World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering September 7 - 12, 2009 Munich, Germany

Present Your Research to the World! The World Congress 2009 on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering – the triennial scientific meeting of the IUPESM - is the world’s leading forum for presenting the results of current scientific work in health-related physics and technologies to an international audience. With more than 2,800 presentations it will be the biggest conference in the fields of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in 2009! Medical physics, biomedical engineering and bioengineering have been driving forces of innovation and progress in medicine and healthcare over the past two decades. As new key technologies arise with significant potential to open new options in diagnostics and therapeutics, it is a multidisciplinary task to evaluate their benefit for medicine and healthcare with respect to the quality of performance and therapeutic output. Covering key aspects such as information and communication technologies, micro- and nanosystems, optics and biotechnology, the congress will serve as an inter- and multidisciplinary platform that brings together people from basic research, R&D, industry and medical application to discuss these issues. As a major event for science, medicine and technology the congress provides a comprehensive overview and in–depth, first-hand information on new developments, advanced technologies and current and future applications. With this Final Program we would like to give you an overview of the dimension of the congress and invite you to join us in Munich! Olaf Dössel Congress President Wolfgang C.

Assessment of Neuromuscular Function with a New Ground Reaction Force Platform Using Power Spectrum Analysis Technique.- Evaluation of safety observance in using of Intravenous Contrast media In Iran.- Biomedical Physics Education of Medical and Healthcare Personnel the Cyprus Experience.- A Distribution Strategy for Imaging Centers in the Costa Rican Public Health System.- Intelligent Tutoring Systems Based on Ontologies and 3D Visualization Platforms in the Teaching of the Human Anatomy.- The Importance of a Safety Culture in Healthcare Facilities for the Development of an Incident Investigation System.- A mobile biosensor using living cells for water quality analysis.- Training of Qualified Medical Physicists: Problems and Struggles in AFOMP Region.- Changes in the Water Content of the Skin during the Early Neonatal Period.- Teaching Signal Processing to the Medical Profession.- The Beginnings of a Subject on the “Development of Medical Devices” within the “European Higher Education Area” Framework.- Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology: A ’Learning-by-Doing Approach’.- Strengthening Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) in East Africa.- More Attention to Risk Class I Medical Devices Navigation Arm Systems and Equipment Trolleys.- Developing a Database of Generic Specifications for Medical Equipment for Healthcare Institutions in a Developing Country.- A Medical Biophysics Conceptual Base for Medical / Healthcare / Technology Students at the Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk Uni., Brno.- Assessment on a Safe use of a Home Telemedicine System regarding Electromagnetic Compatibility.- Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Assessments in Biomedical Education.- Planning of Medical Physicists Education for Radiotherapy in Russia.- Creating an Independent International Medical Physics Board.- Biomedical Engineering Education and Training in Nigeria.- Medical Devices Put to Test - How Safe and Intuitive are Blood Sugar Meters?.- Health Technology Management in a Developing Country Like the Philippines.- Improving the Methodological Approach to Evaluate the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Primary Health Care in Cuba.- Problem Based Practical Courses (PBPC) Combine Student Motivation, Self-structuring and Responsibility in Biomedical Education.- Developed and applications of a novel ceramic-controlled piezoelectric due to an implant of Pt-wire into the body of single disk of BaTiO3 ceramic.- Towards Appropriate Selection and Procurement of Medical Devices: A Proposed Model for Health Care Planners.- Education and Training of Medical Physicists in Europe and the Countries of North America: Similarities-Differences-General Guidelines.- Educational Development of Biomedical Engineering in China.- Health Technology Assessment for a Service Contract: a new method for decisional tools.- Cleaning Evaluation and Cross-Contamination in Drug Repackaging Systems.- Electromagnetic Fields - A Basic Carcinogenic Factor of Children Oncology.- Abnormal Mass Detection in a Real Breast Model: A Computational Tactile Sensing Approach.- Biomedical Physics Education for the Healthcare Profession: Quality and Safety as the Starting Points.- Biomedical Physics Education for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers in Europe - A Review.- From biomedical research to viable products on the health care market - a North Sweden model called CMTF.- Web 2.0 and Medical Physics.- Bioengineering assessment of acupuncture.- Collaboration between academia, manufacturers and healthcare services for development and adoption of medical devices with regard to costs and effects.- EFOMP Project ’Biomedical Physics Education for the Healthcare Professions’ - An Update for WC2009.- Biomedical Device Learning Needs of General Nurses in First Cycle Programs in the Czech Republic.- Professional Training of Medical Physicists in AFOMP - The Role of IOMP PRC.- E-Health Readiness Assessment Methodology (EHRAM).- Medical Natural Sciences: a new academic program to train biomedical researchers.- A Module for Virtual Training: Calibration of High Energy Photon and Electron Beams According the IAEA Code of Practice TRS 398.- Status and Perspectives of Qualification in Radiation Oncology Physics in Bangladesh.