ISMICT 2012 - ISMICT 2012 6th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology

ISMICT 2012
6th International Symposium on
Medical Information and Communication Technology
26-29 March, 2012, La Jolla, San Diego, USA

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

SCOPE
Medical Body Area Networks (MBAN) technology, applications and services are the focus of the Sixth International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT) to be held in La Jolla USA 26-29 March 2012. The theme of ISMICT 2012 is Medical Body Area Networks Technology and Services for Personalized Medicine. Papers are invited on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
? Antennas and propagation for wireless BAN
? BAN technology (radio, protocols, sensors)
? Cognitive radio for wireless BAN
? Cost effectiveness and business cases
? eHealth systems and electronic medical records
? Medical BAN applications and services
? Future BAN 2020 and beyond
? Hardware architecture and implementation
? Hospital data networks and wireless hospital
? Human and work flow factors
? Human body communication
? International standards and regulatory matters
? Medical imaging and patient diagnostic systems
? Physiological parameters, measurements
? Preventive care & remote patient management
? Personal Networks for eHealth
? Radio coexistence and robustness
? Security and privacy issues
? Smart textiles for wearable BAN
? Systems, sensing and signal processing
? Telemedicine, telemonitoring, telesurgery
? Wellness and sports training
? Rehabilitation and activity monitoring
? Wireless BAN (wearable and implantable)
? Wireless healthcare, homecare and welfare
PAPER SUBMISSION

ISMICT 2012 is co-sponsored by the IEEE CAS Society. Papers will be published and available by IEEEXplore. Authors are invited to submit full papers (www.ismict2012.org) no later than 4 November 2011 (extended deadline) in accordance with the following schedule
November 4, 2011 Paper submission deadline
December 16, 2011 Paper acceptance notice
January 27, 2012 Final paper due
ORGANIZATION

International Advisory Board:
Allen Huang, MD, McGill University & MUHC, CA
Prof. Dr. Mohanmad Sawan, Polytechnique Montreal, CA
Prof. Bernard Segal, McGill Uni., Jewish General Hospital, CA
Prof. Christian Lovis, MD MPH, Clinical Informatics, HUG, CH
Mr. Ari Pouttu, Lic. Tech., CWC, University of Oulu, FI
Prof. Ryuji Kohno, YNU and NICT, JP
Dr. Saad Mezzour, Chair ETSI eHealth, Medtronic, NL
Prof. ChingYao Huang, National Chiao Tung University, TW
Dr. Art Astrin, Chair IEEE802.15.6, US

Organizers:
The San Diego IEEE Section and local Wireless and Medical Science organizations, National Institute Communications Technology (NICT) welcome you to ISMICT 2012, La Jolla “The Jewel” in the America’s Finest City San Diego USA.. We encourage you to join us for what we believe will be a highly informative and fruitful conference.
NETWORK & EXHIBIT
ISMICT 2012 will bring together top international clinicians, engineers and researchers providing excellent networking opportunities. Companies, universities, research groups and healthcare institutions will present their latest research results, products and ideas in the form of demonstrations or posters in the exhibition area.
KEYNOTE & INVITED SPEAKERS
Please check back frequently for news about our insightful and thought-provoking keynote and invited speakers (www.ismict2012.org).
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Contact:
General Co-Chairs
Upkar Dhaliwal, Future Wireless Technologies, upkar at ieee dot org
Local contact, Chair: IEEE San Diego Chapter Engineering in Medical & Biology
Dr. Art Astrin, Chair IEEE802.15.6, US
Prof. Ryuji Kohno, YNU and NICT, JP