Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMed 2004.On 2-4 Sept 2004, the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMed 2004 was held in Kuala Lumpur, chaired by Goh Sing Yau. The Biomedical Engineering Department of University Malaya (UM) was the organizer in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry of UM, Ministry of Health Malaysia, National Heart Institute, Institution of Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Malaysia and Triways Travel Network Malaysia. Healthtronics (M) Sdn. Bhd was the main corporate sponsor. BioMed 2004 was also endorsed by both the International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM) and International Federation of Medical and Biology Engineering in Medicine (IFMBE). The Biomed 2004 featured six plenary lectures. Professor Colin Orton from Wayne State University, USA presented "A review of new technological developments in the radiotherapeutic treatment of cancer". Professor Joachim Nagel from University of Stuttgart, Germany, presented "Biological effects of low frequency ultrasound: health hazards and medical applications". Professor Dan Bader from University of London, UK presented "Biomechanical conditioning of chondrocyte-seeded constructs: tuning for success". Professor John Webster from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, presented "Tissue ablation: devices and procedures". Dr. Reinhold Scherer from Graz University of Technology, Austria, presented .Direct brain-computer communication. and Professor Joe C. Barbenel from University of Strathclyde, Scotland, presented "The mechanical properties of soft body tissues". BioMed 2004 featured pre-conference half-day workshops organized by Kwan Hoong Ng. John Webster presented "Bioinstrumentation". Dan Bader presented "Cell and tissue engineering". Michel Bister presented "Medical image processing". Ninety-four papers appear in the 387-page IFMBE Proceedings, Volume 7, 2004.
Mr. Nahrizul Adib KADRI
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