MEDICAL PHYSICS: VIII Mexican Symposium on Medical Physics

VIII Mexican Symposium on Medical Physics

Miguel Vargas-Luna, Universidad de Guanajuato, Instituto de Fisica, Guanajuato, Leon, México ; Sergio Marquez-Gamino, Universidad de Guanajuato, Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el trabajo, Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico ; Gerardo Gutierrez-Juarez, Instituto de Fisica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico ; Raquel Huerta-Franco, Universidad de Guanajuato, Instituto del Investigaciones sobre el trabajo, Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico

Conference Location and Date: Guanajuato, Mexico, 17-19 March 2004

Subseries: None

Published October 2004; ISBN 0-7354-0205-1 One Volume, Print; 330 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $145.00

Readership: Researchers, professors, students and technologists related to physics, medical physics, biophysics and biomedicine; physicians, radiologists, hospital equipment manufacturers and personnel in radiation security, electronic engineers and bioengineers.

The main purpose of this symposium is to stimulate the application of physics to medicine, both in practice and research. Recognized specialists, researchers, health professionals and students in this area present their results and/or the state of the art techniques related to their current topics of interest in plenary talks and in oral and poster sessions. Topics include: biomagnetism, bioimpedance, digital mammography, tomography, MRI, optics in medicine, radiation therapy, dosimetry, conformal radiography, thermoluminescence, biomaterial characterization, image processing and instrumentation.

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