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Abstract Submission Deadline is extended to March 31, 2006 due to the excessive traffic in the on-line registration system.
Please submit your abstract now!

Mar. 31, 2006 Abstract Submission Due
Apr. 30, 2006 Pre-Registration Due


Congress proceedings will be published by Springer in 3 different versions;
(a) The CDROM version including both text-only abstracts and 4-page papers to be distributed to all participants during the Congress.
(b) The paper version including only 4-page papers mainly for libraries.
(c) The on-line version including only 4-page papers accessed through SpringerLink.

Selected papers belonging to medical physics and biomedical engineering will be published in
Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing and Physiological Measurement, respectively.



For the optimal access to the WC 2006 On-line registration system, please use Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. You can download MS internet explorer at the log-in page of the on-line registration system.

To submit an abstract, please upload your text-only abstract(up to 300 words) through the on-line registration system at http://itstandard.co.kr/~wc_onregi
After a peer-review process, abstract acceptance notification will be sent to presenting author throughout April 2006.
We highly recommend you to upload a 4-page paper of the abstract by May 15, 2006 once you receive the acceptance notification. The paper template will be announced soon at the congress website.

* For more detailed information on how to submit your abstract, please click here.



- Artificial Organs
- Bioelectricity and Biomagnetism
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
- Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering
- Biomedical Optics
- Biosensors and Instrumentation
- Biosignal Processing and Analysis
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems
- Clinical Engineering
- Diagnostic Imaging Physics and Systems
- Dosimetry and Radiation Protection
- Drug Delivery and Therapeutic Systems
- Education, Training and Professional Development
- Engineering for Genomics and Proteomics
- Image Processing, Analysis, and Visualization
- Information Technology in Healthcare
- Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
- Micro and Nanotechnologies in Medicine and Biology
- Neural Systems and Engineering
- Nuclear Medicine Physics and Systems
- Particle Therapy Physics and Systems
- Physics and Engineering in Oriental Medicine
- Physiological System Modeling, Control, and Physiome
- Radiation Oncology Physics and Systems
- 7th Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electrical Impedance Tomography
- uHealthcare 2006
- 2nd Asian-Pacific Congress of Circulatory Support
- 2nd Asian International Conference on Computer-Aided Surgery



¢Æ All participants under the age of 35 working in the biomedical engineering field are invited to apply for the Young investigator Award. For more information, click here.



¢Â Plenary Speaker
Zang-Hee Cho, Ph.D. Prabhakar Tripuraneni, M.D. Pedro Andreo, Ph.D. Gerald H. Pollack, Ph.D.
Soichiro Kitamura, M.D. Howard Ira Amols, Ph.D. Chrit T. Moonen, Ph.D. Gordon Wallace, Ph.D.
Nobuhiko Sugano, M.D. Willi Kalender, Ph.D.    

¢Â Invited Speaker (in alphabetic order)

A. Daubenspeck Eiji Yoshida John Fang Sanford Meeks
A. Krisanachinda Elena Pirigova John G. Webster Sang Hyoun Choi
A. van Oosterom Erik L Ritman John M. Boone Sang-Heun Lee
Alan Murray Eros Pedroni Joie P. Jones Sang-Min Lee
Alex Hartov Frank J. Bova Jonathan Newell Satoru Nebuya
Alexander Korjenevsky Gary Saulnier K. Inamura Seung-Ha Lee
Alexander Priezzhev Georgeo Sakas K. Moodie Shanan Zhu
Amir Landsberg Gerhard Michael Artmann Kazunori Kataoka Shanglian Bao
Anders Brahme Gian D Pinna Keishi Kitamura Shuqian Luo
Andrei Issakov Gisbert Richard Kensuke Sekihara Sigfrid D. Soli
Andy Adler Gon Khang Koo-Joo Kwon Sohi Rastegar
Anthony Seibert Harald Paganetti Kwan Ho Cho Stephen J. Rebscher
B. Patyal Hee-Nam Kim Lei Xing Sung-Hwa Hong
Barry Allen Heinz U. Lemke Lihong Wang Sunil Puria
Ben Minheer Helmut Hutten Lotfi Senhadji T. Lipping
Benjamin M.W. Tsui Henk Granzier Luke P. Lee T. Rockwell Mackie
Blake S.Wilson Hermann Scharfetter M. Sekine T. Tamura
Bortfeld Hideo Murayama Maria Siebes Taiga Yamaya
Brian Brown Hiroshi Iseki Martin Riemer Takeshi Kubo
Britton Chance Hiroshi Kanai Masaki Nakamura Thomas Lenarz
Bruno Deman Hiroshi Tanaka Masanori Akiyama Thomas R. Mackie
Byung-Seop Song Hiroyuki Ishibashi Metin Akay Todd Addison Thorsen
Cari Borras Huw Griffiths Michael Joy Valery Tuchin
Chris McLeod Hyung-Seon Park Michael Neuman Vasilis Ntziachristos
Chul-Ho Chang Irena Cosic Mingxin Qin Weibo Zhang
Claude Veraart J. Drew Mohamed Deriche Willis J. Tompkins
Clifton Ling J. Hoopes Murat Eyuboglu Wolfgang Schlegel
Constantin Kappas J. Nagel Niko Papanikolaou Wolfgang Tome
Daryl Kipke Jae Sung Lee Orhan Nalcioglu Xiang-Sun Zhang
David Fenstermacher James Goh P. Hoban Xiaochuan Pan
David Holder James Weiland Pere Riu Yadin David
David Huang Jan Persson Perry Sprawls Yeong-Gil Shin
David Jaffrary Jatinder R. Palta Ramin Shahidi You Han Bae
David Klonoff Javier Rosell Richard Bayford Youngyih Han
David Townsend Jeehyun Lee Robert Patterson YT Zhang
Dick F. Stegeman Jin Ho Cho Rosalind Sadleir Ziya Ider
Ehsan Samei Jin Seo Park Russell H. Taylor  



