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A L L I A N C E FOR E N G I N E E R I N G IN M E D I C I N E A N D B I O L O G Y

The 32nd Annual Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology was held in Denver, Colorado from 6 to 10 October 1979. Copies of the Proceedings may be obtained from Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Suite ,104, 4405 East-West Highway, Washington, DC 20014. The following papers of interest to our readers were presented.

1. An application of ultrasound to regional anes- thesia R. C. CORK, J. J. KRYC and R. W. VAUGHAN. University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona.

2. Effect of arterial stenosis on Doppler frequency s p e c t r u m

J. B. RUSSELL, R. D. MILES, D. E. RAMSEY and D. S. SUMNER. Southern Illinois University School of Medi- cine, Springfield, Illinois.

3. Portable, noninvasive cardiac output system M. E. SILVERSTEIN, P, FRANKE, J. SMALL

a n d J. WORMAN.

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 4. Analysis of in vivo instantaneous diagnostic

ultrasound energy at tissue sites in swine R. M. CAMPBELL, H. R. WEED, D. A. RICE, S. BERNIER and S. CHATTERJEE. Ohio State University Bio-Medical Engineer- ing Center, Columbus, Ohio.

5. Ultrasonic linear array echography W. WANG and Z. ZHAO. Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

6. Real.time spectral analysis and display of Dop- pler signals S. E. RH'rGERS, W. W. PUTNEY and R. W. BARNES. McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Vir- ginia.

7. Computer acquisition and analysis of real time ultrasound data S. B. LOGGHE, E. S. ANGEL, D. PESSEL and H. E. Fox. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

8. Theory of a C.W. ultrasonic attenuation measurement method G. A. DUMAS and P. S. THIRY. University of Montreal, Canada.

9. Doppler ultrasound measurement of two tur-

bulence components A. M. A. KHALIFA, R. F. MABON and D. P. GIDDENS. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

10. Ultr~ouk Doppler flowmeter calibration P. STASZ, A. HEMADYNE and A. ROBINSON. Hemadyne, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Min- nesota.

11. A computerized multi-channel pulse Doppler flowmeter

L. M. SMITH, R. C. NEALEIGH and C. W. MiLLER. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

12. Extending the velocity limits of palsed Doppler ultrasound C. J. HARTLEY. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

13. A simple technique to improve pulse-echo res- ponse of ultrasonic transducers M. D. Fox. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connec- ticut.

14. Comparison of diagnostic velocity waveform indices D. O. HANKER and D. F. YOUNG. Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

15. Pulse wave propagation velocity and the identification of collateral arterial pathways R. F. HIGGINS and R. BERGUER. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

16. Variations in pulse propagation with systolic pressure, age and sex R. F. HIGGINS and g. BERGUER. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

17. Microcomputer aided three dimensional ultrasonic imaging R. D. MILES, D. U CARLSON, J. B. RUSSELL and D. S. SUMNER. Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Ill- inois.

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