EDITORS: Credentialed media may attend free.
ANN ARBOR—They’re not just for taking pictures anymore. Today’s best biomedical imaging systems are growing into therapeutic tools as well. The frontiers of imaging are also pushing down to the molecular level, and gaining competence in real-time motion studies.
The University of Michigan’s Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical School are hosting a two-day symposium titled “Biomedical Imaging: Beyond Diagnostics” on Sept. 17-18. The world’s leading experts in biomedical imaging will explore new imaging techniques and their impact on biomedical applications beyond diagnostics.
“Since the invention of the CAT scan 25 years ago, imaging has become one of the clinician’s primary diagnostic tools,” said Matthew O’Donnell, the Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Professor of Engineering at U-M. “We’ll be highlighting some of the ways in which imaging is moving beyond simple diagnostics and into basic biomedical science and therapeutic uses as well. The symposium will explore the enormous changes and breakthroughs occurring in imaging.”
Main workshop areas include: “Interventional Imaging,” “Molecular Imaging,” “Novel Microscopies” and “Functional Imaging.”
Symposium faculty will include leading researchers from U-M, Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Washington University.
Clinicians, researchers and students from academia and industry involved in the research, development, clinical application and/or use of medical imaging technologies are encouraged to attend the symposium.
Registration is $100 ($25 for students) and includes program materials, two lunches and continental breakfasts and an evening reception. Registration and a complete program are available at the Web site http://www.bme.umich.edu or at the symposium.

Center for Biomedical Engineering ResearchMatthew O’Donnellhttp://www.bme.umich.edu