International Advisory & Technical Committee

(Confirmed as on Nov. 05, 2009 0900 hours IST)

(in alphabetical order)

Dr. Amit Sengupta, Adjunct Professor of Bio-medical Engineering, Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME), Indian Institute of Technology(IITD) & AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA; Consulting Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Central Health Services (CHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of INDIA (CGHS Specialist Polyclinic, Mumbai, INDIA)

Dr. Anju Sharma, Scientist E (Biochemistry), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi & Assistant Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Research, INDIA

Dr. Artur Chodorowski, Department of Signals and Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Chalmers University, Göteborg, SWEDEN

Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Professor & Head, Department of Imaging Sciences & Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA

Dr. Ashok Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, INDIA

Shri Ashok Kumar, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Chennai, INDIA

Dr. Balram Bhargava, Professor, Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre and Executive Director, Stanford India Biodesign Programme, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA

Dr. Chetan D. Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA 

Prof. Gourie-Devi M., Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi, INDIA; Honorary Advisor for Neurological research, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, INDIA

Dr. Jagannathan N. R., Head, Department of NMR and MRI Facility, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA 

Dr. James A. Brink, Professor and Chairman, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA

Dr. Jay H. Sanders, President and CEO of The Global Telemedicine Group; Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; founding board member & President Emeritus of the American Telemedicine Association; member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Federal Communications Commission Universal Service Administrative Corporation, and Chairman of its Rural Health Care Committee.

Dr. Madhuri Behari, Professor & Head, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA

Dr. Mikael Persson, Professor of BioMedical Electromagnetics and Professor, Department of Signals and Systems; Division Head, BioMedical Engineering, Chalmers University, Göteborg, SWEDEN

Dr. Neeta Kumar, Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, INDIA

Dr. Niranjan Khandelwal, Head, Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, INDIA

Dr. Pratik Kumar, Assistant Professor, Medical Physics Unit, BRAIRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, INDIA

Professor Valiathan M. S., National Research Professor; Former Vice-Chancellor, Manipal University; Former Director, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA

Padmashree Prof. Vasagam R.M., former Vice Chancellor, Anna University, Pro-Chancellor, Dr. M.G.R. University, Chennai, INDIA

Chief Patron

Dr. Shanmugasundaram A., Chancellor, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, INDIA

Patrons

Dato Dr. Sharavanan S., Pro- Chancellor

Dr. Ganesan A.S., Pro- Chancellor

Shri. Satish Kumar J.S., Vice President

Shri. Chandrasekar N.V., Vice President

Advisors

Dr. Rajendran V. R., Vice Chancellor

Prof. Abraham Y., Registrar

Organizing & Technical Chair

Dr. Nagappan A., Principal

Institutional Advisory & Technical Committee (in alphabetical order)

Prof. Gnanasekar P., Dean Placement &Training

Prof. Kumaresan P. K., Dean Examinations

Dr. Manivannan K., Dean Planning                  

Dr. Prabhu Britto Albert, Dean Research & Development

Dr. Sethuraman J., Dean Innovations & Extension

Dr. Sreerangan A., Dean Administration

Inter-Institutional Advisory & Technical Committee (in alphabetical order)

Shri Francis Jacob K., ITS, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

Prof. Ganapathy Krishnan, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation

Shri Ilango K., CODISSIA

Shri Jayanthra Jayachandran, Angler Technologies Pvt Ltd

Shri Kumar Garvit, Nextsapiens Ltd

Shri Mark D’Souza, Microsoft Academia

Shri Mathew P.T., ITS, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

Ms Pratima Amonkar, Microsoft Academia

Shri Radhakrishnan K., Telecare Infrastructures Ltd

Organizing Secretaries (in alphabetical order)

Dr. Devarajan G., Dean Academics

Dr. Hindumathy C.K., Dean BioSciences

Dr. Selvakumar S., Dean Electrical Sciences

Prof. Senguttuvan A., Dean Computer Science & Engineering

Executive Committee (in alphabetical order)

Prof. Anusuya

Prof. Balakrishnan

Prof. Hakkins Raj

Dr. Karmegam

Prof. Manikanda Devarajan

Prof. Muthumanickam

Prof. Prasad

Prof. Siva

Dr. Sivamani

Prof.  Venkatesan

Need for this International Conference on Medical Imaging, Telemedicine & Networking

The realms of Medical Imaging, Telemedicine & Networking join together to give interdisciplinary futuristic thrust areas in e-health, which can be made affordable to the common man through innovative efforts in areas related to Research, Industrial Activity & Entrepreneurship.