¢Â Continuing Education Courses Sponsored by the AAPM
- Physics and Technology of Medical Imaging
- Physics of Effective Radiation Therapy
- Radiation Dose and Risk Management in Medical Imaging
¡Ø Our goal will be to have approximately five sessions (one each day) on each of these topics.

¢Â Short Course
¡Ø Short Course Registration is now available at http://itstandard.co.kr/~wc_onregi.
- SC1
- SC2
- SC3
- SC4
- SC5
- SC6
- SC7
- SC8
- SC9

- SC10

- SC11
- SC12
- SC13
- SC14
- SC15
Tutorial on Bioinstrumentation and Biosignal Processing
Tissue Optics, Imaging, and Spectroscopy
Advanced Functional and Molecular Optical Imaging for Basic Research and Healthcare
Fundamentals of X-ray Computed Tomography and Reconstruction
PET Instrumentation-Basic and Advanced Technologies
Image Guidance in Medical Procedures
Blood Optics and Diagnostics
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy-State of the Art
ECG Simulation: ECGSIM, an Interactive Simulation Package for the Genesis of ECG Waveforms 5 under Normal and Pathological Conditions
Tissue Inhomogeneity Corrections for Megavoltage Photon Beams: Review of AAPM Report No 85
(Task Group 65)
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Neural Engineering
Introduction to Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics
EGSnrc/BEAMnrc
Digital Operating Room

¢Â Symposium
- SY1
- SY2
- SY3
- SY4
- SY5
- SY6
- SY7
- SY8
- SY9
- SY10
- SY11
- SY12
- SY13
- SY14
Visible Korean Human and its Application
The 4th International Symposium on Advanced Technologies for Recovery of Human Sensibility
Women in Biomedical Engineering: Worldwide Perspectives
EEG/MEG Source Imaging
Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Biomedical Engineering
Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Medical Physics
Joint ICRP/IOMP Symposium
Joint ISR/IOMP Sympoisum
Medical Physics in Africa
Charged Particle Therapy: From Principle to Practice
ASEM e-Health Working Group Pre-Symposium
Science and Engineering Principles Applied to Control of Hypercommunicable Diseases
IAMBE Symposium
New Research Trend in Biomedical Optics

¢Â Workshop
- WS1
- WS2
- WS3
- WS4
- WS5
CAD Workshop
Medical Physics Education and Training - a Global Perspective
Medical Engineering Education and Training - a Global Perspective
Integrating Healthcare Enterprise
Integrated Medical Technology Management and Assessment

¢Â Latest Special Programs can be found at the congress website.



¢Â International Congress on Medical Physics
* Date : Sep 3(Sun) ~ Sep 6(Wed), 2006
* Venue : Hangzhou, China
* Website : www.hangzhou2006.org
* Participants shall include scientists, medical physicists, radiologists, and radiation oncologists who attend the World Congress 2006.
It is expected to have participants from North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and other parts of the world.
Majority of the participants are medical physicists, radiation oncologists and radiologists from China who may or may not attend the World Congress 2006.
The scientific content and potential for fruitful scientific exchanges will be of great interest to participants from all parts of the world.


WC 2006 Secretariat | Mandy Kim, Congress manager,
SL. Gangnam P.O.Box 305, Seoul 135-603, Korea www.wc2006-seoul.org
Tel: 822-3476-7700/7723(Dir), Fax: 822-337-6451/3476-8800, E-mail: wc2006@koconex.com