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Upcoming
Biomedical Engineering
Events
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A homogenized finite element method to compute
strength of human bones
Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Philippe K. Zysset,
Institute
for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics, University of
Bern, Switzerland
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Abstract |
Bone is a multiscale composite with adapted
mechanical properties that evolve with growth,
senescence and disease. Motivated by bone metabolic
diseases, computer tomography (CT) based finite
element models of bones are used at the
micro-structural and at the continuum level in both
research and clinical studies. High-resolution
images from microCT lead to detailed, reliable but
computationally expensive models that predict the
linear elastic and early post-yield behavior of
bone. In contrast, low-resolution images from
clinical CT require preprocessing and attribution of
material properties using bone mineral density
(BMD). The aim of this research was to develop an
alternative continuum level homogenized finite
element (hFE) methodology for intermediate
resolution images that applies a volume fraction and
fabric-based scheme to assign effective material
properties.
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Biography |
Philippe Zysset obtained his engineering diploma in
physics and his PhD in biomechanics at the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He made his first
steps in biomedical research at the Harvard Medical
School and at the University of Michigan and spent 8
years as a professor of biomechanics at the Vienna
University of Technology, where he founded a laboratory
for micro- and nanomechanics of biological tissues and
initiated a master program in biomedical engineering.
He moved recently to the university of Bern as an
extraordinary professor for biomechanics at the
institute of surgical technology and biomechanics. He
teaches tissue biomechanics and his research interests
are structure-function relationships of musculoskeletal
tissues and the simulation of their mechanical behavior
with numerical methods.
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Date and Time |
February 6, 2012,
15:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, Biel (map),
Room 608 |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 minutes) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Imaging with Impedance: Can We Guide Lung
Ventilation?
Prof. Dr. Andy Adler,
Carleton University in Ottawa,
Canada
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Abstract |
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) uses a set of
electrodes placed around the patient's body to apply
current simulation and measure the resulting
potentials, from which an image of the internal
conductivity distribution is calculated. EIT was
invented 100 years ago by the brother's Schlumberger
to prospect for conductive minerals. Since EIT is
sensitive to physiological phenomena which affect
the conductivity, it has been used to image the
brain (to view perfusion changes due to epilepsy and
stroke), the breast (to screen for cancerous
regions), the abdomen (for gastric emptying) and
thorax (to image the movement of blood and gas in
the heart and lungs).
Patients in respiratory failure require positive
pressure ventilation to ensure adequate gas
exchange. While ventilation is life-saving, it
imposes significant risks. To address these risks,
lung EIT has the potential to be a monitoring tool
to help guide and optimize lung protective
ventilation individually for each patient.
EIT image reconstruction is difficult because of the
way current propagates through all paths in the
body; EIT image reconstruction is non-linear,
spatially variant, and mathematically
ill-conditioned. To solve these problems,
regularized image reconstruction techniques are
used, which use prior models to penalise low
probability solutions. Recently, the increase in
computer power has facilitated much more powerful
algorithms.
This talk will review recent work in EIT image
reconstruction, and its application for lung
imaging.
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Biography |
Andy Adler is professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier
II) in biomedical engineering in Systems and Computer
Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
His research interests are in: 1) biometrics imaging and
security systems, and the associated algorithms,
measurement devices, and privacy and security aspects;
and, 2) development of non-invasive biomedical
measurement technologies and sensors, including the
medical image and signal processing algorithms.
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Date and Time |
February 17, 2012,
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, Biel (map),
Room 608 |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 minutes) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Past Biomedical Engineering Events
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New developments in continuous non-occlusive blood
pressure measurement
Josep Sola,
R&D Engineer at CSEM in
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Abstract |
Elevated Blood Pressure (BP) is a human-specific
illness affecting a quarter of the worldwide
population. Clinically known as hypertension,
elevated BP is considered the major risk factor for
cardiovascular disease: the most common cause of
death in developed countries. Detecting, treating
and controlling hypertension are major goals of
modern medicine.
