Dear Sir or Madam,
You are cordially invited to attend the 20th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT) to be held at the prestigious campus of the historic university hospital Altes AKH in Vienna (Austria) from 28 - 30 August, 2008. The 2008 SMIT International Conference is shaping up to be one of the most exciting and important meetings in the medical innovation field with a particular focus on image guided interventional oncology and endoluminal surgery NOTES and NOSCAR.
Scope of the Conference:
The scope of the SMIT meeting is to link researchers in the field of minimally invasive therapy with medical device companies, and clinical practitioners for new developments for specialties such as surgery, radiology, urology, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, dental medicine, veterinary medicine, etc. The conference also covers development of medical instruments, medical engineering and rapid prototyping. In particular the input from medical experts or clinical engineers can be fruitful for companies to consider new procedures and instruments.
Topics for SMIT 2008:
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Tumor Ablation and Interventional Oncology
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Endoluminal Surgery NOTES and NOSCAR
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Surgical Manipulators and Image-guided Robotics
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Hybrid OR, Work Flow and Systems Integration
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Nanotechnology and Microsystems in Medicine
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New Instruments and New Materials
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Rapid Prototyping in Medicine
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E-Health
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MRI Safety
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Navigation and Augmented Reality
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Molecular Imaging and Targeted Drug Delivery
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Model based Therapy, Numerical Simulation and Training