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             1994 WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICAL PHYSICS AND
                        BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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             Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 21-26, 1994
             

Rio de Janeiro, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, will
host the next World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical
Engineering, 21-26 August 1994.

The 1994 World Congress, sponsored by the International Federation for
Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), the International Organization
for Medical Physics (IOMP) and the International Union for Physical and
Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM), and hosted by the corresponding
Brazilian societies, is the first to take place in a developing country
and will certainly bring a major contribution to the growth of the area
in Latin America.

Major Scientific Topics:

Artificial Intelligence                 Neural Networks
Bioengineering and Biomechanics         Nuclear Medicine
Clinical Engineering                    Physiological Measurements
Diagnostic Radiology                    Quality Assurance
Dosimetry                               Radiation Protection
Electrophysiology                       Radiobiology
Instrumentation                         Radiotherapy
MR Imaging                              Rehabilitation Engineering
Medical Informatics                     Sensors and Transducers
Medical Physics                         Signal Processing
Modeling and Simulation                 Technology Assessment
Metrology                               Ultrasound

There will be oral and poster presentations. Abstracts shall be submitted
on special forms before 20 November 1993. A technical exhibition of
products and services will take place during the congress. Several pre-
congress courses and tutorials have also been planned.

The venue and host city:

Blue seas, dazzling beaches and majestic mountains with lush green tropical
forests form a unique backdrop for a busy metropolis. A modern cosmopolitan
city where visitors immediately feel at home, surrounded by incomparable
natural beauty, Rio offers many attractions, entertainment and unending
possibilities of amusement with its museums, parks, historical sites,
nightclubs, "samba houses", folklore shows (including its famous carnival
bands and dance groups) and tourist spots, like the Christ statue and
the Sugar Loaf mountain. Rio's surrounding regions offer fantastic possi-
bilities of pre- and post-congress excursions to the high mountain regions,
with cool climate and European-style constructions, or to more than 600
km of white-sands beaches, or to the hundreds of paradisiac islands
teeming with wildlife. Rio is served by the largest international airport
in Latin America, with connections to all major cities in the world.
For lodging, it offers a wide variety of hotels, ranging from moderately
priced to luxurious five star hotels at seaside.

The Congress will take place in the modern and ample facilities of RioCentro
Convention Center, located in the beutiful beach and lake district of Barra
do Tijuca, near the famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.

Secretariat:

Congrex do Brasil. Rua do Ouvidor, 60/414, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20040, Brazil
Phone: +55-21-224-6080, Fax: +55-21-231-1492, Telex: +55-21-32891
Send your name, institution, full address, postal code, phone, fax and
email address to the above, if you want to receive further announcements.


 
Organizing Committee
 
Presidents: Carlos Eduardo de Almeida and Antonio Giannella-Neto
Scientific Program: Carlos Malamut and Jurandir Nadal
Secretary: Lea Contier de Freitas
Treasurer: Joao Carlos Machado
 
 
Pre-Congress Courses: Two courses in the week before the Congress:
1."Radiation Protection and Quality Assurance in Medical Physics"
2."Medical Image Processing".
 
Deadline for Abstracts: 20 DECEMBER 1993
 
Exhibition: A large technical exhibition will take place during the World
 Congress, focusing medical equipment and new developments in research on
 Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics. Exhibits are invited from
 manufacturers, product and service suppliers, research groups and other
 organizations.
 
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