For more than one century, the non-invasive
measurement of BP has relied on the inflation of
pneumatic cuffs around a limb, typically the upper
arm. In addition to being occlusive, and thus
cumbersome, cuff-based methods provide intermittent
BP readings, i.e. every twenty minutes, hence
impeding the suitable monitoring of short-term BP
regulation mechanisms. In addition, cuff-based
methods may not yield representative BP during sleep
as repeated inflations induce arousal reactions,
leading to non-representative overestimated BP
values. Therefore, the development of novel
technologies that reduce the recurrent use of
pneumatic cuffs is clearly justified.
The research conducted by Josep Sola aims at
developing novel technologies for the continuous
measurement of BP, particularly focusing on
non-occlusive approaches that can be used during
daily life activities and not only within hospitals
or physicians’ offices. His research have lead to a
new generation of ambulatory monitors that provide
beat-by-beat estimates of central mean arterial
pressure by analyzing the propagation of arterial
pressure pulses from the heart towards the
periphery.
This talk will review
the state of the art on ambulatory BP monitoring,
and introduce two novel technologies under
development at CSEM. Based on the optical and
electrical scanning of the thorax, these
technologies provide continuous BP estimates by
simply placing a wearable chest sensor on a patient.
Description of the working principles,
implementation constraints and experimental results
will be provided during the talk.
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Biography |
Josep
Sola received his M. Sc. degree in Telecommunications
Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Barcelona, in 2004. The same year he joined CSEM where
he is nowadays working as a R&D engineer in the field of
biomedical signal processing. In November 2011 he will
defend his PhD Thesis at ETHZ in the field of
non-invasive continuous blood pressure estimation. His
thesis works have been published and awarded by several
international peer-review journals during the last four
years, and have attracted the interest of academic and
industrial parties. In addition to blood pressure, he
has several patents and publications in the fields of
reflective pulse oximetry, human activity
classification, bioimpedance measurements and central
hemodynamics monitoring.
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Date and Time |
December 16, 2011,
15:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, Biel (map),
Room 509 |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 minutes) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Electrical Impedance Tomography:
A Product
Oriented Approach to Save Human Lives
Dr. Pascal Gaggero,
Research Engineer at CSEM in
Landquart, Switzerland
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Abstract |
Every doctor, every nurse and every patient dreams of having a simple,
inexpensive and reliable solution for monitoring the interior of the
human body non-invasively. Thanks to the results presented by Pascal
Olivier Gaggero in his PhD thesis, the fulfilment of this dream is about
to become a reality. The solution has been found thanks to a systematic
study of the theoretical and practical aspects of the Electrical
Impedance Tomography (EIT) technique. EIT calculates an image of the
spatial distribution of electrical conductivity inside the body based on
electrical stimulations and voltage measurements performed on its
surface. The EIT technique is very attractive because it enables the
acquisition of tomographic images without having to resort to ionizing
radiation, such as X-rays, which are a known health hazard. Currently,
the main potential application for EIT in the medical domain consists of
monitoring the respiratory and cardiac functions of patients – the aim
being to optimize the therapy to artificial ventilation. Although this
technique has been known for quite some time, it has never been used in
clinical practice on a large scale, mainly due to lack of proper
instrumentation adapted to the hospital environment. In fact, in the
case of artificially ventilated patients, it has been demonstrated that
many ten thousands of lives could thus be saved every year, by helping
doctors to optimize their ventilation therapy (protective ventilation).
In his presentation Dr. Gaggero will highlight the advantages and
disadvantages of EIT compared to state of the art medical imaging and
will present the challenges faced during the design phases of the
developed EIT instrument. In his conclusions, he will explain why EIT
could save thousands of lives every year.
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Biography |
Pascal Olivier Gaggero completed is BSc and MSc degree
in micro and nano sciences at the Institute of
Microtechnology (IMT) of the University of Neuchâtel,
Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 2006 and 2008, respectively.
In 2011 he received the doctoral degree in science
conducted at Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de
Microtechnique (CSEM) in collaboration with IMT and the
University of Neuchâtel. His thesis was focused on
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT). Since august
2011, he is a research engineer at CSEM in Landquart,
Switzerland. His research interests include the field of
physics, electronics and nano technology. |
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Date and Time |
September 28, 2011,
14:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, Biel (map),
Room 608 |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 minutes) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Meet the Expert: Medical Manufacturing
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Date |
September 12-13, 2011 |
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Location |
Solothurn |
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Schedule |
Download our
flyer.