Each of the realms of Medical Imaging, Telemedicine & Networking are governed by diverse scientific/medical principles which need to be adaptively combined together to build up futuristic affordable e-health facilities for all. Any activity on related Research, Industrial Activity & Entrepreneurship depends heavily on expertise on independent & interdependent sub-areas of these major realms. The aim of this Conference is to bring about a “technical conclave” of experts specializing in related areas of the focus of this workshop and share enlightening concepts/future directions for growth which will be of great help for all International productive initiatives in Research, Industrial Activity & Entrepreneurship activities in areas related to the focus of this Conference.

Thrust Area

Medical Imaging, Telemedicine & Networking

Sub-Themes

Technology, Systems & Services in Medical Imaging, Telemedicine & Networking related to

• BioSignal & BioImaging Acquisition
• Diagnosis, Treatment Planning & Therapy
• Storage, Retrieval & Transception of Medical Data
• E-health Networks
• Biometry
• Medical Communication Infrastructure and
• Any new innovative related area

Invited Sessional Talks (Confirmed as on Oct. 25, 2009; 1600 hours)

(in alphabetical order)

Dr. Aruna Ganesan (Professor of Medical Physics, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Physics of MRI & Ultrasound

Shri. Francis Jacob K., ITS (Deputy General Manager Planning, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore, INDIA) – 3G, WiMax & Wi-Fi (1 ½ hours)

Prof. Ganapathy K. (Sr. Consultant Neurosurgeon & President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation, Chennai, INDIA) (1 ½ hours)

Dr. Ganesan S. (Professor of Medical Physics, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Optical Biopsy & Imaging

Shri. Godwin Gnanaraj (Station Engineering, Doordarshan Maintenance Center, Coimbatore, INDIA) - Role of Broadcasting Technologies in Telemedicine

Shri. Kailash (All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA) -- Medical image storage and retrieval system

Dr. Kurup P. G. G. (Chief Medical Physicist, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, INDIA) – Radiology & Imaging (Part II) (1 ½ hours)

Dr. Manikandan M. (Professor of Electronics, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Medical imaging

Shri. Mark D’Souza (Senior Academic Evangelist, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Inc., INDIA)

Dr. Meenakshi M. (Professor of Communication Eng., Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Wireless & Optical Channel Media Characteristics

Dr. Murali Venkatraman (Deputy Chief Medical Physicist, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai, INDIA) – Radiology & Imaging (Part I) (1 ½ hours)

Dr. Muttan S. (Professor of BioMedical Engineering, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – E-health Network & Services

Dr. (Mrs.) Neeta Kumar (Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR, New Delhi, INDIA) -- Health Account Number: Utilising information technology for intersector coordination, data mangement and service delivery in public health

Shri. Prashanth (Director & Product head, Angler Technologies Canada Inc.) -- Location & Tracking Solutions -- Primary Illustration using Vehicles; Evolution as Patient Tracking Solution with facilities for biotelemetry and distant clinical monitoring 

Dr. Pratik Kumar (All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA) -- Basics of radiation physics and radiation protection as applicable to medical imaging

Shri. Radhakrishnan K. (Telecare Infrastructures Ltd., Coimbatore, INDIA) – Infrastructure Requirements

Shri. Ramanan (Director, Angler Technologies SG Pte Ltd, Singapore) -- E-health expert system solutions for Medical Consultants and Patient Diagnosis

Dr. Ravichandran V.C. (Professor of Communication Engineering, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Wireless Communication Networking – 3G & beyond

Dr. Ravindran G. (Professor of BioMedical Engineering, Anna University Chennai, INDIA) – Teletherapy

Shri. Rishabh Kapoor (All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA) -- Radiological information system: An overview

Shri. Santhanakrishnan J. (Deputy General Manager, Business Development, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Chennai, INDIA) – Networking and Infrastructure (1 ½ hours)

Shri. Sekar S. (Divisional Engineer Computers, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore, INDIA) – VPN, Video over Broadband (1 hour)

Shri. Sudhakar (Head, Smart Cards Division, Angler Technologies India Pvt Limited, INDIA) -- Smart Card Solutions for patient specific clinical data -- Bio-ID cards

Certificate

To be issued by the Institution, accompanied with countersign from Co-Organizing Institutions.

Fee

(yet to be fixed)

Entrepreneurs                    

Corporate Body Representatives 

Practicing Consultants                                

Practicing Medical Doctors

Engineers & Faculty                        

PhD Scholars/P.G./U.G. Students*          

* Required to submit Bonafide Certificate from Head of Department concerned

Miscellaneous

A Major Collaborative Project on Telemedicine (Proposed by Dr. S. Muttan) will be initiated during the Proceedings of the Conference.

Duration of the Conference

3 days + ( 1 day local tour – optional)

Venue

VMKV Engineering College, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, INDIA

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