Starting in 2010, EMBS is launching a new series of forums addressing grand challenges in biomedical engineering. The forum series will review the significant progress we have made in the past decade, and identify grand challenges facing the scientific community in a specific discipline within the biomedical engineering field in the next 10 years.
The first IEEE-EMBS Grand Challenge Forum addressed grand challenges in Neuroengineering. This meeting, the second IEEE-EMBS Grand Challenge Forum focuses on several important areas in Biomedical Imaging. Given the wide scope and importance of imaging science in the fields of medicine, biology and engineering, the organizing committee selected six topics, including
- Molecular and Optical Imaging
- Medical Image Analysis
- Biological Imaging
- Cardiac and Functional Imaging
- Neuro Imaging
- Informatics, Data Mining and PACS
Looking into the future, we also include a special session on education, entitled “Training the next generation of imaging scientists and engineers.”
The IEEE-EMBS Forum on Grand Challenges in Biomedical Imaging will further EMBS’ efforts in promoting this important field. The outcome of the Forum shall be a white paper that shall address questions including where are now, what are the major obstacles and challenges, and where should the field invest resources in the next decade in order to ensure the most impact in healthcare, medicine and biology. We welcome your suggestions for the next grand challenge meeting or your interest to participate in the Forum. Please email to the EMBS Executive Office at emb-conferences@ieee.org.