Further information and pictures:
Medical Cluster |
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Organizer |
This event is organized by the Medical
Cluster in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Economic development of the Canton of Berne:
The role of the Berne Economic Development Agency
Denis Grisel,
Director of the Berne Economic
Development Agency
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Biography |
Denis Grisel has been director of the Berne Economic Development Agency
since 1996. His tasks include endogenic support, i.e. supporting
existing companies and start-ups with their innovation and expansion
plans, and exogenic support, whose aim is to raise awareness of the
Canton of Berne as an attractive company location abroad – in the United
States, Germany, France and Italy – and to achieve the establishment of
new companies in the Canton of Berne. Denis Grisel holds a degree in
economics from the University of Neuenburg (Switzerland). He carried out
market research for the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) from
1974 to 1976. He joined the Berne Economic Development Agency in 1976,
where his tasks included managing economic infrastructure projects
within the framework of regional development programmes in particular.
In 1980 he was appointed as deputy director of the Berne Economic
Development Agency. In this capacity, he was responsible for supporting
the bilingual Berne Jura-Biel-Seeland region. These activities
incorporated two areas, on one hand the infrastructure and Berne based
companies, and on the other a presence abroad, in France, Germany and
the United States. In 1996 Denis Grisel took over management of the
Berne Economic Development Agency; Berne, with its million inhabitants,
is Switzerland’s second largest Canton in terms of population. His
duties include exogenic support in Europe and the United States and the
management of the staff employed in these areas to encourage companies
to establish branches in Berne. Endogenic support is one of the core
aspects of his activities. It incorporates a point of contact whose
staff support Berne based companies and start-ups. The aim of these
activities is to offer the companies help with the necessary
administrative steps. Denis Grisel also coordinates activities in the
field of technology transfer through support for innoBE, a company whose
job is to provide initial technological advice to SMEs and “Cluster”
associations in the areas of medical technology, telecommunications,
precision industry and services. |
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Date and Time |
June 6, 2011,
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, Biel (map),
Room 509 |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 minutes) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Biomedical Engineering Day 2011
The Biomedical Engineering Day offers
Swiss and international companies from the medical
technological field an excellent opportunity to meet our
highly qualified and motivated Master and PhD students
face to face and to present themselves as attractive
employers. In the academic year 2010/11 alone, more than
80 new students enrolled in our program. The Biomedical
Engineering Day also gives our students the chance to
gather information about occupational prospects and
career opportunities as well as to present their
research projects. Furthermore, this event is a platform
to meet with technical and clinical research staff and
alumni of our Biomedical Engineering Research program.
Event Homepage
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Date |
May
13, 2011 |
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Location |
Bern |
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Organizer |
This University of Bern event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Prof. Dr. Peter Seitz |
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Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr. Peter
Seitz
Vice President Nanomedicine, CSEM SA, Landquart
Adjunct Professor of Optoelectronics, EPFL IMT,
Neuchâtel |
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Topic |
Nanophotonics for Medical Diagnostics
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
May
11, 2011 |
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Time |
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Dr. Roger Lüchinger |
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Invited Talk |
Dr. Roger
Lüchinger
Oberassistent at the Institute for Biomedical
Engineering of the University and ETH Zürich |
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Topic |
MRI Compatibility of Pacemakers
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
April 27, 2011 |
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Time |
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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General Assembly of the IEEE Switzerland Section |
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Date |
March 31, 2011 |
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Location |
Siemens, Zug |
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Registration |
Please register here:
http://ieee-web.oetiker.ch/ |
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Organizer |
IEEE Switzerland Section |
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5th International Symposium on
Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT
2011)
ISMICT 2011 will continue and extend the
tradition established in Japan, Finland, Canada and
Taiwan. The focus this year will be on Medical Body Area
Networks, Technology and Services for Personalized
Medicine.
Shiori Suzuki, a student from Keio
University, Japan, received the ISMICT 2011 Student
Award from the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter (500 CHF).
