Instrumentation for healthcare and better life: An overview of the biomedical instrumentation development in Taiwan

Author

Li, Shu Wen ; Wang, Juo Wen ; Chen, Fong-Zhi ; Hwang, Chi Hung ; Chiang, Don Yau ; Tsai, Din Ping

Author_Institution

Nat. Appl. Res. Labs., Instrum. Technol. Res. Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Due to the rapid social changes in recent decades, we are now facing the challenge of an aging population structure. The rising demand for better healthcare and living quality has contributed to the huge sum of investment poured from governments, research and industry forces worldwide. As the organizer of the special session 5: Advanced Instrumentation for Healthcare of 2011 I2MTC, the I&M Society Taipei Chapter aims to provide an overview of the biomedical instrumentation development in Taiwan.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical optical imaging; cellular biophysics; field effect transistors; fluorescence spectroscopy; health care; image recognition; medical image processing; optical microscopes; optical microscopy; research and development; Taiwan; aging population structure; biomedical instrumentation development; healthcare instrumentation; living quality; Biomedical measurements; Fluorescence; Image color analysis; Medical services; Microscopy; Skin; Biomedical instrumentation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Binjiang

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7933-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944360

Filename

5944360