Title :
Health care technology and biomedical engineering in far eastern developing countries
Author :
Yoshimoto, Chiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
The present status of health care technology in far eastern developing countries is surveyed and reported. It is argued that the coexistence of oriental and western medicines makes the problem of health care complicated in rural areas and that unification of these two medical sciences by scientific analyses is needed. Several examples of medical and biological engineering research in these countries are given
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; reviews; biomedical engineering; far eastern developing countries; health care technology; oriental medicine; rural areas; western medicine; Biomedical electrodes; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Ear; Electrocardiography; Engineering in medicine and biology; Instruments; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Prosthetics;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96335