Medical Development Group Announces June 1, 2011 Forum Event – “Computer Assisted Diagnostics: Opportunities & Obstacles”

Waltham, MA, May 06, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Medical Development Group announces its Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Forum entitled “Computer Assisted Diagnostics: Opportunities & Obstacles.” As computers grow in power and shrink in size and cost, the use of sophisticated computation for diagnostic purposes is spreading rapidly for areas including high-specificity diagnostic imaging, in vitro analysis, anatomical modeling, and many more. Explore three of the rapidly growing applications of this new capability, guided by speakers at the forefront of these research areas.

Speakers: Alexander Lin, Principal Investigator and Clinical Spectroscopist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Alexander’s presentation focuses on clinical applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

Mary Pat Lancelotta, Director, Strategic Marketing at Foundation Medicine, Inc. Mary Pat speaks about companies seeking to leverage the technology of sequencing of the human genome to create innovative diagnostic techniques.

Richard Cohen, Whitaker Professor in Biomedical Engineering at MIT. Richard addresses specific pattern variability in the ECG signal associated with heart rhythm disturbances.

Link to event details: MDG Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Forum and networking begin 5:30pm – http://www.meddevgroup.org/
Registration Fee: Members: $20. prepaid, $30. at the door.
Nonmembers: $30 prepaid, $40 at the door.
Cutoff for preregistration is 8 PM the evening before the event.
Location: 5:30pm at Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, Bay Colony Corporate Center, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451. See event link for registration and directions: http://www.meddevgroup.org/.

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