Conference Homepage |
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Date |
March 27-30, 2011 |
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Location |
Montreux |
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Organizer |
CSEM, EPFL, NICT, Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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| Excursion |
Phonak AG, Stäfa (homepage) |
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Topic |
Innovative Hearing
Solutions |
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Schedule |
- Welcome and Phonak movie
- Talk ("Modern Hearing
Instruments Technology with a Focus on Signal
Processing")
- Guided tour
- Apéro and networking opportunities
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Date |
March 23, 2011 |
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Time |
14:00 -
17:15 |
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Location |
Phonak AG,
Stäfa |
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Registration |
Strictly limited to 20 participants; free
registration required; please register only if you actually plan to
attend; registration is final; please register
here. |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Prof. Dr. Alex Dommann |
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Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr. Alex Dommann
Program Manager for MEMS
CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique
SA, Neuchâtel |
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Topic |
Reliability of MEMS for medical
applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and
discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
November 12, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Patrick Schwaller
Michael Held |
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Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr. Patrick Schwaller, Professor
of
Surface Physics
Michael
Held, MSc Biomedical Engineering
Institute for Applied Laser, Photonics and Surface
Technologies
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf |
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Topic |
Characterization of coronary arteries by electrical
impedance measurements
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
November 4, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Energy Harvesting Conference
Energy harvesting aims at replacing or
complementing batteries by using micro-power generators.
The needs are enormous in the medical field (e.g.,
running pace makers and other electronic implants
without batteries), in the consumer products field
(e.g., cell phones that need fewer or no recharges), and
in other fields. However, harvesting energy from the
environment remains a challenge and therefore research
and development in this field is booming. During this
one-day conference, key players will present needs and
technical solutions in the area of energy harvesting.
Registration, program, and further information
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Date |
October 27, 2010 |
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Time |
8:45 am - 6:00 pm |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula |
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Organizer |
sensors.ch, BFH-TI, fsrm, Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Bérengère Dumotier |
| Invited
Talk |
Dr.
Bérengère Dumotier
Preclinical Cardiosafety Expert, Senior Investigator
NOVARTIS Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel |
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Drug arrhythmogenicity and preclinical cardiac safety
evaluation: are we able to run over the main hurdles?
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Raimondo Schettini |
| Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr.
Raimondo Schettini
Associate Professor at the University of Milano Bicocca
(Italy) |
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| Topic |
Computerized face recognition technologies: 3D face
analysis and synthesis
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
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Time |
16:30 - 18:00 |
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Location |
University of Bern
Frauenklinik, entrance 17
Effingerstrasse, 3010 Bern
Room D103 (apero in Room D101)
Directions |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter and ARTORG Center
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Biomedical Engineering Day |
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Further Info |
Link |
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Date |
Friday, June 4, 2010 |
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Time |
10:00-16:30 |
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Organizer |
This
University of Bern event is held in cooperation with the
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Patrick Steiner |
| Invited
Talk |
Patrick
Steiner
ETH Zurich
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| Topic |
Spectroscopic optical coherence tomography – theory and
medical applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
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Time |
15:15 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Bert Arnrich |
| Invited
Talk |
Dr. Bert
Arnrich (homepage,
article)
Senior Researcher
Electronics Laboratory
ETH Zurich
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| Topic |
Wearable and Ambient Solutions for Medical Application
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 |
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Time |
15:15 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 608 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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General Assembly of the IEEE Switzerland Section |
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Date |
April 8, 2010 |
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Time |
15:00 - 16:00 |
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Location |
Verkehrshaus, Luzern |
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Registration |
Please register here:
http://www.ieee.ch/ |
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Organizer |
IEEE Switzerland Section |
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Prof. Dr. Urs Frey |
| Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr.
Urs Frey (homepage)
Head of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonology
Professor of Paediatric Pulmonology
Department of Paediatrics
University of Bern |
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| Topic |
The
need for non-invasive tools in Pediatric Pulmonology
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
University of Bern
Institute for Pathology
Langhans Auditorium, Entrance 43A
Murtenstrasse 31, 3010 Bern
Directions |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter and ARTORG Center
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Dr. Gudrun Zahlmann
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| Invited
Talk |
Dr.
