title: Introduction to the BIOMED 2012 Feature Issue.
abstract: The guest editors introduce a feature issue containing papers based on research presented at the BIOMED 2012 conference.
authors.affiliation: Guest Editor.
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Pogue
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Backman
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emelianov
authors.forename: Christoph K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hitzenberger
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: So
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tuchin