Differentiation of Medical Electronics in Organization of the IRE and AIEE

Author

Reiner, M.L.

Author_Institution

Broward Coll., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

5-7 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

18

Abstract

The decade before the January 1963 merger of the Institute of Radio Engineers, combining the Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers and the Wireless Technical Institute in 1912, and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, founded in 1884, was a time of internationalization, computing applications, and journal start-ups. Organizational differentiation and integration related to technical societies in medical electronics including imaging, telecommunications, and industrial engineering relate to emerging applications in nuclear, space, automation, and genetics technologies. IRE and AIEE organizations in medical electronics evolved as linkages between private enterprise, government organizations, and universities changed in contexts of regional development and technological innovation.

Keywords

biomedical communication; biomedical electronics; biomedical imaging; genetic engineering; medical computing; AIEE; American Institute of Electrical Engineers; IRE; Institute of Radio Engineers; automation technologies; genetics technologies; imaging; industrial engineering; medical electronics; space technologies; technical societies; telecommunications; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Computer applications; Corporate acquisitions; Industrial electronics; Industrial engineering; Nuclear electronics; Space technology; Telecommunication computing; Telegraphy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

History of Technical Societies, 2009 IEEE Conference on the

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5119-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HTS.2009.5337831

Filename

5337831