Prosthetics calls for papers / meetings & conferences

Call for Poster Presentations: American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

February 20-23, 2013 Orlando, Florida

Deadline: September 30, 2012

Poster Presentations provide an additional forum for sharing information. Submissions should offer solutions to common problems, patient/practice management techniques, innovative uses of technology, current research findings, and more.

Abstracts must be submitted online.

Questions? Call (202) 380-3663 or Email: cblondes@oandp.org

Call for Abstracts: Computational Biomechanics for Medicine VII

A MICCAI 2012 Workshop, Nice, France 1 October 2012

MICCAI 2012, the 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, will be held from 1st to 5th October 2012 in Nice, France, organised by Inria (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics). MICCAI attracts annually world leading scientists, engineers and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines associated with medical imaging and computer assisted surgery.

Rationale:

Mathematical modelling and computer simulation have proved tremendously successful in engineering. One of the greatest challenges for mechanists is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, biomedical sciences, and medicine. The proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for computational biomechanics specialists to present and exchange opinions on the opportunities of applying their techniques to computer-integrated medicine. For example, continuum mechanics models provide a rational basis for analysing biomedical images by constraining the solution to biologically reasonable motions and processes. Biomechanical modelling can also provide clinically important information about the physical status of the underlying biology, integrating information across molecular, tissue, organ, and organism scales. The main goal of this workshop is to showcase the clinical and scientific utility of computational biomechanics in computer-integrated medicine.

Scope:

The following computational mechanics disciplines will be included:

1. Computational solid mechanics
2. Computational multibody systems kinematics and dynamics
3. Computational fluid mechanics
4. Computational thermodynamics (e.g. heat transfer, radiation)

We solicit papers that use methods of computational biomechanics in the following application areas:

Medical image analysis
Image-guided surgery
Surgical simulation
Surgical intervention planning
Surgical technique development
Disease prognosis and diagnosis
Injury mechanism analysis
Surgical aid design
Artificial organs
Implant and prostheses design
Medical robotics
Tissue engineering
Understanding of embryonic development
Understanding of aging

Important dates:

Deadline for paper submission: 11 June 2012
Notification of acceptance: 12 July 2012

Call for Papers: 95th Annual American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) National Assembly

AOPA is excited to announce this "Call for Papers" for the 95th Annual AOPA National Assembly to be held September 6-9, 2012 in downtown Boston. The "call for papers" requests that all interested presenters submit an abstract of their proposed scientific paper or description of their proposed business paper. Presentations will be selected from among papers received by the AOPA Assembly Program Committee. Currently, submissions are being accepted for the following AOPA National Assembly programs and awards:

Clinical Presentations and Award Winning Thranhardt Lectures: Your submissions, based on sound research and strong empirical data, will set the stage for a broad curriculum of highly valued clinical and scientific offerings at the 2012 AOPA National Assembly.

Business Presentations and Sam E. Hamontree, CP Award Submissions: AOPA is looking for qualified O&P professionals and business management experts who have significant business experience. Join the ranks of our profession's recognized experts and share your knowledge and know-how at the 2012 AOPA National Assembly.

Poster Presentations: Present your research findings or a particular case presentation at the 2012 AOPA National Assembly. Presentations should be a graphical display in a poster format using photographs, diagrams, flowcharts and graphs and any sample educational materials developed. Applications for poster presentations will be accepted through July 1, 2012.

Otto and Lucille Becker Award will be presented for the best orthotic abstract submitted and the Edwin and Kathryn Arbogast Award for the best prosthetic abstract submitted by a qualifying student or resident.

Eligible presenters will receive a complimentary full-conference registration for the 2012 AOPA National Assembly. Due to programming time constraints and the volume of abstracts typically received by the committee, please remember that only top-quality papers will be accepted for presentation at the 2012 Assembly.

Submissions for Clinical and Business Presentations will be accepted through January 31 and Poster Submissions will be accepted through July 31.

Questions? Contact Tina Moran at tmoran@AOPAnet.org or (571) 431-0808.