- HTA (Health Technology Assessment): A Means to Reach Governance Goals and to Guide Health Politics on the Topic of Clinical Risk Management.- Clinical simulation - Complementary Study Strategy in Medical Technological Education.- Medical Physics Education in Bangladesh and Cooperation with Germany.- Temporal distribution of atrial arrhythmic episodes.- Development and Evaluation of a Formal-Analytical Usability Analysing Tool for Medical Devices and Systems.- Health Technology Assessment of Home Monitoring for the Continuity of Care of patient suffering from congestive heart failure.- RFId-based tracking and safety system.- Bioethics and Empowerment in health management.- Biomedical Engineering Instrumentation Research Collaboration between Universiti Kuala Lumpur, deNuo Sdn. Bhd. and Flinders University, Australia.- Multidisciplinary School as a BME Teaching Option.- Medical Physics Education and Training: Regional and International Challenges.- Biomedical Physics Education for Healthcare Professions: A Lithuanian Contribution.- EMITEL e-Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics with Multilingual Dictionary.- Estimation Accuracy of Human COG Trajectory Using Accelerometer.- An analysis for electrical noise of electric bulb shaped fluorescent tube to maintain security level of medical use RFID tag.- A Model for Effective and Efficient Teleteaching of Medical Physics.- Issues in E-Health Cost Impact Assessment.- Increasing Preload Reduced Actin-Myosin Interaction in Isolated Beating Rat Whole Heart Under Hypoxia.- The Current Status of Medical Physics in Asia-Oceania.- Strategy for Radiotherapy Development in Russia.- VERT: Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training.- Technology behind Video Lectures for Biomedical Engineering.- A setup for checking electromagnetic interference between implantable cardiac pacemaker and RFID UHF.- Vibration stimuli to planta pedis is effective to fall prevention.- Risk Assessment in Radiotherapy - Lessons from Systems Engineering.- Web site Development for EMITEL e-Encyclopaedia and Multilingual Dictionary.- Improving the interpretation of Patent Data by the employment of the Semantic- Web formalism in the specific context of Biomedical Technology.- Development and Application of New Storage-Technologies for Effective and Secure Cryobanking.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Experience from the EMIT and EMITEL e-Learning and e-Encyclopedia Projects.- SEMIO: an expert system for monitoring critical hospital infrastructures.- An e-learning experience for medical education in Mediterranean countries.- Bioengineering Education in Romania.- Employees’ Commitment for ISO 9000 Implantation in a Philanthropic General Hospital: A Case Study by Multiple Correspondence Analysis.- Text Mining for Automatic Lexical Analysis of Layman Text of Biomedical Argument.- Magnetic Resonance (MR) Safety and Compatibility - Survey of Methods and Standards for Testing and Marking Medical Devices.- EMITEL e-Encyclopaedia Links with EMERALD e-Learning Modules.- Medical Physics Training Programme at Chulalongkorn University and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness.- The Role of National Radiation Regulatory Agencies in the Education and Training of Medical Physicists in the Republic of the Philippines.- Incident reports to BfArM support the importance of usability for patient safety.- Application of Neuro-Fuzzy Technology in Medical Diagnosis: Case Study of Heart Failure.- Implementation of the 3R-strategy in the case of the development of a novel active lung model.- Classification of Cardiac Arrhythmias Using PNN Neural Network Based on ECG Feature Extraction.- Future of personalized therapies in diabetes mellitus: A crossroads among EHR, knowledge management and digital healthcare.- EHR access rights and the role of the patient.- Electronic Medical Equipment: Statistics and Analysis of Patent Data for Technology Assessment.- Assessment and Development of Competency of Clinical Engineering Practitioners - South East Asian Experience.- Forgotten Costs: - The Dilemma of Medical Equipment Economy in Developing Countries.- Present Status of Medical Radiological Physics in Bulgaria.- The enhancement of the radiotherapy resources in Osaka, Japan; based on the Japanese structure surveys in 2003 and 2005.- IOMP Model Curriculum for postgraduate (MSc-level) education programme on Medical Physics.- Autism and Technology: an approach to new technology-based therapeutic tools.- Biomedical Engineering as a Major within Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - Pros and Cons.- Towards Patient Empowerment - Can the Patient Really Decide?.- Human resources as an important factor in the management of medical equipment: Institutions involved and their expertise in Peru.- Development of an electronic device based on the concept of masked voice.- Investigation of Intraindividual Difference in Vigilance Index of Saccade Based on Rated Facial Sleepiness.- Ultra Small Disposable Incontinence Sensor with RFID Tag.- A home-based care model of cardiac rehabilitation using digital technology.- Medical Process Management - An Innovative Master of Science Program Addressing the Challenges Faced by Health Care Systems.- Biomedical Engineering Education and Training in India - A Need for New Approach.- Accreditation and Certification in Biomedical Engineering in the Czech Republic.- The Regulation of the Clinical Engineering Profession as an Important Contribution to Quality Assurance in Health Care.- Infant Travel for Obtaining Medical Assistance: Factors Suggested by Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Associative Ellipsoid.- Teaching and Learning of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Ukrainian Medical Universities.- A simple laboratory method for teaching how electrocardiogram is generated.- Development of Portable Monitoring Device with an Accelerometer and GPS Receiver for Health Management.- Cooperative Installation of the Medi...