BiOS 2006: ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS
21–26 January 2006
San Jose, California, USA
As biomedical systems and clinical diagnostics adapt to new methods, instrumentation and assay technology, the pace of system innovations continues to accelerate. Many technologies originally developed for other applications, e.g., defense, energy, and aerospace, have found applications in the medical industry/environment. This conference provides a forum for scientists, engineers, manufacturers, and clinical providers to present the most recent advances in instrumentation, methods, and clinical applications. The conference goal is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for state-of-the-art methods in instrumentation research and development for biomedical diagnostics technologies, which are approaching the transition from research and development prototypes to user application. The conference will address the interests of researchers, applied scientists, engineers, and clinicians whose goal is to provide systems with extended, improved measurement capabilities.
Papers are sought that describe the methodologies, instrumentation systems and clinical implementation of biomedical optics technologies across a wide range of topics. Topics will span the areas of instrument optics, system engineering, assay automation, delivery technology, and data management in the clinical setting. Contributions will also address precision navigation and tracking techniques, which are critical to position medical instruments precisely within the 3D surgical space. Examples include stereotactic systems developed for brain surgery and flexible micronavigation devices engineered for medical laser ablation treatments. Oral and poster sessions are planned in the following subject areas:
Biomedical diagnostics
* minimally invasive diagnostics systems: Fluorescence, Raman , scattering, diffuse reflection
* clinical monitoring of early disease states, or physiological parameters
* multi-modality diagnostic systems (optics combined with acoustic, ultrasound, MRI, PET, X-ray)
* component/system design, engineering, and performance of biomedical instruments.
Advanced sensors for medicine
* biosensors (enzyme, antibody, gene probe-based systems)
* physical sensors and chemical in vivo sensors
* biochip technologies
* bio-electrics nanosecond pulsing technology.
Clinical diagnostic systems
* microinstrumentation and miniaturized clinical systems
* integrated instrument systems
* early screening applications
* high throughput systems
* clinical applications of optical biosensors
* multi-modality clinical instruments
* advances in assay automation and delivery technology optical methods of assessing
* cardiovascular structure and function.
Medical imaging techniques and devices
* IR, ultrasound, and acoustic sensing and imaging
* advanced endoscopy techniques and devices
* smart catheters
* laser radar sensing and imaging
* RF radar imaging
* terahertz techniques and systems (imaging, spectroscopy, and modeling)
* cardiac mapping
* trauma care
* telemedicine
* virtual reality technologies.
Diagnostics using precision medical guidance systems
* tracking technology (optical, acoustic, etc.)
* stereotactic technology
* catheter navigation
* anatomical landmark identification
* dexterity-enhanced surgery
* robotics-assisted surgery
* surgical simulators
* real-time feedback systems
* virtual reality techniques
* novel noninvasive
* telesurgery system.
For more information
Please see the ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS (BO113) Website.