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STATUS REPORT OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (2001)


  1. OFFICERS
    President:Shunsuke SATO
    Vice-president:Shogo UENO
    Takayuki TSUJI

  2. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
    Jouji ANDO
    Takeyoshi DOHI
    Kozaburo HAYASHI
    Masatsugu HORI
    Hidehiro HOSAKA
    Nozomu HOSHIMIYA
    Hiroshi INADA
    Akira KAMIYA
    Fumihiko KAJIYA
    Makoto KIKUCHI     		Hideo KUSUOKA
    Haruyuki MINAMITANI
    Shinicni NITTA
    Kazuo OGINO
    Masaaki SATO
    Shouichi SENDA
    Tatsuo TOGAWA
    Katsuhiko TSUJIOKA
    Katsuyuki YAMAMOTO

  3. MEMBERSHIP (April, 2002)
    Members: 3903
    (Including Associate Members and Honorary Members)

  4. BRANCHI AND CHAIRPERSON
    1. Hokkaido
    2. Tohoku
    3. Koshinetsu
    4. Tokai
    5. Hokuriku
    6. Kansai
    7. Chugoku-Shikoku
    8. Kyushu
    		 Kunio TANAKA
    Nozomu HOSHIMIYA
    Toru KIRYU
    Kazunobu YAMAUCHI
    Kazuo SASAKI
    Michitoshi INOUE
    Shigeru TERAMOTO
    Masatoshi NAKAMURA
  5. ANNUAL CONFERENCE
    1. The 40th Conference
      President:Junichiro TORIWAKI
      Vice-president:Kazunobu YAMAUCHI
      Shiro USUI
    The conference was held in Nagoya on May 9-11, 2001. Total number in attendance: 880.

  6. AUTUMN CONFERENCE
    1. The 15th Conference
      President:Akihiko UCHIYAMA
      Vice-president:Teruo OKANO
    The conference was held in Tokyo on December 4-5, 2001. Total number in attendance: 510

  7. PUBLICATIONS
    1. Transactions of the Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol.39, No2-Vol.40, No.1 (original papers only)
    2. Digest of the 40th conference
    3. BME, Vol.15, No4-Vol.16, No.2 (special issues and general information)
    4. Frontiers of Medical and Biological Engineering, Vol.11, No.1-No.3 (The International Journal of JSMBE)

  8. RESEARCH GROUP ACTIVITY AND CHAIRPERSON
    1. Research group on engineering for the child (Masao SAITO)
    2. Research group on mechatronics in ME (Yasuhiro FUKUI)
    3. Research group on cardiovascular biosignaling and functional regulation (Kenji SUNAGAWA)
    4. Research group on application of ME technology to home health care and welfare (Hiroshi INADA)
    5. Research group on biomechanics (Masaaki SATO)
    6. Research group on clinical engineering for safety (Noriaki ONO)
    7. Research group on electromagnetic environment in medical care (Ken ISHIHARA)
    8. Research group on measurement, evaluation and control in cardiovascular dynamics (Katsuhiko TSUJIOKA)
    9. Research group on medical engineering for perinatal medicine (Kazuhiro HARA)
    10. Research group on medical engineering in artificial organs (Yoshinori MITAMURA)
    11. Research group on multimedia technology in comprehensive medicine (Takaki SHIMURA)
    12. Research group on respiration and pulmonary circulation (Michiaki MISHIMA)
    13. Research group on shock wave therapy (Kazuyoshi TAKAYAMA)
    14. Research group on signal processing in measurements and interpretation of biological functions (Toru KIRYU)
    15. Research group on vascular endothelial cell and microcirculation (Motomu MINAMIYAMA)
    16. Research group on visualization techniques of biological information (Tsuyoshi SHIINA)
    17. Research group on medical engineering for people with spinal cord injury (Hideo YANO)
    18. Research group on medical engineering in molecular and cellular medicine (Makoto KIKUCHI)
    19. Research group on human interface technology in the fields of medicine and welfare (Michio MIYAKAWA)
    20. Research group on Neuroinformatics (Takeyoshi DOHI)
  9. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS
    Home Page Address: www.jsmbe.or.jp
    JSMBE OFFICE: Mr. Ken TAKAYANAGI / email: me-soc@bcasj.or jp
    16-9, Honkomagome 5-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo113-8622, JAPAN
    phone:+81-3-5814-5801/ fax:+81-3-5814-5820

    National Secretary of JSMBE:
    Professor Makoto KIKUCHI / email: mkikuchi@cc.ndmc.ac.jp (until May 2002)
    Professor Katsuhiko TSUJIOKA / email: tsujioka@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp (since June 2002)

  10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    1. The JSMBE has carried out the Certification Examination for Biomedical Engineering (Class 1, and Class 2) annually. The number of persons passing the Examination in 2001 was 69 of 235 for Class 1, and 874 of 3254 persons for Class 2 respectively, this includes the students of the nationally licensed Clinical Engineer Training School.
    2. "Medical Engineering Technology Industry Strategy (METIS) Consortium" was established in March 2001 and consists of governmental, academic and industrial sectors to promote the medical engineering industry in Japan. Professor Kikuchi is chairing the strategy planning committee.