Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering was established in 2008. The aim of this department is becoming a leading center for biomedical education and cutting-edge research in the scientific world. Our postgraduate courses have been designed to reflect current and emerging practices in industry and to expand your technological awareness so that you can play a pivotal role in your future profession. Our Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering is relevant to areas such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, in vitro tissue modeling and simulation, implantable MR devices, and computer-aided diagnostic systems.
Fields of Research
- MR physics and physiology: what we see in proton signals from the human body
- Computer analysis in medical data
- Quantum beam simulation and radiological consequence analyses of bio-tissues
- Diagnostic Imaging in Rheumatology
- Advanced medical engineering and physics in radiation medicine
- Quantitative analysis of magnetic resonance images
- Radiosensitivity of tumor cells
- Development of CAX (Computer-Assisted eXamination) software and new image processing techniques
- Cerebral arteriolar vasomotor function mapping obtained by MRI
Members
Professor
Chietsugu KATOH / Tamotsu KAMISHIMA / Masayori ISHIKAWA
Associate Professor
Hiroyuki SUGIMORI / Hiroyuki TAKASHIMA / Hisanori FUKUNAGA