The Eighth IASTED International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering
~Biomed 2011~

February 16 – 18, 2011
Innsbruck, Austria

Past Conference Information

The Biomedical Engineering 2011 conference in Innsbruck, Austria has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are not yet available for purchase, but will be available shortly on the ACTA Press website.

Conference Chair

Prof. Christian Baumgartner
University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria
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Keynote Speakers

"MRI: From Multiparametric Contrast to Biomarker Imaging"

Prof. Rudolf Stollberger
Graz University of Technology, Austria
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"Technologies for ageing-in-place: From implantable bionics to biomonitoring"

Prof. Nigel Lovell
University of New South Wales, Australia
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"From high-resolution multi-channel ECG to patient individual cardiac electrical activation times"

Assc. Prof. Michael Seger
UMIT - The Health and Life Sciences University, Austria
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Tutorial Sessions

"Low Back Pain: the problem and methods of assessment"

Prof. Robert Allen
University of Southampton, UK
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"Optical Sensors for Biomedical Applications"

Dr. Martin Brandl
Danube University Krems, Austria
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Technical Co-Sponsor

IEEE EMBS
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Collaborative Society

Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

Bronze Sponsorship

UMIT – The University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology
The University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT)

The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Delegate Sponsorship

ÖGBMT Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering
ÖGBMT Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering

Scope

The topics of interest covered by Biomed 2011 included, but were not limited to:

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY

  • Artificial Organs
  • Clinical Assessment and Patient Diagnosis
  • Computer-aided Surgery
  • Electrotherapy
  • Health Care Information Systems
  • Implant Technology
  • Patient Monitoring
  • Prosthetics and Orthotics
  • Radiotherapy
  • Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Telemedicine

MEDICAL DEVICES, MEASUREMENT, AND INSTRUMENTATION

  • Biomechanics
  • Biosensors and Transducers
  • Data and Signal Acquisition
  • Electronic Medical Devices
  • Intelligent Instrumentation
  • Lasers and Optical Systems
  • Measurement and Instrumentation
  • Microtechnology and BioMEMS
  • Noninvasive Measurement
  • Reliability and Failure
  • Robotics
  • Robotics and Medicine

MEDICAL IMAGING, IMAGE PROCESSING, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

  • Biomedical Signal Processing
  • Computed Tomography
  • Data Representation and Visualization
  • Integrated Medical Image Analysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Medical Data Storage and Compression
  • Medical Image Processing
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Optical Imaging
  • Ultrasound Imaging

MODELLING, SIMULATION, SYSTEMS, AND CONTROL

  • Biomedical Computing
  • Electromagnetic Field Simulation
  • Hemodynamics
  • Sports and Ergonomics Simulation
  • Surgery Simulation and Simulators
  • Virtual Reality

MOLECULAR BIOENGINEERING

  • Bioinformatics
  • Bio-Nanotechnology
  • Computational Systems Biology
  • Drug Delivery and Pharmacokinetics
  • Labs-on-Chips
  • Molecular and Cellular Engineering
  • Tissue Engineering