Gudrun Zahlmann
Manager Imaging Infrastructure
F. Hoffmann – La Roche |
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| Topic |
Technical aspects of translational imaging in pharma
drug development process
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, February 26, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 604 (6th floor) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Alejandro Hernandez Arieta
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| Invited
Talk |
Dr.
Alejandro Hernandez Arieta (homepage)
Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory
Dept. of Informatics
University of Zurich |
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| Topic |
Sensory feedback for body awareness in prosthetic
applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Markus Hofbauer |
| Invited
Talk |
Dr. Markus Hofbauer (homepage)
Senior DSP Engineer,
Research & Development - Algorithm Concepts, Phonak AG |
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| Topic |
Modern Hearing Instrument Technology
with a Focus on Signal Processing
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt |
| Invited
Talk |
Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Hunt
Director, Institute for Mechatronic Systems,
Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf |
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| Topic |
Robotics-assisted treadmill technology:
feedback control methods for cardiopulmonary
rehabilitation after neurological injury
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
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Date |
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Lecture Series (in German) |
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| Topic |
Medizintechnik -
Ingenieure im Dienste des Menschen |
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Schedule |
PDF document,
Link |
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Date |
Wednesday,
November 4, 2009 |
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Time |
17:30 -
20:00 |
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Location |
Zurich; see PDF document for details |
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Registration |
Required |
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Organizer |
This FAEL event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Dr. Thomas Riedel |
| Invited
Talk |
Dr. Thomas
Riedel
Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care,
University Children’s Hospital,
Inselspital, 3010 Bern |
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| Topic |
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT):
assessment of lung physiology and clinical applications
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30
minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
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Date |
Friday, October 9, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE
EMBS Chapter
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Dr. Justin Dauwels
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| Invited Talk |
Dr. Justin
H. G. Dauwels (homepage)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Topic |
Signal Processing for
Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Disorders
(abstract
and biography,
presentation) |
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Schedule |
Talk (45 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (30 min.) |
|
Date |
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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 |
| Excursion |
Ypsomed
AG, Burgdorf (homepage) |
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Topic |
Innovative Injection Systems |
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Schedule |
Talk (company, R&D)
Guided tour
Apéro and networking opportunities |
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Date |
August 20, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 19:00 |
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Location |
Ypsomed AG, Burgdorf |
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Registration |
Strictly limited to 30 participants, free
registration required, please register only if you actually plan to
attend, registration is final, please register
here; registration ends on
August 16. |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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|
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Biomedical Engineering Day |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Schedule |
Link |
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Date |
Wednesday,
June 3, 2009 |
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Time |
tba |
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Location |
Link |
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Registration |
Link |
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Organizer |
This University of Bern event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter.
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Dr. Jivko Stoyanov
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| Invited Talk |
Dr. Jivko Stoyanov
Project Leader
Spinal Injury Research
Swiss Paraplegic Research
CH-6207 Nottwil |
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| Topic |
Intervertebral Disc Repair with Aging of Stem Cells -
What's the problem?
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Monday, May 11, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
|
Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Christoph Meier
Dr. Roland Michaely
Dr. Boris Považay
(click on picture to enlarge) |
| Invited Talks |
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
(abstracts
and biographies)
|
- Greetings
(Prof. Dr. Volker M. Koch, Chair Swiss IEEE EMBS
Chapter)
- FD-OCT Introduction: basics, limiting factors,
dispersion
(Prof. Christoph Meier, Professor of Physics and Optics,
Bern University of Applied Sciences
- Doppler FD-OCT: emphasis on signal processing
(Dr. Roland Michaely, Helbling Technik Bern AG)
- Ultra High Speed OCT and 3D-teFD
(Dr. Boris Považay, School of Optometry and
Vision Sciences at Cardiff University in Wales/UK)
- Discussion and apéro with networking
opportunities
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Date |
Friday,
May 8, 2009 |
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Time |
16:00 - 18:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: Aula |
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Registration |
No registration required |
|
Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
|
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Dr. Cindy Thamrin
|
| Invited Talk |
Dr. Cindy Thamrin
Research Fellow, Dept. of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine,
Bern University Hospital and University of Bern |
| |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering in Respiratory Medicine
(abstract
and biography) |
|
Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, April 24, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 405 |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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|
