Micera (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, Italy) Filippo Molinari (Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) Track 6.12 Neurophysiology and clinical applications Chairs: W. Zev Rymer (Northwestern University, USA) Shanbao Tong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Theme 7. Cellular & Tissue Engineering, & Biomaterials Track 7.1 Tissue Engineering Chairs: Wei Shen (University of Minnesota, USA) Michael Cho (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) Track 7.2 Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering Chairs: Daniel Sigg (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Track 7.3 Biomaterials Chairs: Chun Wang (University of Minnesota, USA) Track 7.4 Biomaterial-Cell Interactions Chairs: Padma Rajagopalan (Virginia Tech, USA) Alisa Morss Clyne (Drexel University, USA) Track 7.5 Drug Delivery Chairs: Suping Lyu (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Track 7.6 Cellular Force Transduction Chairs: Nate Sniadecki (University of Washington, USA) Track 7.7 Electrical Fields at the Cell and Protein Scale Chairs: Rafael Davalos (Virginia Tech, USA) Raphael Lee (University of Chicago, USA) Track 7.8 Cellular Therapies and Regenerative Medicine Chairs: Peter Lelkes (Drexel University, USAl) Track 7.9 Hybrid Organic Synthetic Biomaterials for Sensing and Actuation Chairs: John Madden (University of British Columbia, Canada) [top] Theme 8. Bio-Robotics & Biomechanics Track 8.1 Robotics for therapy, assistance and clinical evaluation Chairs: James Patton (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) Eugenio Guglielmelli (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, Italy) Track 8.2 Biomimetics Chairs: Cecilia Laschi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, Italy) Alejandra Barrera (Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology, Mexico) Track 8.3 Surgical robotics Chairs: Jacob Rosen (University of Washington, USA) Philippe Poignet (INRIA, France) Track 8.4 Human-robot interaction Chairs: JoseˇŻ del R. Millan (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) Jos¨¨ Carmena (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Track 8.5 Robotic prostheses, orthoses and wearable robotic systems Chairs: Nitish Thakor (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Track 8.6 Computer assisted surgery Chairs: Louis Phee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Arianna Menciassi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, Italy) Track 8.7 Cell mechanics Chairs: Victor Barocas (University of Minnesota, USA) Track 8.8 Multiscale biomechanics Chairs: Andrew McCulloch (University of California, San Diego, USA) Track 8.9 Orthopaedic and musculoskeletal biomechanics Chairs: Yoshihiko Nakamura (University of Tokyo, Japan) Mitsuhiro Hayashibe (INRIA, France) [top] Theme 9. Therapeutic & Diagnostics Systems, & Medical Device Design Track 9.1 Internally Applied Therapeutic Devices Chairs: Doug Hettrick (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Robert Patterson (University of Minnesota, USA) Track 9.2 Externally Applied Therapeutic Devices Chairs: Dorin Panescu (New Cardio, Inc., USA) Wayne McDaniel (University of Missouri, USA) Track 9.3 Image-guided Therapies Chairs: Dieter Haemmerich (Medical University of South Carolina, USA) John Bischof (University of Minnesota, USA) Track 9.4 Diagnostic Devices and Instrumentation Chairs: Michael McShane (Texas A&M University, USA) Track 9.5 Human Factors and Medical Device Design Chairs: Mary Beth Privitera (University of Cincinnati, USA) Track 9.6 Safety and Medical Device Design Chairs: Dustin Tyler (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Track 9.7 Medical Device Design Process Chairs: Robert W. Hitchcock (University of Utah, USA) Theme 10. Healthcare Information Systems & Telemedicine Track 10.1 Personal health systems, body sensor networks Chairs: Nicos Maglaveras (Aristotle University) Ilkka Korhonen (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland) Track 10.2 eHealth, mHealth, telemedicine systems Chairs: Costas Pattichis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Sergio Guillen (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain) Track 10.3 Enterprise-wide Image management, Multi-vendor PACS and Teleradiology Chairs: Seong Ki Mun (Virginia Tech, USA) Hairong Zheng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) Track 10.4 Ambient assisted living, smart homes for the elderly with chronic diseases Chairs: Toshiyo Tamura (Chiba University, Japan) Majd Alwan (Center for Aging Services Technologies, USA) Track 10.5 Data mining, knowledge discovery, personalized decision support Chairs: Dimitris Fotiadis (University of Ioannina, Greece) Mark van Gils (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland) Track 10.6 Wireless biomedical and health technologies Chairs: Emil Jovanov (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA) Kwang Suk Park (Seoul National University, South Korea) Track 10.7 Health information networks, architectures, interoperability, electronic health records Chairs: Gouenou Coatrieux (GET ENST Bretagne, France) Elliot Sloane (Villanova University, USA) Track 10.8 RFID, NFC in health Chairs: Robert S.H. Istepanian (Kingston University, United Kingdom) Track 10.9 Emerging IT for efficient/low-cost healthcare delivery Chairs: Steffen Leonhardt (Rhein-Westfalen Technical University, Germany) Theme 11. Technology Commercialization, Industry, Education, and Society Track 11.1 Technology Commercialization Chairs: Dieter Haemmerich (Medical University of South Carolina, USA) Wayne McDaniel (University of Missouri, USA) Track 11.2 Biomedical Engineering Education Chairs: Jorge E. Monzon (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina) Amy L de Jongh Curry (University of Memphis, USA) Track 11.3 Career Development in Biomedical Engineering Chairs: Jie Zhang (University of Minnesota, USA) Kaustubh Patil (Medtronic, Inc., USA) Track 11.4 History of Biomedical Engineering Chairs: Ron Leder (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico) Robert Patterson (University of Minnesota, USA) Theme 12. Recent Advancement in Biomedical Engineering Track 12.1 Therapeutic Ultrasound Chairs: Joo Ha Hwang (University of Washington, USA) Track 12.2 Novel Imaging Technologies: Ultrahigh Resolution, Ultrahigh Speed Chairs: Jerome Mertz (Boston University, USA) Xingde Li (Johns Hopkins University, USA) Track 12.3 Translational Molecular and BioPhotonics Imaging Chairs: John Frangioni (Harvard Medical School, USA) Ilko Ilev (FDA, USA) Track 12.4 Ultra-sensitive Biosensing Technologies Chairs: Vadim Backman (Northwestern University, USA)
