title: Bioengineering and imaging research opportunities workshop V: a summary.
abstract: The fifth Bioengineering and Imaging Research Opportunities Workshop (BIROW V) was held on January 18-19, 2008. As with previous BIROW meetings, the purpose of BIROW V was to identify and characterize research and engineering opportunities in biomedical engineering and imaging. The topic of this BIROW meeting was Imaging and Characterizing Structure and Function in Native and Engineered Tissues. Under this topic, four areas were explored in depth: (1) Heterogeneous single-cell measurements and their integration into tissue and organism models; (2) Functional, molecular, and structural imaging of engineered tissue in vitro and in vivo; (3) New technologies for characterizing cells and tissues in situ; (4) Imaging for targeted cell, gene, and drug delivery.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. whendee@mcw.edu
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hendee
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cleary
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ehman
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Fullerton
authors.forename: Warren S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Grundfest
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Vladimir P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Torchilin
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000639:trends*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States