Title :
The recognition of Biomedical Engineering within the International Council for Science
Author_Institution :
INSERM, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
Forty years separate the emergence of Biomedical Engineering in a meeting in Paris at UNESCO in 1959 from its recognition together with Medical Physics in 1999 by the International Council for Science. The main problems of definition and of identity of Biomedical Engineering as a scientific discipline are discussed and the different steps which have favoured this recognition are outlined.
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; societies; 40 y; ICSU; IFMBE; IUPESM; International Council for Science; biomedical engineering recognition as scientific discipline; medical physics; scientific discipline; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Clinical diagnosis; Councils; Engineering in medicine and biology; Medical services; Physics; Physiology; Research and development; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019691
