Toward a Research Agenda and Infrastructure Development in Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Therapy; Spring 1996; Bristol, England

9521719卡纳德“计算机辅助诊断和治疗的研究议程和基础设施发展”国际研讨会将于1996年春季在英国布里斯托尔附近的一个会议中心举行。WORSHMP的目标是：1)在国际一级编制医疗机器人、计算机辅助诊断和治疗以及医学和远程医疗中的虚拟现实方面的医学、工程和计算机科学研究的清单。2)制定五年研究议程和发展计划，3)阐明可促进建立基础设施的措施，以促进该领域的发展。讲习班报告将以电子和印刷格式广泛分发，并将编制项目建议的印刷报告。该项目对NSF和其他研究拨款机构以及国家研究界在规划研究计划和分配这一领域有限的资源方面具有重要意义。研讨会组织者在组织和指导大型科学会议方面具有很高的能力。讲习班的规划过程涉及一种创新技术，讲习班参加者将协助编写一份“讲习班前文件”，以便在为期三天的会议期间进行审议并得出结论。大部分规划过程将通过互联网举行研讨会执行监督委员会的“虚拟”会议。NSF基金将只支持美国的参与者。其他国家的参会者的费用将由本国机构或政府机构承担。医疗机器人及其介入程序中的生物医学工程研究对开发为诊断和治疗师提供新能力、降低患者发病率和死亡率以及在某些情况下降低卫生保健成本所需的技术具有很高的前景。预计该讲习班将对这一研究和技术开发领域的进展作出重大贡献。***

9521719 Kanade An international workshop "Toward a Research Agenda and Infrastructure Development in Computer Assisted Diagnosis and Therapy" is to held in the Spring of 1996 and will be convened at a conference center near Bristol, England. The goals of the workshmp are to: 1) Produce an inventory, at an international level, of the medical, engineering, and computer science research in medical robotics, computer assisted diagnosis and therapy, and virtual reality in medicine and telemedicine. 2) Develop a five year research agenda and development plan, and 3) Elucidate measures that could promote the establishment of an infrastructure to facilitate the development of the field. The workshop report is to be widely disseminated in electronic and printed formats, and a printed report of the project recommendations will be produced. The project has important implications to NSF and other research grant-making agencies, as well as the nation's research community, for planning research programs and the allocation of limited resources in this area. The workshop organizers have high competence in organizing and directing large scientific meetings. The planning process for the workshop involves an innovative technique wherein the workshop participants will contribute to the preparation of a "pre-workshop document" to facilitate deliberations and conclusions during the three day meeting. Much of the planning process is to be conducted using INTERNET to hold "virtual" meetings of the workshop Executive Oversight Committee. NSF funds will support only the U.S. participants. Expenses of attendees from other countries will be borne by their own institutions or government agencies. Biomedical engineering research in medical robotics and their interventional procedures holds high promise for the development of the technologies needed to provide new capabilities to diagnosticians and therapists, to the reduction of patient morbidity and mortality, and, in certain cases, to lowering the cost of health care. The workshop is expected to contribute significantly to progress in this area of research and technological development. ***