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-Title :
The 2nd Symposium of the 'Color' of Digital Imaging in Biology and Medicine

-Chairman :
Hiroshi TANAKA, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

-Steered by :
Preparatory Committee for Digital Biocolor Society

-Sponsored by (under negotiation):
the Medical Information System Development Center
the Ministry of Health and Welfare
the Ministry of International Trade and Industry

-Term :
April 1-2,1999

-Venue :
The Lecture Hall of the Building No.5, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
(Two minutes walk from JR Chuo-Line Ochanomizu Station, or nearby Subway
Marunouchi Line Ochanomizu Station. Please consult the map at the home page
indicated below)
1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, JAPAN
Tel 81-3-3813-6111 (the main number)

-Scope :
While the wide spread of digital imaging in medicine, for instance,
telemedicine and electronic patient records, is going to generate various
problems concerning the color inconsistently reproduced by various display
equipment, the multispectral imaging which has far superior accuracy in
color reproduction is going to be put into practical use. A common
recognition, which was developed at the 1st symposium held on May in last
year, that the color problem may affect a wide area of medical science and
its practice, and it requires interdisciplinary collaboration of medicine
and engineering science to be resolved, has promoted arrangements for the
next symposium and establishment of brand-new Digital Biocolor Society at
the same time. As well as the 1st symposium, a lot of active attendees are
welcome and fruitful discussions are expected at this 2nd symposium.

-Registration :
Please send an e-mail, including the participant's name in original
language (if possible), the name transcribed in English, the affiliation,
the degree, the postal address, the telephone number, the fax number and
the e-mail address, to the secretariat. If the participants is resident in
Japan, please remit the registration fee of 5,000 Japanese Yen
(approximately 50 US$, including seminars, an electronic proceedings, an
electronic journal and a welcome party) to the account indicated bellow.
Attendees of the symposium must make registration in advance, because only
an electronic version of proceedings will be published and no printed
material will be distributed at the venue. The registration fee for
students is reduced to 2,000 Japanese Yen, and participants resident
outside Japan are exempted from paying the registration fee.
[Bank transfer to] Symposium of the 'Color' of Digital Imaging in Medicine,
Sumitomo Bank, Ochanomizu Brach (Tel: 81-3-3295-6605), 4-3, Kandasurugadai,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, JAPAN, account number : 879136 (Please do not
make remittance from other countries than Japan)

-Tell Demands for Seminars :
To your e-mail of registration, please add your requests about the seminars
which will be opened free of extra charge for all of the attendees during
the symposium. Three or so themes will be selected according to your
opinions.

-Contact us at :
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The Secretariat
Preparatory Committee for Digital Biocolor Society
Masahiro NISHIBORI
c/o Clinical Laboratory,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital
1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
FAX: 81-3-5684-3618
E-mail: mn.mlab@med.tmd.ac.jp
URL: <http://square.umin.ac.jp/biocolor/>
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