Special Symposium: Engineering Applied to Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Sydney, Australia, August 24-29, 2003

特别研讨会：工程应用于替代和补充医学，澳大利亚悉尼，2003 年 8 月 24-29 日

• 批准号: 0331370
• 负责人: Dov Jaron
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-06-15 至 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0331370&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Special; Symposium; Engineering; Applied; Alternative

0331370JaronThis special symposium is a component of the 2003 World Congress of the International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. Entitled "Engineering Applied to Alternative and Complementary Medicine: Health Care Solutions with Potential to Reduce Health Care Costs", the focus is on how biomedical engineering research can lead to a better understanding and quantification of benefits of alternative and complementary medicine therapies which are practiced and implemented at minimal cost throughout the world. From traditional oriental medicine to the use of local herbal remedies, alternative and complementary medicine therapies have the potential to be easily applied therapies that can play a significant role in reducing the cost of health care in developed countries and in the developing world. The symposium relates to the National Science Foundation/Whitaker Foundation initiative on Cost Reducing Health Care Technologies, initiated more than 10 years ago. There are 3 sessions in the symposium. One session focuses on "western" technologies (fMRI; millimeter wave pain relief; electric fields) and research methodologies that are being applied to investigate the effects of traditional medicine; a second on analysis and assessments of outcomes of alternative medicine; and the third on the integration of engineering and quantitative approaches to research in alternative and complementary therapeutics. Abstracts of symposium presentations will appear as part of the World Congress Proceedings. To take part in the special symposium, participants will commit to provide a full paper for publication. A commitment already has been received from the IEEE/EMBS Magazine to devote a special issue to the topic. Publication of the proceedings of the symposium in the IEEE/EMBS Magazine will increase the awareness and visibility of alternative techniques among the engineering community and new research methodologies -- using engineering principles -- would be developed to enable the initiation of innovative scientific approaches to research in alternative medicine and possibly understanding of new mechanisms for addressing disease.

[0331370]本次专题讨论会是2003年国际物理与工程科学医学联合会世界大会的组成部分。题为“工程应用于替代和补充医学：具有降低医疗成本潜力的卫生保健解决方案”，重点是生物医学工程研究如何能够更好地理解和量化在世界各地以最低成本实践和实施的替代和补充医学疗法的益处。从传统的东方医学到使用当地草药疗法，替代和补充医学疗法有可能成为易于应用的疗法，可以在发达国家和发展中世界降低保健费用方面发挥重要作用。这次研讨会与十多年前发起的国家科学基金会/惠特克基金会关于降低医疗保健技术成本的倡议有关。研讨会分为三个部分。其中一场会议侧重于“西方”技术（功能磁共振成像、毫米波镇痛、电场）和用于调查传统医学效果的研究方法；第二项是关于替代医学结果的分析和评估；第三篇是关于工程和定量方法在替代疗法和补充疗法研究中的整合。专题讨论会的报告摘要将作为世界大会论文集的一部分出现。参加专题研讨会的参与者将承诺提供一篇完整的论文供发表。IEEE/EMBS杂志已经承诺为这个主题专门出一期。在IEEE/EMBS杂志上发表研讨会论文集将提高工程界对替代技术的认识和可见度，并将开发新的研究方法————利用工程原理————以启动替代医学研究的创新科学方法，并可能了解治疗疾病的新机制。