Key themes and topics
- Clinical audits
- Clinical Engineering Certification
- Future perspectives on new areas requiring standardization/accreditation and certification
- Hospital/Clinical Accreditation of Programs
- International healthcare accreditation
- National accreditation schemes
- Quality systems/quality assurance
- Professional Certification and Licensure
- Role of regulatory bodies
- International Standards and Regulations of medical devices
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Radiation Oncology
- Innovation and new/emerging technology in Nuclear Medicine
- Target ablation by using radiofrequency, ultrasound, cryotherapy, etc
- Biomedical imaging
- Biomedical instrumentation
- Biosignal processing
- Medical physics
- Biosensors
- BioMEMs
- Microfluidics & Lab-on-Chip
- Mutli-scale devices & systems
- Nanobiotechnology
- Bioelectronics devices and applications
- Emerging characterization techniques, devices and materials
- Cell-material interface in natural systems
- DNA damage and repair in cells and tissues
- Off target radiation effects – cytoplasmic damage, bystander effect, genomic instability
- Tumour heterogeneity and response to radiation
- Cell radiosensitivity/radioresistance and its targeted manipulations
- Dose hypofractionation and hyperfractionation
- Particle and high-LET radiations: implications for cancer treatment
- Low dose effects
- Radiomics and systems radiobiology
- Clinical radiobiology
- Artificial organs
- Biomaterials
- Controlled drug delivery
- Pharmaceutics
- Tissue engineering
- 3D printing and Bioprinting
- Cardiovascular mechanics
- Cell & molecular mechanics
- Organ and tissue mechanics
- Orthopaedic biomechanics
- Mechanobiology
- Sports biomechanics & human performance
- Computer-assisted surgery
- Medical robotics
- Rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology
- Exoskeletal & wearable devices
- Smart sensors
- Soft robotics
- BioMechantronics
- Health technology Management
- Quality, Productivity and Benchmarking
- Telehealth in Developing Countries
- Information & Communication Technologies and Clinical Engineering (CE-IT)
- Innovation and Design of Surgical and Medical Devices
- Disaster Preparedness for Clinical Engineers
- Clinical Process Analysis and Optimization
- Medical Devices Incident Analysis and Management
- Forensic Clinical Engineering and Risk Management
- Clinical Engineering Certification, Training and Education
- Decision Support Systems and Clinical Engineering
- National Societies and International Cooperation
- Clinical Engineering Success Stories
- Simulation and Modelling in Radiotherapy
- Simulation and Modelling for Diagnostic Imaging
- Modelling for radiation protection applications
- Phantom modelling
- Hemodynamics
- Transport and physiological modelling
- Ultrasound simulation
- Radiography/Fluoroscopy
- Mammography/Tomosynthesis
- Multi Detector CT and Cone Beam CT
- MRI
- Optical
- Ultrasound
- Quality assurance
- Cell-free synthetic biology
- Engineering synthetic ecosystems
- Microbial production of drugs
- Artificial cells
- Synthetic viruses
- Genetic engineering
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Computational designs
- Tools and techniques
- AI in Medical Physics
- AI in Biomedical Engineering
- Telemedicine & healthcare
- Data mining and machine learning
- Radiomics
- Genomics
- Quantitative Image Analysis
- Treatment response
- Cybersecurity
- Digital medicine
- Clinical decision support systems
- Personalised medicine
- Technology Management Programs
- Equipment Management Systems
- Health Technology Assessment and Economics
- Productivity and Benchmarking
- Cost Effective Technologies for Developing Countries
- Clinical trials
- HTA and Artificial Intelligence
- HTA and healthcare data space
- HTA and innovation in medical devices
- Real World Data and Real World Evidence
- Assessment of Human Factors
- Organizational structures
- Diagnostics
- Therapeutics
- Immunotherapy
- Immuno-engineering
- Liquid biopsy
- Precision medicine
- Vaccine Development
- Bioethics
- BioDesign in the BME curriculum
- Career development
- Continuous professional development
- Disruptive technology for education
- Education, training and Residency
- Regional/national experiences
- Teaching healthcare professionals
- Technology enhanced education
- Imaging techniques for Radiation Therapy
- MRI in Radiation Therapy
- Imaging techniques for Particle Therapy
- Imaging for Surgery and Interventional Radiology
- Quantitative Imaging
- Cone beam CT and IGRT
- Optical/Surface Guided Radiation Therapy
- Treatment response assessment
- Neurodynamics
- Neuroimaging
- Brain-machine interfaces
- Advanced brain monitoring
- Innovations in neurotechnology
- Nuclear medicine instrumentation – present and future designs
- Computed tomography in nuclear medicine
- Magnetic resonance in nuclear medicine
- SPECT, SPECT/CT imaging
- PET/CT imaging
- PET/MR imaging
- Image reconstruction and correction strategies
- Image registration and segmentation
- Image quantification
- Radionuclide therapy
- Tracer kinetic modelling
- Nuclear medicine dosimetry
- Monte Carlo modelling in nuclear medicine
- Dosimetry in nuclear medicine (experiments, calculations)
- Molecular Imaging
- Quality Assurance
- Image Acquisition Physics
- Reconstruction
- Image Quality - Modeling & Artifacts correction
- Image Processing and Analysis/Segmentation/Registration/CAD
- Clinical Applications
- Calibration and QA/QC
- Quantitative Imaging
- Virtual Tools and Phantoms
- Patient exposure tracking and cumulative doses
- Justification and imaging appropriateness
- Reporting systems
- High exposures, Accidents, incidents, and risk management
- Skin injuries
- Nuclear and radiological emergencies and preparedness
- Mathematical modelling of radiation protection
- Shielding design
- Dose and Risk optimization for radiation protection
- Remote dose monitoring
- Occupational dosimetry
- Diagnostic reference levels
- Caregivers
- Safety of non–ionizing radiation
- Human factors engineering for medical device and system design
- Patient safety, medical errors, and adverse event prevention related to health technologies
- Protocol optimization
- Regulatory aspects of radiation protection and safety
- Dosimetry in therapy (experiments, calculations)
- Dosimetry in imaging (experiments, calculations)
- Micro– and nano-dosimetry
- Small Field Dosimetry (see X: Radiation Therapy Physics)
- Nuclear medicine dosimetry
- Internal Dosimetry in nuclear medicine (experiments, calculations)
- Three-dimensional dosimetry systems
- Novel Dosimeters
- Biodosimetry
- Detector modelling for dosimetry
- Brachytherapy (HDR, LDR and PDR) planning, delivery and QA
- Photon therapy: VMAT and IMRT Planning and Delivery
- Photon therapy: VMAT and IMRT Verification and QA
- Stereotactic Radiotherapy: Planning, Delivery and QA
- Particle Therapy: Planning and Delivery
- Particle Therapy: Verification and QA
- IGRT: Progress, delivery and QA
- IGRT: Surface Guided RT and Ultrasound Guided RT
- MR-Linac, MR-IGRT, synthetic CT
- Adaptive Radiation Therapy
- Motion management
- Radiobiological modelling
- Treatment planning: Optimization, automation, evaluation and robustness
- Immobilization technology
- QA equipment technology
- Dose calculations and delivery verification
- Quality Assurance
- Hyperthermia and Photodynamic therapy techniques