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General Assembly of the IEEE Switzerland Section |
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Date |
Thursday, April 9, 2009 |
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Time |
14:00 - 18:00 |
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Location |
Technorama, Winterthur |
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Registration |
Please register here:
http://www.ieee.ch/ |
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Organizer |
IEEE Switzerland Section |
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| Excursion |
ARTORG Center (homepage) |
| |
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| Topics |
ARTORG Center, Computer Assisted Surgery, Master of
Science in Biomedical Engineering Program |
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Schedule |
If you are in Biel, take the S3 at 16:24 to Wankdorf |
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Date |
Friday, March 27, 2009 |
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Time |
17:00 - 18:30 |
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Location |
University of Bern
ARTORG Center
Stauffacherstrasse 78, 3014 Bern (directions) |
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter |
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Face-to-Face Meeting Biomedical Engineering |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Schedule |
http://www.ti.bfh.ch/index.php?id=5854 |
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Date |
Thursday,
March 26, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 -
18:30 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences,
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map) |
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Registration |
See links above. |
|
Organizer |
This BFH event is held in cooperation with the Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter. |
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Rolf Vogel
 |
| Invited Talk |
Prof. Rolf Vogel, MD, PhD, MSEE
Cardiology and ARTORG Cardiovascular Engineering
Inselspital, Bern University Hospital
|
| |
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| Topic |
Biomedical Engineering in Cardiology: Applications and
Problems
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday,
February 27, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 17:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
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Registration |
No registration required |
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Organizer |
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
|
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Patrick Roth |
| Invited Talk |
Patrick Roth
CEO,
Competence Center for Medical Technology |
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| Topic |
Center for Medical Technology
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (75 min.) |
|
Date |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
|
Time |
16:00 - 18:00 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
|
|
Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
The apéro is sponsored by
Synthes. |
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber
 |
| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber
Co-Director of the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering
Research, University of Bern |
| |
|
| Topic |
Advances in Computer Aided Soft Tissue Surgery
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Thursday, January 15, 2009 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
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|
Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz-Peter Nolte
 |
| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lutz-Peter Nolte
Director of the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering
Research, University of Bern |
| |
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| Topic |
Introduction to Smart Devices for Orthopaedic Surgery
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, January 9, 2009 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
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Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
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|
Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
The apéro is sponsored by
Synthes. |
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Dr. Michael Chorost
 |
| Video |
Authors@Google: Dr. Michael
Chorost |
| |
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| Topic |
My Informated Body, and Yours |
|
Schedule |
Video (45 minutes)
Short presentation by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Weber,
University of Bern, on
Advances in Computer Aided Soft Tissue Surgery (20
minutes) |
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Date |
Friday, December 19, 2008 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:15 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
|
|
Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
|
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Nicolas Bouduban
 |
| Invited Talk |
Nicolas Bouduban, MSc Biomedical Engineering
Synthes |
| |
|
| Topic |
Synthes Innovation Task Force
(abstract
and biography) |
|
Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, December 5, 2008 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: 408 in the main building
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Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
|
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Prof. Dr. Peter A. Neukomm
 |
| Invited Talk |
Prof. Dr. Peter A. Neukomm
Professor of Sensor Technology, Bern University of Applied
Sciences |
| |
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| Topic |
Introduction to Passive Telemetry and its Most Important
Design Rules
(abstract
and biography) |
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Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, November 28, 2008 |
|
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
|
|
Registration
|
No registration required |
Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
|
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PD Dr. Stephen Ferguson
 |
Invited Talk
|
PD Dr. Stephen Ferguson
Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics,
University of Bern |
| |
|
| Topic |
The Shift from Biomechanics to Mechanobiology
(abstract
and biography)
Stephen Ferguson will also give information on
ARTORG and
how he as a Canadian ended up in Switzerland. |
|
Schedule |
Talk (30 minutes)
Questions and discussion (15 minutes)
Apéro and networking opportunities (45 min.) |
|
Date |
Friday, November 14, 2008 |
|
Time |
14:15 - 15:45 |
|
Location |
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Quellgasse 21, 2502 Biel (map)
Room: main building, Aula
|
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Registration
|
No registration required |
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Organizer
|
Swiss IEEE EMBS Chapter
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