Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, and the Society for Biomaterials. In an effort
to unify all the disparate components of the biomedical engineering community in the
United States as represented by these various societies, the American Institute for Medical
and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) was created in 1992. The primary goal of AIMBE is to
serve as an umbrella organization in the United States for the purpose of unifying the bioen-
gineering community, addressing public policy issues, and promoting the engineering
approach in society's effort to enhance health and the quality of life through the judicious
use of technology. (For information, contact AIMBE, 1701 K Street, Suite 510, Washington,
DC, 20036; http://www.aimbe.org/; e-mail: aimbeoffice@gmail.com.)
1.7.2 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is the largest international
professional organization in the world and accommodates 37 different societies and coun-
cils under its umbrella structure. Of these 37, the Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society (EMBS) represents the foremost international organization, serving the needs of
over 8,000 biomedical engineering members around the world. The major interest of
the EMBS encompasses the application of concepts and methods from the physical and
engineering sciences to biology and medicine. Each year, the society sponsors a major
international conference while cosponsoring a number of theme-oriented regional confer-
ences throughout the world. Premier publications consist of a monthly journal (
Transac-
tions on Biomedical Engineering
), three quarterly journals (
Transactions on Neural Systems
and Rehabilitation Engineering
,
Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
,and
Transactions on Nanobioscience
), as well as a bimonthly magazine (
IEEE Engineering in
Medicine and Biology Magazine
). Secondary publications, authored in collaboration with
other societies, include
,
,
Transactions on Medical Imaging
Transactions on Neural Networks
and
. (For more information, contact
the IEEE EMBS Executive Office, IEEE, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ, 08855-1331; http://
www.embs.org/; e-mail: emb-exec@ieee.org.)
Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
1.7.3 The Biomedical Engineering Society
Established in 1968, the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) was founded in order to
address a need for a society that afforded equal status to representatives of both biomedical
and engineering interests. With that in mind, the primary goal of the BMES, as stated in
their Articles of Incorporation, is “to promote the increase of biomedical engineering
knowledge and its utilization.” Regular meetings are scheduled biannually in both the
spring and fall. Additionally, special interest meetings are interspersed throughout the year
and are promoted in conjunction with other biomedical engineering societies such as
AIMBE and EMBS. The primary publications associated with the BMES include
Annals of
Biomedical Engineering
, a monthly journal presenting original research in several biomedical
fields;
, a quarterly newsletter presenting a wider array of subject matter
relating both to biomedical engineering as well as BMES news and events; and the
BMES Bulletin
BMES
Membership Directory
, an annual publication listing the contact information of the society's
