title: Introduction to the BIOMED 2016 feature issue.
abstract: The guest editors introduce a feature issue containing papers based on research presented at the BIOMED 2016 Congress, held in Fort Lauderdale, FL, 24-28 April, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Optical+Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009, Australia; Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation & Analysis, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Laboratory, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 1210 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M C
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hillman
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: (000.1200) Announcements, awards, news, and organizational activities; (170.0170) Medical optics and biotechnology