MECBME 2011 - 1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering MECBME 2011

1st Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering, MECBME’11
Feb 21- 24, 2011; Sharjah, UAE

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED to SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.

CALL FOR PAPERS
The First Middle East Conference on Biomedical Engineering (MECBME) http://mecbme.org will provide a forum for professional engineers, scientists and academics engaged in research and development to convene and present their latest scholarly work in biomedical engineering. It will also provide engineers with an opportunity to interact and share their experiences in industry and technology applications. The conference will run for four days and will be accompanied by diverse tutorial sessions presented by leading experts. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed. Conference proceedings will be indexed in the IEEE XPlore. Outstanding submissions will be invited to submit expanded versions to one of 3 special issues in the following indexed journals scheduled to be published in December 2011:

Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, (www.aspbs.com/jmihi )
Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, (www.worldscinet.com/jmmb)
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/si/pcmip.html)

Students are encouraged to apply for the best student paper award. Guidelines for this award can be found in the conference website at (http://mecbme.org/StudentComp.htm)

Papers are invited in all areas of biomedical engineering including (but not limited to) the following areas:

? Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
? Bioinstrumentation; Nanomedicine and Biosensors
? Biomedical Circuits and Systems
? Neuroengineering; Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Systems
? Biomedical Imaging
? Biophotonics
? Biomedical System Modeling
? Bioinformatics
? Biomechanics; Artificial Organs and Prosthesis
? Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
? Healthcare Information Systems and e-Health
? Clinical Engineering
? Nuclear Medicine
? Bioelectromagnetism
? Biomedical Education
? Industrial Applications
? Medical Physics

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts online to http://mecbme.trackchair.com . Guidelines for paper preparation information can be found in the conference website at http://mecbme.org/SubmitPapers.htm
The organizing committee welcomes proposals for special sessions and tutorials to be held in conjunction with MECBME. Please send your proposals by email to mecbme-AT-aus.edu

IMPORTANT DATES
Extended Last Day of Paper Submissions: September 30, 2010
Extended Special sessions and tutorial proposals: September 30, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2010
Camera-ready paper due: December 1, 2010
Early Registration: December 1, 2010
Final Registration: December 14, 2010